Dr. Upendranath Brahmachari

Rai Bahadur Sir Upendranath Brahmachari was born on 19 December 1873 in Jamalpur, Dist. Munger, Bihar. His ancestral house was in Sardanga village near Purbasthali, District Burdwan of West Bengal, India. His father Nilmony Brahmachari was a physician in East India Railways. His mother’s name was Saurabh Sundari Devi. He completed his early education from Eastern Railways Boys’ High School, Jamalpur. In 1893 he passed BA degree from Hooghly Mohsin College with honours in Mathematics and Chemistry. Thereafter he went to study Medicine with Higher Chemistry. He passed his Masters degree in 1894 from the Presidency College, Kolkata. In MB Examination of 1900 of the University of Calcutta he stood first in Medicine and in Surgery for which he received Goodeve and Macleod awards. He obtained his MD degree in 1902 and was awarded a Ph D degree in 1904, for his research paper on “Studies in Hemolysis” both from the University of Calcutta. In 1898 he married Nani Bala Devi.