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Upendranath Brahmachari

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in Indore (1936) and was also president of the Indian Chemical Society in Calcutta (1936). Brahmachari was honoured with fellowships from the Royal Society of Medicine, London, and the Indian National Science Academy. He was the President of the Asiatic Society of Bengal for two years (1928–29) and
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Brahmachari was a nominee for the Nobel Prize twice in 1929 and five times in 1942 in the category of physiology or medicine although he never received it. Some sources suggest that his ethinicity may have influenced the Nobel committee’s decision. He served as president of the 23rd session of the
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Brahmachari was born on 19 December 1873 in Sardanga village near Purbasthali, District Burdwan, West Bengal, India. His father, Nilmony Brahmachari, was a physician in East Indian Railways and his mother was Saurabh Sundari Devi. He completed his early education from Eastern Railways Boys' High
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Singh, Rajinder; Roy, Syamal (1 March 2019). "U N Brahmachari: Scientific Achievements and Nomination for the Nobel Prize and the Fellowship of the Royal Society of London".
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with honours in Mathematics and Chemistry. Following this, Brahmachari pursued further studies in Medicine and Higher Chemistry. In 1894, he obtained a master’s degree from
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Progress of Medical Research work in India during the last 25 years, an progress of Science in India, during the past 25 years, Indian Science Congress Association 1938.
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Campaign against Kala-Azar in India, Jubilee Publication on the 80th birthday of Dr. Prof. Bernhard Nocht, Hamburg, clique aqui 1937.
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Dr. Brahmachari had over 144 Scientific Publications and had written several books, a partial list of which include:
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Infantile Biliary Cirrhosis in India in British Encyclopedia of Medical practice. Edited by Sir Humphrey Rolleston
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himself. The death rate was drastically declined from nearly 6300 to 750 within ten years in Assam.
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Dr. U. N. Brahmachari street renamed from Loudon street, beside Minto park, Kolkata.
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Kala-Azar in Doctor Carl Mense’s Handbuch der Tropenkranahaiten, vol. IV, 1926.
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Treatise on Kala-Azar, John Bale, Son’s & Danielsson Ltd., London, 1928.
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Vol. 1 A-B, Edited by W. F. Bynum and Helen Bynum, Greenwood Press, 2006
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Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Indian National Science Academy
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also the vice-chairman of the board of Trustees of the Indian Museum.
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Gleanings from my Researchers Vol. II Calcutta University 1941
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Gleanings from my Researchers Vol. I, Calcutta University 1940
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Vol. 4., Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi, 1976.
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Academic staff of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital
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Rai Bahadur
Sir
FRSM
FRS

Purbasthali
Bengal Presidency
British India
Calcutta
Bengal Presidency
British India
Hooghly Mohsin College
Presidency University, Kolkata
University of Calcutta
Kaisar-i-Hind
Rai Bahadur
Knighthood
Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, London
Medicine
Physician
University of Calcutta
Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital
R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital
Dhaka Medical College and Hospital
Calcutta Medical College
National Medical Institute
Indian Council of Medical Research
Indian Red Cross Society
Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine
Zoological Garden, Kolkata

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