July 1 is the birth anniversary of Dr. BC Roy, the most eminent Doctor, India has produced. Bidhan Chandra Roy (1 July 1882 – 1 July 1962) was an eminent physician, educationist, philanthropist, freedom fighter and politician
July 1 is the birth anniversary of Dr #BCRoy, the most eminent Doctor, India has produced. Bidhan Chandra Roy (1 July 1882 – 1 July 1962) was an eminent physician, educationist, philanthropist, freedom fighter and politician.
He served as the #ChiefMinister of #WestBengal for 14 years, from 1948 until his death in 1962. Earlier, he was the Vice-Chancellor of Calcutta University and the Mayor of Calcutta.
He was a Member of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) since 1930. The CWC was declared unlawful and BC Roy along with other members of the committee were arrested on 26 August 1930 and detained at Alipore Central Jail.BC Roy was both Gandhiji’s friend and doctor. When #Gandhiji was undertaking a fast in Poona in 1933, Dr. Roy attended to him. Gandhiji refused to take medicine on the grounds that it was not made in India.
Gandhiji asked Roy, “Why should I take your treatment? Do you treat four hundred million of my countrymen free?” BC Roy replied, “No Gandhiji, I could not treat all patients free. But I came… not to treat Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, but to treat “him” who to me represents the four hundred million people of my country.” Gandhiji relented and took the medicine.
When he became Chief Minister, Bengal had been torn by communal violence, shortage of food, unemployment and a large flow of refugees in the wake of the creation of East Pakistan.BC brought unity and discipline and then systematically and calmly began to work on the immense task in front of him. Within three years law and order was returned to Bengal without compromising the dignity and status of his administration.
He was awarded #BharatRatna on 4 February 1961, India’s highest civilian honour.
In India, the National #DoctorsDay is celebrated in his memory every year on 1 July. Let us salute the Doctors of our country on this Day.
We must also remember the many doctors and other health professionals who have sacrificed their lives during this #Covid19 times
.“If we exert ourselves with determination, no obstacle, however formidable, can stop our progress” – BC Roy
