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词条 Prem Chandra Dhanda
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  1. Biography

  2. See also

  3. References

{{Use Indian English|date=October 2017}}{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}}{{Infobox person
| name = Prem Chandra Dhanda
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1911|05|28}}
| birth_place = Ambala, Haryana, India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2013|02|28|1911|05|28}}
| occupation = Physician
Medical academic
| spouse = Leila Dharmavir
| children = Two daughters
| parents = Dunichand Ambalvi
| awards = Padma Bhushan
}}Prem Chandra Dhanda (28 May 1911 – 28 February 2013) was an Indian physician and a medical academic.[1] He was the principal of the Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi and the director of G. B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi.[2] The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1962, for his contributions to medicine.[3]

Biography

Born in Ambala, in the present day Haryana to Dunichand Ambalvi, a lawyer, he did his education at Anglo Sanskrit High School, Government College, Lahore and King Edward Medical College after which he worked at Hammersmith Hospital, London, simultaneously completing the MRCP course.[4] His Indian career started in 1938 when he joined Indian Army Medical Corps where he worked for 7 years, reaching the rank of a lieutenant colonel,[5] till his move to Irwin Hospital (presently Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital), New Delhi in 1945. His efforts were reported behind the establishment of the Maulana Azad Medical College, as a wing of Irwin Hospital, where he later took charge as the director-principal.[6] It was reported that Danda worked at Maulana Azad Medical College on honorary basis, drawing a nominal salary of {{INR}} 1 per month.[4] He served as the consultant physician to several notable personalities of the time, including Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Rajendra Prasad, Govind Ballabh Pant and Zakir Hussain[4] and was the president of the Delhi Medical Association during 1953–54.[7]

Danda was an elected Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London[2] and the National Academy of Medical Sciences.[8] He received the third highest civilian award of the Padma Bhushan from the Government of India in 1962.[1] He was married to Leila Dharmvir and the couple had two daughters. He died three months to his 102nd birthday, on 28 February 2013, his wife having preceded him in death.[4]

See also

  • Maulana Azad Medical College
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References

1. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.pib.nic.in/archive/docs/DVD_03/ACC%20NO%20014-BR/RAS-1962-04-07-5237.pdf | title=Investiture Ceremony | publisher=Press Information Bureau | date=1962 | accessdate=7 March 2016}}
2. ^{{cite web | url=http://munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk/Biography/Details/7037 | title=Lives of the fellows | publisher=Royal College of Physician of London | date=2016 | accessdate=7 March 2016}}
3. ^{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2016 | accessdate=3 January 2016}}
4. ^{{cite journal | url=http://www.nmji.in/archives/volume-26/issue-3/obituary-prem-chandra-dhanda.pdf | title=Obituary | author=H. K. Chuttani | journal=National Medical Journal of India | year=2013 | volume=26 | issue=3 | pages=174 | deadurl=yes | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307221409/http://www.nmji.in/archives/volume-26/issue-3/obituary-prem-chandra-dhanda.pdf | archivedate=7 March 2016 | df=dmy-all }}
5. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.spandan.com/edb/articles/remembering.php | title=Remembering Maulana Abul Kalam Azad | publisher=Spandan | date=1997 | accessdate=7 March 2016}}
6. ^{{cite web | url=http://mamc.ac.in/history_commenc.html | title=History - The Commencement of the College | publisher=Maulana Azad Medical College | date=2016 | accessdate=7 March 2016}}
7. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.delhimedicalassociation.com/roll_of_honor1.php | title=Roll of Honour | publisher=Delhi Medical Association | date=2016 | accessdate=7 March 2016}}
8. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.nams-india.in/downloads/fellowsmembers/ZZ.pdf | title=List of Fellows - NAMS | publisher=National Academy of Medical Sciences | date=2016 | accessdate=19 March 2016}}
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