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Bidhan Chandra Roy

1882 - 1962

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Bidhan Chandra Roy (1 July 1882 – 1 July 1962) was an Indian physician and politician who served as Chief Minister of West Bengal from 1950 until his death in 1962. He played a key role in the founding of several institutions and cities like Salt Lake (now a part of Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation), Kalyani, Durgapur and Ashoknagar Kalyangarh. In India, the National Doctors' Day is celebrated in his memory every year on 1 July. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour in 1961. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bidhan Chandra Roy is the 621st most popular physician (down from 553rd in 2019), the 718th most popular biography from India (down from 567th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Indian Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Bidhan Chandra Roy ranks 621 out of 726. Before him are Mustafa Barghouti, Edzard Ernst, Joshua Pim, Joep Lange, Arvo Ylppö, and Alaa Najjar. After him are Paul Möhring, Bernhard Zondek, Halfdan T. Mahler, Anders Tegnell, Jacinto Convit, and Maurice Raynaud.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Bidhan Chandra Roy ranks 239. Before him are Daniel Frank, Wyndham Lewis, Ödön Bodor, André Rischmann, Ștefania Mărăcineanu, and C. E. Ruthenberg. After him are Oswald Holmberg, Helena Kottler Vurnik, León Cortés Castro, Geoffrey de Havilland, Paul Günther, and Georg Jacoby. Among people deceased in 1962, Bidhan Chandra Roy ranks 179. Before him are Julius Lenhart, Zdeněk Nejedlý, A. K. Fazlul Huq, G. M. Trevelyan, Karen Lachmann, and Axel Nordlander. After him are Helena Kottler Vurnik, Jean Amrouche, Sven Landberg, Erik Granfelt, Nikolai Pogodin, and Bruno Belin.

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In India

Among people born in India, Bidhan Chandra Roy ranks 718 out of 1,861. Before him are Freida Pinto (1984), Rahul Gandhi (1970), Naseeruddin Shah (1949), Abhishek Bachchan (1976), Indra Nooyi (1955), and K. P. A. C. Lalitha (1947). After him are Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (1923), Bhagyashree (1969), Suryakant Tripathi (1899), Jayakanthan (1934), Muthulakshmi Reddy (1886), and Sanjay Dutt (1959).

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Among PHYSICIANS In India

Among physicians born in India, Bidhan Chandra Roy ranks 9. Before him are Dean Mahomed (1759), Soumya Swaminathan (1959), Kadambini Ganguly (1861), Devi Shetty (1953), Kamal Ranadive (1917), and Indira Nath (1938). After him are Narendra Dabholkar (1945), Siddhartha Mukherjee (1970), and Suniti Solomon (1938).

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