About Bhalchandra Babaji Dikshit
Lived 1902 – 1977 (aged 74–75). Bhalchandra Babaji Dikshit was an Indian physician, known for AIIMS, New Delhi.
Bhalchandra Babaji Dikshit (7 September 1902 - 1977) was an Indian physician and pharmacologist. He was the first director of AIIMS, New Delhi. He obtained an M.B.B.S. in 1925 from Bombay University and a D.P.H. from Calcutta University in 1925. He gained both an M.R.C.P.E. in 1933 and a Ph.D. in 1934 from the University of Edinburgh.
He was awarded the Padma Bhushan, third highest civilian honour of India by the President of India, in 1965.
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Indian physician
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Bhalchandra Babaji Dikshit was born on 7 September 1902 in Amravati.
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Bhalchandra Babaji Dikshit died in 1977.
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Bhalchandra Babaji Dikshit was a physician.
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Bhalchandra Babaji Dikshit was known for AIIMS, New Delhi.
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