GK
FAMOUS PERSONALITIES
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He provided succour to the poor
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He set up hospitals in the difficult to reach regions of India
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He was a leading Indian nationalist
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He laid down his life providing medical help to the Eighth Route Army
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Detailed explanation-1: -Dwarkanath Shantaram Kotnis is one Indian doctor whose name continues to be revered by the Chinese people was one of the Indian doctors who were sent to China to provide medical assistance to ailing people during the Second Sino-Japanese war in 1938. He is regarded as a symbol of Sino-Indian friendship.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1938, five young Indian doctors arrived in Hebei province in central China to help Chinese troops during the Japanese invasion, after Jawaharlal Nehru called on Indians to help their under-fire neighbours. This year marks the 100th birth anniversary of Dwarkanath Kotnis, who was one of the five doctors.
Detailed explanation-3: -Kotnis was a focused person who dedicated his life to medical practice and serving soldiers in the Chinese army. He worked relentlessly towards saving life of every soldier he came across. He was brave to go with soldiers who had been assigned frontline missions.
Detailed explanation-4: -Kotnis ki Amar Kahani (English: The eternal tale of Dr. Kotnis) is a 1946 Indian film in Hindustani as well as English, written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas and directed by V. Shantaram.