Role of Leading Scientists in Colonial India/Freedom Struggle
Dr. Mahendra Lal Sarkar
Born on 2nd November 1833, ML Sarkar was a Bengali medical doctor (MD), the second MD graduated from the Calcutta Medical College, social reformer, and propagator of scientific studies in nineteenth-century India. He was the founder of the ‘Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science’.
Contributions/Achievements
- Although educated in the traditional European system of medicine, ML Sarkar later turned to homoeopathy due to inability of ordinary Indians to afford treatment with western medicines. He was influenced by reading William Morgan's ‘The Philosophy of Homeopathy’, and by interaction with Rajendralal Dutt, a leading homoeopathic practitioner of ....
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