Ram Nath Chopra
| Ram Nath Chopra | |
|---|---|
| Born |
August 17, 1882 Gujranwala, Punjab Province, British Raj (now Gujranwala, Pakistan) |
| Died |
June 13, 1973 (aged 90) Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India |
| Citizenship | Indian |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Fields | pharmacology |
| Known for | Father of Indian Pharmacology; Doyen of science and medicine[1] |
| Notable awards |
Knighthood (1941) Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE; 1934) |
Colonel Sir Ram Nath Chopra CIE, IMS (17 August 1882 - 13 June 1973) was an Indian Medical Service officer and a doyen of science and medicine of India. He is considered the "Father of Indian Pharmacology" since he was the first to establish a center of study and research in pharmacology in India, at the Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine.[2][3]
Chopra was commissioned a lieutenant in the Indian Medical Service on 1 August 1908 and promoted to captain on 1 August 1911.[4][5] He was promoted to the temporary rank of major on 7 May 1919 and confirmed in the substantive rank on 1 August 1920, (back-dated to 1 February 1920).[6][7]
He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) in the 1934 New Year Honours list and knighted in the 1941 New Year Honours list.[8][9]
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|publisher=(help) - ↑ "RAMNATH CHOPRA". Indian Post office. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
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|publisher=(help) - ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28230. p. 1761. 5 March 1909. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28547. p. 7960. 3 November 1911. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 32098. p. 10308. 26 October 1920. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 32757. p. 7378. 20 October 1922. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 34010. p. 6. 29 December 1933. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 35029. p. 2. 31 December 1940. Retrieved 9 July 2015.