Padma Shri awardee, Sushovan Bandyopadhyay when did passes away?

27th July 2022

26th July 2022

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24th July 2022

Correct Answer : 26th July 2022

Sushovan Bandyopadhyay famous as Bengal’s ‘one rupee doctor’ passed away on Tuesday(26th July 2022) in a Kolkata hospital. Bandyopadhyay was 84.

He had been suffering for about two years from kidney related ailments.

A doctor and a politician, Bandyopadhyay treated patients for close to 60 years. He had treated people for just one rupee and is fondly known as ‘Ek Takar Daktar’ (one rupee doctor).

He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2020. The same year his name was recorded in the Guinness World Records for treating the maximum number of patients.

He is an ex-MLA from Bolpur seat and had contested on Congress ticket in 1984. He was a member of Trinamool Congress in the past and was its Birbhum district president but had later quit the party..

Source : The Print

Published On : July 27, 2022

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