Bidhan Chandra Roy

Abstract

Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, one of the very few people who are talented enough to acquire both the MRCP and FRCS degrees, was an eminent physician, one of the most important freedom fighters for India and also the second Chief Minister of West Bengal. B C Roy led a very eventful life during which he excelled in each profession he had taken up. B C Roy also laid the foundation stone of cities Bidhannagar and Kalyani in West Bengal. After his terms as a part of the alumni of the Calcutta Medical College and as the Vice-Chancellor of Calcutta University, he entered into active politics and subsequently was elected the Chief Minister of West Bengal, a post that he held till his death. Dr B C Roy is fondly remembered through the celebration of the National Doctor’s Day on July 1 (his birth and death day) every year.