Archive · 8 Jun 2025
Hooghly College Honors Kala-Azar Medicine Inventor
A college held an event to celebrate a doctor who lived long ago.
This doctor, Upendranath Brahmachari, invented a medicine called Urea Stibamine.
This medicine helped cure Kala-azar, a disease that used to kill many people.
The college organized a special meeting with speeches to remember him.
The doctor studied at the college before becoming a doctor.
He also studied chemistry and math.
He saved many lives with his medicine and was honored for his work.
Hooghly Mohsin College organized a seminar to commemorate Upendranath Brahmachari.
Brahmachari invented Urea Stibamine, a medicine for Kala-azar.
The seminar marked Brahmachari's 150th birth anniversary.
Brahmachari studied at Hooghly Mohsin College.
The event took place at Chuchura Rabindra Bhavan, attended by various figures.
- Who
- Upendranath Brahmachari
- What
- Commemoration of his life and work.
- When
- Marking his 150th birth anniversary
- Where
- Hooghly Mohsin College, Chuchura Rabindra Bhavan
- Why
- To honor his contributions to medicine, specifically his discovery of Urea Stibamine for treating Kala-azar.
- Person Celebrated
- Upendranath Brahmachari
- Disease Treated
- Kala-azar
- Medicine Invented
- Urea Stibamine
- Organizing Institution
- Hooghly Mohsin College
- Event Location
- Chuchura Rabindra Bhavan
- Event Occasion
- 150th birth anniversary