| Name(s) |
MAHENDRALAL SARKAR |
| Date of
Birth |
November 02, 1833 |
| Date of
Death |
February 23, 1904 |
|
Identity |
A
conventional-turned-homoeopath doctor, social reformer, and
propagator of scientific studies in nineteenth-century India.
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Other Events &
Developments |
- He was the co-founder of the Indian Association for the
Cultivation of Science.
- In a meeting of the Bengal branch of the British Medical
Association, he proclaimed homoeopathy to be superior to the
"Western medicine" of the time.
- Consequently, he was ostracised by the British doctors,
and had to undergo loss in practice for some time.
- However, soon he regained his practice and went on to
become a leading homoeopathic practitioner in Calcutta, as
well as India.
- In the course of his career, he treated several notable
persons of those days, including the author Bankimchandra
Chattopadhyay, the ascetic Ramakrishna, the Maharaja of
Tripura and others.
- He was a fellow of Calcutta University and an honorary
magistrate and Sheriff of Calcutta (1887).
- He was made a CIE in 1883 and honoured with a doctor of
law degree by Calcutta University in 1898.
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