Chakrabarty, Ram Prasad (1918 - 2010)
by
Sarah Gillam
Asset Name
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E009579 - Chakrabarty, Ram Prasad (1918 - 2010)
Title
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Chakrabarty, Ram Prasad (1918 - 2010)
Author
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Sarah Gillam
Identifier
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RCS: E009579
Publisher
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The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date
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2019-03-04
Subject
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Medical Obituaries
Description
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Obituary for Chakrabarty, Ram Prasad (1918 - 2010), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language
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English
Source
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IsPartOf Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Date of Birth
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Born 5 June 1918
Date of Death
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20 October 2010
Occupation
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Orthopaedic surgeon
Titles/Qualifications
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FRCS 1953
Details
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Ram Prasad Chakrabarty was head of the department of orthopaedics at the Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi. He was born on 5 June 1918. In the run up to the Partition of India he was a resident medical doctor at Calcutta Medical College and gave first aid to the victims of bloody riots in the city in 1946.
In 1949 he went to the UK and gained the fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1953. A year later, he returned to India and settled in Delhi, where he developed his orthopaedic practice.
He was married to Ashima Chakrabarty, a Bengali born in Jammu. Ram Prasad Chakrabarty died on 20 October 2010 at the age of 92.
Sources
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[South Asian Voices 75 years after Partition: reflections from South Asian Voices readers and contributors 12 August 2022 https://southasianvoices.org/75-years-after-partition-reflections-from-south-asian-voices-readers-and-contributors/ – accessed 28 August 2023]
Rights
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Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection
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Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format
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Obituary
Format
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Asset
Asset Path
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Root/Lives of the Fellows/E009000-E009999/E009500-E009599