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Nil Ratan Sarkar Medical College And Hospital
The Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital (NRSMC&H), also known as NRS Medical College, Kolkata (formerly Campbell Medical College), is a public medical school and hospital in Kolkata, India. It is located in Sealdah, in the heart of Kolkata. The institute was established on 1 December 1873 as Sealdah Medical School. History In 1864, the British government was compelled to open a hospital due to the social and political pressures that arose from epidemics, class struggle, and the Sepoy Mutiny. Considering this urgent need, the decision was made to convert the ''Sealdah Market Building'' at Central Hall into what was to be known as the ''Sealdah Municipal Hospital.'' On 1 December of 1873, the ''Sealdah Medical School'' was established and underwent several name changes. In 1884, it was renamed the ''Campbell Medical School'' and in 1894 became the ''Campbell Medical College''. After gaining independence from British rule in 1950, the college was renamed for the la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urban Area
An urban area, built-up area or urban agglomeration is a human settlement with a high population density and infrastructure of built environment. Urban areas are created through urbanization and are categorized by urban morphology as cities, towns, conurbations or suburbs. In urbanism, the term contrasts to rural areas such as villages and hamlets; in urban sociology or urban anthropology it contrasts with natural environment. The creation of earlier predecessors of urban areas during the urban revolution led to the creation of human civilization with modern urban planning, which along with other human activities such as exploitation of natural resources led to a human impact on the environment. "Agglomeration effects" are in the list of the main consequences of increased rates of firm creation since. This is due to conditions created by a greater level of industrial activity in a given region. However, a favorable environment for human capital development would al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sambhu Nath De
Sambhunath De ; (1 February 1915 – 15 April 1985) was an Indian medical scientist and researcher, who discovered the cholera toxin, the ''animal model of cholera'', and successfully demonstrated the method of transmission of cholera pathogen ''Vibrio cholerae''. Early career Shambhu Nath De was born in Hooghly District, West Bengal, India. His father Mr Dasarathi De was a not so successful businessman. Supported by his uncle Asutosh De, De completed the Matriculation examination with distinction from Garbati High School that helped him to get the District scholarship as well as to pursue further education in Hooghly Mohsin College, which was then affiliated with the prestigious University of Calcutta. His higher education was supported by Kestodhan Seth, who identified De as an extraordinary student. De passed his M.B. examination in 1939 from Calcutta Medical College and completed a Diploma in Tropical Medicine (DTM) in 1942. Soon after graduation he joined Calcutta Medica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jhargram (Lok Sabha Constituency)
Jhargram Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Jhargram in West Bengal. The seat is reserved for scheduled tribes. Four of the seven assembly segments of No. 33 Jhargram Lok Sabha constituency are in Jhargram district, two in Paschim Medinipur district and one assembly segment is in Purulia district. Assembly segments As per order of the Delimitation Commission issued in 2006 in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 33 Jhargram, reserved for Scheduled tribes (ST), is composed of the following segments: Prior to delimitation, Jhargram Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments: Garhbeta East (assembly constituency no. 220), Garhbeta West (SC) (assembly constituency no. 221), Salbani (assembly constituency no. 222), Nayagram (ST) (assembly constituency no. 229), Gopiballavpur Gopiballavpur is a village and a gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uma Saren
Uma Saren (born 9 May 1984) is an Indian politician who has been a Member of Lok Sabha for Jhargram since 2014. She belongs to Trinamool Congress. A medical practitioner by profession, she is the first person to speak in the Santali language in the Inter-Parliamentary Union. Early life Saren was born on 9 May 1984. Her father worked with the Indian Railways as a Group D staff. She received a M.B.B.S. degree from Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital in 2012. She belongs to the Santal people, Santhal community. Political career In 2012, Saren joined ''Junglemahal Bhoomiputra and Kanya Medical Association'' whose aim was to provide medical facilities in remote areas to the tribals in the Bengal-Jharkhand border. On 5 May 2014, Trinamool Congress party announced that Saren would contest the upcoming 2014 Indian general election, general election from Jhargram (Lok Sabha constituency), Jhargram constituency. She was pitted against Communist Party of India (Marxist) can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
