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Lalit Mohan Banerjee

Lalit Mohan Banerjee
Born
West Bengal, India
OccupationSurgeon
Known forMedical academics
AwardsPadma Bhushan

Lalit Mohan Banerjee was an Indian surgeon, medical academic and the first medical professional to receive the degree of Master of Surgery from the University of Calcutta.[1] He was a professor of surgery at R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital of the Calcutta University[2][3] and the personal surgeon to the President of India.[4] He was one of the founders of the Association of Surgeons of India and was its third president (1941–1942).[5] It was during this period, he had an opportunity to operate on Rabindranath Tagore, the renowned poet and Nobel Laureate.[4] The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1955, for his contributions to medical science.[6] A road in Sodepur has been named after him as Dr. L. M. Banerjee Road.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Asoke Kumar Bagchi" (PDF). National Medical Journal of India. 2005. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  2. ^ Seyed B. Mostofi (17 September 2004). Who's Who in Orthopedics. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 294–. ISBN 978-1-85233-786-5.
  3. ^ Debi Prasad Chattopadhyaya (1999). History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization: pt. 1. Science, technology, imperialism and war. Pearson Education India. pp. 503–. ISBN 978-81-317-2818-5.
  4. ^ a b Dilip Kumar Chakrabarti; Ramanuj Mukherjee; Samik Kumar Bandyopadhyay; Sasanka Nath; Saibal Kumar Mukherjee (October 2011). "R.G.Kar Medical College, Kolkata—A Premiere Institute of India". Indian J Surg. 73 (5): 390–393. doi:10.1007/s12262-011-0327-1. PMC 3208697. PMID 23024555.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  5. ^ "Past Presidents". Association of Surgeons of India. 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  6. ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  7. ^ "Dr. L.M. Banerjee Road". Pinda.in. 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
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