Dr. Ramgati Banerji political profile

Members Bioprofile

BANERJI, DR. R, B.Sc., M.S., F.S.M.F., Cong., (West Bengal—Bankura—1962):  S. of Late Shridhar Chandra Banerjee; B. Susunia Village, Bankura, February 1, 1899; ed. at Collegiate School, Bankura, Christian College, Bankura, Scottish Churches College, Calcutta and Carmichael Medical College, Calcutta University; m. Shrimati Usharani, February 1922; 1 S. and 3 D.; Medical Practitioner; Member, Bengal Council of Medical Registration 1932—42; Member, State Medical Faculty, Bengal; Examiner, State Medical Faculty, Bengal; Formerly Professor and Superintendent, Bankura Medical School and Hospital; Obstetrician and gynaecologist of the same hospital for 20 years; Member, Second Lok Sabha, 1957—62.

Social activities:  Helped in the building up of the Bankura Sammilani Medical School and Hospital, the ‘Gowripur Leper Colony’, and a Maternity and Child Welfare Clinic at Bankura; assisted in the promotion of education by the construction, out of private funds, of buildings for a High School in his native village.

Accomplishments in letters, art and science:  Hony. Fellow of the State Medical Faculty of Bengal (1940).

Hobbies:  Agriculture, Dairying and Poultry Farming. 

Favourite pastime and recreation:  Playing cards.

Special interests:  Obstetrical and Gynaecological subjects of medicine.

Publications:  Several articles in Medical Journals. 

Permanent address:  Bankura, West Bengal. 

[Voting results at the Election:

Electorate:  4,53,776

Dr. Ramgoti Banerji                                             . .                        74,674

Shri Kanailal De                                                   . .                        47,230

Shri Manoranjan Roy                                           . .                        24,156].