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Dictionary of Indian Biography D to F
Date transcribed | 2011-03-01 | Transcribed by | Peter Bailey | Comment | Note 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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A List of eminent persons who served in British India, together with short biographical notes of each
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