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Bidhan Chandra Roy
Bidhan Chandra Roy 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, Kalyani, Durgapur and Ashoknagar Kalyangarh.
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science · Chief Minister of West Bengal from 1950 to 1962 · politician · physician · also Bidhan Chandra Roy, Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, Roy
Born 1 July 1882 · Died 1 July 1962 · Q2901773
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2019· 1 entry
The Telegraph: Bidhan Chandra Roy bust vandalised
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2018· 1 entry
Published “Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017” in The Lancet — cited 11,032 times.
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2016· 1 entry
Published “Endovascular thrombectomy after large-vessel ischaemic stroke: a meta-analysis of individual patient data from five randomised trials” in The Lancet — cited 7,238 times.
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2014· 1 entry
Published “Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013” in The Lancet — cited 9,253 times.
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2013· 1 entry
“It is no use belittling the fact that people are coming from East Bengal to West Bengal because they find life in East Bengal intolerable.”
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2012· 2 entries
Published “Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC” in Physics Letters B — cited 6,670 times.
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Published “A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010” in The Lancet — cited 9,271 times.
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1962· 2 entries
Died 1962-07-01.
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In his memory and has been awarded annually since 1976
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1961· 1 entry
Awarded Bharat Ratna (1961).
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1948· 1 entry
Career landmark: Chief Minister of West Bengal (1948–1962).
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1947· 1 entry
“My friend (Finance Minister of Pakistan) states that there has been no case of persecution or oppression in East Bengal. Will he kindly tell us whether it is not a fact that house searches had been made in Jessore, Dinapur, Pabna, Meharpur, Barisal……”
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1942· 1 entry
Rangoon fell to the Japanese bombing and caused an exodus from Calcutta fearing a Japanese invasion
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1931· 1 entry
Many members of the Calcutta Corporation were imprisoned
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1929· 1 entry
And prompted Pandit Motilal Nehru to nominate him as a member of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) in 1930
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1926· 1 entry
The Chittaranjan Seva Sadan for women and children was opened by Roy
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1925· 1 entry
Roy ran for elections from the Barrackpore constituency as an independent candidate for the Bengal Legislative Council and defeated the "Grand Old Man of Bengal", Surendranath Banerjee
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1908· 1 entry
Studied at University of Calcutta, Doctor of Medicine (1908).
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1906· 1 entry
Studied at Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata (1906).
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1882· 1 entry
Born 1882-07-01.
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