Subhash Mukhopadhyay
Scientist, Physician
1931 – 1981
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Who was Subhash Mukhopadhyay?
Subhash Mukhopadhyay was a physician from Kolkata, India, who created the world's second and India's first child using in-vitro fertilisation, Durga who was born 67 days after the first IVF baby in United Kingdom. Unfortunately, he was harassed by the state government, and not allowed to share his achievements with the international scientific community. Dejected, he committed suicide on 19 June 1981.
His life and death has been the subject of countless newspaper reviews and inspired the Hindi movie Ek Doctor Ki Maut, directed by Tapan Sinha.
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