Ram Nath Chopra

Ram Nath Chopra
Born (1882-08-17)August 17, 1882
Gujranwala, Punjab Province, British Raj (now Gujranwala, Pakistan)
Died June 13, 1973(1973-06-13) (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)
Ram Nath Chopra son of Dewan RaghuNath Chopra

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]


References

  1. ↑ "Sir Colonel Ram Nath Chopra". Roja Rani. http://www.pharmainfo.net/pharmapeople/sir-colonel-ram-nath-chopra. Retrieved 7 January 2014. External link in |publisher= (help)
  2. ↑ "RAMNATH CHOPRA". Indian Post office. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "Sir Colonel Ram Nath Chopra". http://www.pharmainfo.net/. Retrieved 24 May 2013. External link in |publisher= (help)
  4. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28230. p. 1761. 5 March 1909. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  5. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28547. p. 7960. 3 November 1911. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  6. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 32098. p. 10308. 26 October 1920. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  7. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 32757. p. 7378. 20 October 1922. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  8. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 34010. p. 6. 29 December 1933. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  9. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 35029. p. 2. 31 December 1940. Retrieved 9 July 2015.

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