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Who among the following is known as 'Father of Modern Indian Astronomy'?
Answer: B
M. K. Vainu Bappu (Manali Kuppuswamy Vainu Bappu) is known as the Father of Modern Indian Astronomy. He directed the Kodaikanal Observatory, co-discovered the Bappu-Bok-Newkirk comet, formulated the Wilson-Bappu effect and led the creation of the Indian Institute of Astrophysics and the Kavalur observatory. Jayant Narlikar is known for cosmology and the steady-state theory, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar for the Chandrasekhar limit, and Thanu Padmanabhan for gravitation and cosmology. The title in the question belongs to Bappu.
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