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{{Short description|Indian anatomist, medical academic and writer}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1937|10|01|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Barigarh]], British India
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| alma_mater = [[Ewing Christian College]]<br>[[Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College, Indore|MGM Medical College]]<br>[[Jiwaji University]]
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| years_active = 1965 – 1985
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| specialism = [[Human Anatomy]]
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'''Bhagwan Din Chaurasia''' (1937 – 1985) was an Indian [[Anatomy|anatomist]], medical educator and writer for medical education. He is best known for his widely acclaimed textbook, ''Human Anatomy'', which remains a popular anatomy resource for medical students in India and abroad.

==Early life and education==
Bhagwan Din Chaurasia was born on 1 October 1937 in [[Barigarh]], a town now in [[Chhatarpur district]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]], India. He was raised in the farming family of Ramadin and Radharani Chaurasia. In 1954 he completed his early education from [[Ewing Christian College]], [[Allahabad]]. He gained his MBBS from [[Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College, Indore|Mahatma Gandhi Memorial (MGM) Medical College]], [[Indore]], in 1960, and five years later obtained a Master of Surgery (M. S.) in anatomy from the same college. In 1975 he completed his Ph.D. from [[Jiwaji University]], [[Gwalior]].<ref name=Vaishya2024>{{Cite journal |last=Vaishya |first=Raju |date=2024-12-01 |title=Dr Bhagwan Din Chaurasia: A Guiding Light and a Pillar of Anatomy Education in India |journal=Apollo Medicine |language=en |volume=21 |issue=4 |pages=381–385 |doi=10.1177/09760016241258531 |issn=0976-0016|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref name=Jindal2022>{{Cite journal |last1=Jindal |first1=Ankush |last2=Bansal |first2=Manishi |date=2022-08-01 |title=Bhagwan Din Chaurasia (1937–1985): The unsung hero of Indian anatomy |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0967772020961011 |journal=Journal of Medical Biography |language=en |volume=30 |issue=3 |pages=145–147 |doi=10.1177/0967772020961011 |pmid=32960741 |issn=0967-7720|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

== Career ==
Chaurasia started his teaching career as a demonstrator in the department of anatomy at MGM Medical College, Indore. He worked there for three years followed by a two-year stint as a lecturer in anatomy at the [[Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal|Gandhi Medical College]] (GMC), [[Bhopal]]. In 1968, he joined the [[Gajara Raja Medical College]] (GRMC), Gwalior, as a Reader in Anatomy, and worked there until his death.<ref name=Vaishya2024 /><ref name=Jindal2022 />

Chaurasia's class notes on the human brain, with handwritten diagrams, became very popular and served as the foundation for his first publication. As photocopying and typewriting were expensive, and to make education accessible, he cyclostyled his notes and sold them to students for {{INR}}10 for each booklet. His work caught the attention of CBS Publishers in New Delhi, who invited him to write a comprehensive textbook on human anatomy.<ref name=Vaishya2024 />

In 1979, inspired by his mentor professors Inderbir Singh from [[Rohtak]] and S. C. Gupta from Jiwaji University, he published ''[[Human Anatomy (Chaurasia)|Human Anatomy]]'' in which he incorporated riddles and rhymes, in the hope that students would not find learning anatomy tiresome and boring.<ref name=Jindal2020>{{Cite journal |last1=Jindal |first1=Ankush |last2=Bansal |first2=Manishi |date=22 September 2020 |title=Bhagwan Din Chaurasia (1937–1985): The unsung hero of Indian anatomy |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0967772020961011 |journal=Journal of Medical Biography |language=en |volume=30 |issue=3 |pages=145–147 |doi=10.1177/0967772020961011 |pmid=32960741 |issn=0967-7720|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He dedicated the book to his teacher Uma Shankar Nagayach. It quickly became an essential resource for medical students. The first edition was reprinted annually until 1988. The second edition was published in 1989 with five reprints till 1994. The eighth edition was published in 2020.<ref name=Vaishya2024 /><ref name=Jindal2022 /> After 45 years, it remains in use, with the ninth edition in 2024 edited by Krishna Garg. The book combined simple language, concise explanation with visually engaging and easily reproducible diagrams; which addressed the lack of accessible and student-friendly anatomy resource. It also had flowcharts and clinical correlations for better understanding. It has been translated into multiple languages and remains useful across various medical disciplines, including [[dentistry]], [[physiotherapy]], and [[occupational therapy]].<ref name=Vaishya2024 /><ref name=Jindal2022 /> He authored ''Handbook of General Anatomy'' which also became popular.<ref name=Jindal2022 />

Chaurasia published over 60 research papers in national and international journals.<ref name=Vaishya2024 /><ref name=Jindal2022 /> He attended academic societies and served as a member on the advisory board of the publications such as the ''Acta Anatomica'' from 1981 and on the editorial board of ''Bionature''.<ref name=Vaishya2024 /><ref name=Jindal2022 /> His research spanned diverse topics; including anatomy, human variations, congenital anomalies, anthropology, neurology, behavioural sciences, human genetics and botany.<ref name=Vaishya2024 /><ref name=Jindal2022 />

Chaurasia never married.<ref name=Vaishya2024 /> He had a dog named Rani. Munne Miyan was his helper.<ref name=Vaishya2024 /> He died on 5 May 1985, most likely due to [[myocardial infarction]].<ref name=Vaishya2024 /><ref name=Jindal2022 /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Admin |date=2024-09-30 |title=History Today in Medicine - Dr. B. D. Chaurasia |url=https://cmeindia.in/history-today-in-medicine-dr-b-d-chaurasia/ |access-date=2024-11-27 |website=CME INDIA |language=en-US |archive-date=16 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716031142/https://cmeindia.in/history-today-in-medicine-dr-b-d-chaurasia/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Recognition==
Chaurasia was elected as a Fellow of the [[National Academy of Medical Sciences]] (FAMS) in 1982 and was posthumously awarded the Dr. Kailash Nath Katju Award of Science by the [[Government of Madhya Pradesh]]. His birthday, 1 October, is celebrated as Medical Teacher's Day in [[Madhya Pradesh]].<ref name=Vaishya2024 />

==Selected publications==
===Articles===
*{{cite journal|title=Functional asymmetry in the face |journal=Acta Anatomica |date=1975 |volume=91 |issue=1 |pages=154–160 |doi=10.1159/000144379 |pmid=1136705 |issn=0001-5180 |last1=Chaurasia |first1=B.D. |last2=Goswami |first2=H.K. }} (Co-author)
*{{cite journal |last1=Chaurasia |first1=B. D. |title=Forebrain in human anencephaly |journal=Anatomischer Anzeiger |date=1977 |volume=142 |issue=5 |pages=471–478 |pmid=607812 |issn=0003-2786}}
*{{cite journal |title=Helical structure of the human umbilical cord |journal=Acta Anatomica |date=1979 |volume=103 |issue=2 |pages=226–230 |doi=10.1159/000145013 |pmid=419931 |issn=0001-5180 |last1=Chaurasia |first1=B.D. |last2=Agarwal |first2=B.M. }} (Co-author)
*{{cite journal |title=Classification of inherited brachydactylies |journal=Journal of Medical Genetics |date=August 1980 |volume=17 |issue=4 |pages=324–325 |doi=10.1136/jmg.17.4.324-b |pmid=7205911 |issn=0022-2593|pmc=1048584 |last1=Goswami |first1=H. K. |last2=Chaurasia |first2=B. D. }} (Co-author)

===Books===
*{{cite book |title=B. D. Chaurasia's Handbook of General Anatomy |date=1978 |publisher=CBS Publishers}}

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