Bhabha died when Air India Flight 101 crashed near Mont Blanc
- Homi J Bhabha was the founding director and professor of physics at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR).
- Homi J Bhabha was also the founding director of the Atomic Energy Establishment, Trombay (AEET). It is now named the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in his honour.
- TIFR and AEET were the cornerstones of Indian development of nuclear weapons and both were supervised by Bhabha as director.
- In 1942, Bhabha was awarded the Adams Prize and Padma Bhushan in 1954.
- In 1951 and 1953–1956, Bhabha was also nominated for the Nobel Prize for Physics.