| Chandrasekhar family | |
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| Current region | South India |
| Place of origin | Tamil Nadu, India |
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The Chandrasekhar family is a distinguished Indian intellectual family, several of whose members achieved eminence, notably in the field of physics. Two members of the family, Sir C. V. Raman and his nephew, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, were Nobel laureates in physics.
For many members of the Chandrasekhar family there are multiple possible spellings in use for names. This includes R. Chandrasekhara Iyer; he was named Chandrasekharan (with an "n") but later became known as Chandrasekhara Aiyar (without the "n").[1] Furthermore, the family name "Aiyar" is sometimes spelled "Iyer" or "Ayyar".