Bhalchandra Babaji Dikshit (7 September 1902 - 1977) was an
Indian
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physician
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and
pharmacologist
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. He was the first director of
AIIMS, New Delhi
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. 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
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, third highest civilian honour of India by the President of India, in 1965.
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1902 births
1977 deaths
Marathi people
Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in medicine
20th-century Indian medical doctors
People from Amravati
Medical doctors from Maharashtra
Directors of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
Indian pharmacologists
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