What nationality is Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar?
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Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar was an Indian-American astrophysicist. He was born in Lahore, British India, and moved to the United States in 1930 to study at the University of Chicago. He made significant contributions to the study of black holes, stellar structure, and stellar evolution. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1983 for his work on black holes.
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