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 Dictionary of Indian Biography D to F

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Date transcribed2011-03-01
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Dutt    
First Name(s)  Rajendra    
Year of Birth  1818    
Year of Death  1889    
Entry  Born in Calcutta, 1818 : educated at Drummond's School, and at the Hindu College : joined the Calcutta Medical College, to be trained in medical science : after leaving the College, he opened a dispensary at his own house and commenced allopathic treatment, helped by Dr. Durga Charan Banerji : in 1853, opened the Hindu Metropolitan College as a protest against the laxity displayed in the Hindu College, and began to study homoeopathy : in 1857, started a business firm, Dutt, Linzu & Co., with Europeans as partners, which failed in 1861 : thereupon he established a homoeopathic dispensary : in 1864, Dr. Berigny came to Calcutta, and with him began to spread homoeopathic treatment : in 1867 he converted Dr. Mahendra Lai Sarkar {q.v.) to homoeopathy : lost great wealth in business speculations : was very generous : died June, 1889.     
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