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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, and Durgapur. In India, the National Doctors' Day is celebrated in his memory every year on 1 July. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bidhan Chandra Roy has received more than 1,378,576 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Bidhan Chandra Roy is the 553rd most popular physician (down from 530th in 2019), the 567th most popular biography from India (down from 532nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Indian Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Bidhan Chandra Roy ranks 553 out of 726. Before him are Antonius Musa, Jeffrey Ullman, Thomas Erastus, Serenus Sammonicus, Mustafa Barghouti, and Thomas Francis Wade. After him are Erik Adolf von Willebrand, Oswaldo Cruz, Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt, Borzuya, Joep Lange, and Ludwig Aschoff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Bidhan Chandra Roy ranks 188. Before him are Paul Bekker, Alfred Keller, Aleksander Skrzyński, Benjamin Jones, Ivan Olbracht, and Nevile Henderson. After him are Elin Wägner, Alexander Rueb, Rik Wouters, Willem Elsschot, Hernando Siles Reyes, and Seán T. O'Kelly. Among people deceased in 1962, Bidhan Chandra Roy ranks 141. Before him are Fidel Dávila Arrondo, Forrest Smithson, Florence Lee, Louis Abell, Hans Rosbaud, and Roger Ducret. After him are Morris Louis, Henri Oreiller, Knud Kristensen, Walter Anderson, Sven Landberg, and Charles Rigoulot.

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In India

Among people born in India, Bidhan Chandra Roy ranks 567 out of 1,861. Before him are Hrithik Roshan (1974), Hasrat Mohani (1875), Shivakumara Swami (1907), Mohammad Hamid Ansari (1937), Dawood Ibrahim (1955), and Rahul Gandhi (1970). After him are Manna Dey (1919), Robert Swinhoe (1836), Arjun Appadurai (1949), Kamala Surayya (1934), Jayakanthan (1934), and Sushma Swaraj (1952).

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Among PHYSICIANS In India

Among physicians born in India, Bidhan Chandra Roy ranks 4. Before him are Ronald Ross (1857), Sushruta (-620), and Kadambini Ganguly (1861). After him are Dean Mahomed (1759), Narendra Dabholkar (1945), Indira Nath (1938), Devi Shetty (1953), Kamal Ranadive (1917), Soumya Swaminathan (1959), Siddhartha Mukherjee (1970), and Suniti Solomon (1938).

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