Dukhan Ram was an Indian ophthalmologist, academic, legislator and the vice chancellor of Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University.
10 Facts About Dukhan Ram
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Dukhan Ram was the principal of Patna Medical College, one of the oldest medical colleges in India, and the president of Arya Pradeshik Pratinidhi Sabha, a satellite organization of Arya Samaj, founded by Dayanand Saraswati.
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Dukhan Ram successfully contested the 1962 Bihar Legislative Assembly election from Sasaram constituency, on Indian National Congress candidature and served as the president of All India Ophthalmological Society in 1961.
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Dukhan Ram was born on 15 July 1899 in a Vaisya family with poor financial means in Sasaram in the Indian state of Bihar and did his early education at local schools in Shahabad district in difficult circumstances as his father died when he was only four.
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Dukhan Ram's marriage took place when he was 16 years of age but he continued his education and joined Calcutta Medical College in 1920 to graduate in medicine from there in 1926, during which time he studied Bachelor of Science course concurrently to pass out in 1925.
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Dukhan Ram was involved with Arya Samaj and served as the president of the Bihar chapter of the Arya Pratinidhi Sabha in 1951, as the vice president of the national organization in 1956 and presided the International Arya League held in Mauritius in 1957.
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Dukhan Ram continued his association with Indian President's office by serving as the honorary ophthalmic surgeon to the next four presidents viz.
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Dukhan Ram was the founder president of the Bihar unit of the All India Ophthalmological Society, chaired the organizing committee of Patna and Jamshedpur annual conferences in 1952 and 1956 respectively and was the national president of the organization in 1961.
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Dukhan Ram was the founder-president of IASINDIA - Institute of Administrative Studies, a Patna-based institution of higher studies in administration and management.
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Dukhan Ram was one of the founders of the National Academy of Medical Sciences and was its elected fellow.