K. B. Desai | |
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Born | Khandubhai Bhimbhai Desai 3 September 1897 |
Died | 5 November 1979
Navsari, Gujarat, India | (aged 82)
Nationality | Indian |
Occupation | Medical doctor |
Title | President of Navsari Municipal Council |
Political party | Congress |
Spouse | Lilavati Desai |
K. B. Desai (3 September 1897 – 5 November 1979) was an Indian medical doctor, a local leader of Congress from Navsari during the Indian independence movement, and a social reformer. He was a Gandhian. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Vallabhbhai Patel was imprisoned in the wake of the Salt March in 1930. Desai acted as a spokesperson for Mahatma Gandhi in Navsari, organizing the local police as a strategy to help release Patel. He was imprisoned on multiple occasions for his role in the freedom struggle. [1] [2] [3]
After independence in 1947, he served as President of Navsari Municipal Council (Nagarpalika Pramukh). [4]
Desai graduated with an M.B.B.S. from Bombay (Mumbai) in 1922. He obtained further medical training from Dublin and Vienna. Desai provided surgical, obstetric, dental and non-surgical care. He built and ran K. B. Desai Hospital in Navsari. [5] [6] [7]
Desai was actively involved in social reform movements. He opposed the caste system, admitting patients of all castes to his hospital and serving them food from a single kitchen using one set of utensils. [8]
K. B. Desai | |
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Born | Khandubhai Bhimbhai Desai 3 September 1897 |
Died | 5 November 1979
Navsari, Gujarat, India | (aged 82)
Nationality | Indian |
Occupation | Medical doctor |
Title | President of Navsari Municipal Council |
Political party | Congress |
Spouse | Lilavati Desai |
K. B. Desai (3 September 1897 – 5 November 1979) was an Indian medical doctor, a local leader of Congress from Navsari during the Indian independence movement, and a social reformer. He was a Gandhian. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Vallabhbhai Patel was imprisoned in the wake of the Salt March in 1930. Desai acted as a spokesperson for Mahatma Gandhi in Navsari, organizing the local police as a strategy to help release Patel. He was imprisoned on multiple occasions for his role in the freedom struggle. [1] [2] [3]
After independence in 1947, he served as President of Navsari Municipal Council (Nagarpalika Pramukh). [4]
Desai graduated with an M.B.B.S. from Bombay (Mumbai) in 1922. He obtained further medical training from Dublin and Vienna. Desai provided surgical, obstetric, dental and non-surgical care. He built and ran K. B. Desai Hospital in Navsari. [5] [6] [7]
Desai was actively involved in social reform movements. He opposed the caste system, admitting patients of all castes to his hospital and serving them food from a single kitchen using one set of utensils. [8]