Only Indian to have both asteroid and comet named after him

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Asteroid and comet named after an Indian is

              Dr Venu Bappu   !!!

He is -----

       1.   Father of modern Indian Astronomy.

       2.  Founder director of Indian Institute of Astrophysics ,  Bangalore 

        3.  Venu Bappu observatory in Kavalur ,  Tamilnadu.

        4.  A telescope named after him.