Sudhansu Sobhan Maitra was an Indian physician and a faculty member of Willingdon Hospital (present-day

Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital (formerly known as Willingdon Hospital) is a government hospital in New Delhi, India. The hospital was founded, with 54 beds, in 1932 by the British Raj for their own government staff. In 1954, in the newly inde ...

). He was a graduate of

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and a

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veteran for which he received a War Medal in 1944. The

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awarded him

Padma Bhushan The Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, preceded by the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan and followed by the Padma Shri. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is given for "distinguished service ...

, the third highest Indian civilian award, in 1962. The

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elected him as a fellow in 1964.

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