Sarkar, SudiptaSudiptaSarkar2025-09-042025-09-042020-12-01https://www.tifr.res.in/~ipa1970/news/2020/OctDec/05_A2_S_Sarkar.pdfhttp://repository.iitgn.ac.in/handle/IITG2025/29707Prof. Roger Penrose was awarded one-half of the Nobel prize in physics 2020 "for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity." Penrose�s landmark work on singularity theorems and black holes are the foundation of our understanding of these exotic objects. In this article, I describe the historical background of the singularity theorems and their impact on contemporary gravitational physics research.en-USArticlepp. 14-17Article123456789/612