Madhusudan Gupta
Male, Deceased Person
1800 – 1856
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Who was Madhusudan Gupta?
Pandit Madhusudan Gupta was an Indian doctor and the first Indian to dissect a corpse. When the Medical College was set up in Kolkata, Gupta, broke prevalent social taboos and came forward to dissect human corpse. On 28 October 1836, Gupta became the first Indian to dissect a corpse. He was assisted by Raj Krishna Dey, Umacharan Sett, Dwarakanath Gupta and Nabin Chandra Mitra, students of the Medical College. The British East India Company administration honoured him by firing guns from the Fort William.
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- Born
- 1800
Baidyabati - Religion
- Hinduism
- Ethnicity
- Bengali Hindus
- Lived in
- Kolkata
- Died
- 1856
Kolkata
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on July 23, 2013
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