Major General Amir Chand (1889–1970) was a

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and teacher of medicine in

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. In 1936, while India was still under

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, Dr. Amir Chand became the first Indian to occupy the Chair of Medicine at

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. Post Indian independence, Dr. Amir Chand was prominent in laying the foundation of modern medicine in India. He was President of the Association of Physicians of India in 1947. In 1948, he was elected President of the

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. Maj Gen Amir Chand was also the founder of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology. In 1960, he was elected as the professional organization's first president. Before he died, Amir Chand donated his savings to the

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, the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences and the

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. He used to say that all he had earned came from patients and, therefore, once his own needs and those of his dependents had been taken care of, the rest must be returned to the needy ailing humanity and the cause of

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#Indian Council of Medical Research Colonel Amir Chand trust prizes for medical researc

#Indian Society of Gastroenterolog

#Indian Council of Medical Researc

#Post Graduate Institute, Chandigar

#The Hind

#Nobel laureate Sune Bergstrom's award

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chand, Amir 20th-century Indian medical doctors 1970 deaths 1889 births Indian medical academics