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	== Founder of Ashtanga Ayurveda College ==		== Founder of Ashtanga Ayurveda College ==

	[[File:Ashtanga Ayurveda Hospital, Raja Dinendra Street, Kolkata, 1964.png\|~~thumb\|right~~\|alt=Historic three-storey hospital building at the Raja Dinendra Street campus in Kolkata\|Historic view of the Raja Dinendra Street campus of [[J.B. Roy State Ayurvedic Medical College & Hospital\|Ashtanga Ayurveda College and Hospital]], Kolkata, in 1964.]]		<div style="float:right; width:260px; margin:0 0 1em 1em; padding:4px; border:1px solid #c8ccd1; background:#f8f9fa;">
			<div style="text-align:center;">[[File:Ashtanga Ayurveda Hospital, Raja Dinendra Street, Kolkata, 1964.png\|250px\|alt=Historic three-storey hospital building at the Raja Dinendra Street campus in Kolkata]]</div>
			<div style="font-size:90%; line-height:1.3; margin-top:3px;">Historic view of the Raja Dinendra Street campus of [[J.B. Roy State Ayurvedic Medical College & Hospital\|Ashtanga Ayurveda College and Hospital]], Kolkata, in 1964.</div>
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	In 1916, Ray founded the '''Ashtanga Ayurveda College and Hospital''' in Calcutta.<ref name="JRAS2024" /> Initially established in a rented house at 29 Fariapukur Street in north Calcutta, the college admitted twelve students in its first intake.<ref name="Jubilee1964pp44-47"/><ref name="Editorial1964">{{cite book		In 1916, Ray founded the '''Ashtanga Ayurveda College and Hospital''' in Calcutta.<ref name="JRAS2024" /> Initially established in a rented house at 29 Fariapukur Street in north Calcutta, the college admitted twelve students in its first intake.<ref name="Jubilee1964pp44-47"/><ref name="Editorial1964">{{cite book
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	}}</ref> Ray served as the institution's first principal, with Biraja Charan Gupta as vice-principal.<ref name="Editorial1964"/>		}}</ref> Ray served as the institution's first principal, with Biraja Charan Gupta as vice-principal.<ref name="Editorial1964"/>

	[[File:J.B. Roy State Ayurvedic Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata.png\|~~thumb\|left\|220px~~\|alt=Present-day view of the courtyard of J. B. Roy State Ayurvedic Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata\|Present-day view of the Raja Dinendra Street campus of the [[J.B. Roy State Ayurvedic Medical College & Hospital]], which evolved from the ''Ashtanga Ayurveda Vidyalaya o Ayurvediya Arogyashala'' founded by Jamini Bhushan Ray in 1916.]]		<div style="float:left; width:260px; margin:0 1em 1em 0; padding:4px; border:1px solid #c8ccd1; background:#f8f9fa;">
			<div style="text-align:center;">[[File:J.B. Roy State Ayurvedic Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata.png\|250px\|alt=Present-day view of the courtyard of J. B. Roy State Ayurvedic Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata]]</div>
			<div style="font-size:90%; line-height:1.3; margin-top:3px;">Present-day view of the Raja Dinendra Street campus of the [[J.B. Roy State Ayurvedic Medical College & Hospital]], which evolved from the ''Ashtanga Ayurveda Vidyalaya o Ayurvediya Arogyashala'' founded by Jamini Bhushan Ray in 1916.</div>
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	An outpatient dispensary was established alongside the college and soon treated about 100 patients daily.<ref name="Editorial1964"/> The institution also provided free medical treatment to poor patients, with Ray reportedly attending daily to treat them.<ref name="Prohor"/>		An outpatient dispensary was established alongside the college and soon treated about 100 patients daily.<ref name="Editorial1964"/> The institution also provided free medical treatment to poor patients, with Ray reportedly attending daily to treat them.<ref name="Prohor"/>
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	== Presidency of the All India Ayurvedic Conference ==		== Presidency of the All India Ayurvedic Conference ==

	[[File:The All-India Ayurvedic Conference - opening panel - Behar Herald, 1 April 1916.png~~\|thumb\|left~~\|220px\|link=File:The All-India Ayurvedic Conference - Behar Herald, 1 April 1916 - restored reading edition.png\|alt=Opening panel of a 1916 Behar Herald newspaper report on the Seventh All-India Ayurvedic Conference\|Opening panel of the restored Behar Herald report on the 1915 Seventh All-India Ayurvedic Conference. Click to view the complete four-panel reading edition.]]		<div style="float:left; width:230px; margin:0 1em 1em 0; padding:4px; border:1px solid #c8ccd1; background:#f8f9fa;">
			<div style="text-align:center;">[[File:The All-India Ayurvedic Conference - opening panel - Behar Herald, 1 April 1916.png\|220px\|link=File:The All-India Ayurvedic Conference - Behar Herald, 1 April 1916 - restored reading edition.png\|alt=Opening panel of a 1916 Behar Herald newspaper report on the Seventh All-India Ayurvedic Conference]]</div>
			<div style="font-size:90%; line-height:1.3; margin-top:3px;">Opening panel of the restored ''Behar Herald'' report on the 1915 Seventh All-India Ayurvedic Conference. Click to view the complete four-panel reading edition.</div>
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	In 1915 Ray was elected president of the Seventh All India Ayurvedic Conference held in [[Madras]] (now [[Chennai]]).<ref name="Conference1915">{{Cite book		In 1915 Ray was elected president of the Seventh All India Ayurvedic Conference held in [[Madras]] (now [[Chennai]]).<ref name="Conference1915">{{Cite book
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	{{Main\|Mahatma Gandhi at Ashtanga Ayurveda Vidyalaya (1925)}}		{{Main\|Mahatma Gandhi at Ashtanga Ayurveda Vidyalaya (1925)}}

	[[File:Mahatma-Gandhi, studio, 1931.jpg\|~~thumb\|right~~\|alt=Studio portrait of Mahatma Gandhi wearing a white shawl and round spectacles\|[[Mahatma Gandhi]], who laid the foundation stone of the Ashtanga Ayurveda College and Hospital on 6 May 1925.]]		<div style="float:right; width:190px; margin:0 0 1em 1em; padding:4px; border:1px solid #c8ccd1; background:#f8f9fa;">
			<div style="text-align:center;">[[File:Mahatma-Gandhi, studio, 1931.jpg\|180px\|alt=Studio portrait of Mahatma Gandhi wearing a white shawl and round spectacles]]</div>
			<div style="font-size:90%; line-height:1.3; margin-top:3px;">[[Mahatma Gandhi]], who laid the foundation stone of the Ashtanga Ayurveda College and Hospital on 6 May 1925.</div>
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	On 6 May 1925, [[Mahatma Gandhi]] laid the foundation stone of the new building of the Ashtanga Ayurveda Vidyalaya in Calcutta.<ref name="CWMG">{{cite book		On 6 May 1925, [[Mahatma Gandhi]] laid the foundation stone of the new building of the Ashtanga Ayurveda Vidyalaya in Calcutta.<ref name="CWMG">{{cite book
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	== Publications and scholarship ==		== Publications and scholarship ==

	[[File:Prati Sanskrita Roga Binischaya by Jamini Bhushan Ray – title page (1920).png\|~~thumb\|right~~\|alt=Title page of Jamini Bhushan Ray's 1920 medical book Prati Sanskrita Roga Binischaya\|Title page of ''Prati Sanskrita Roga Binischaya'' (''Diseases – Their Origin and Diagnosis''), published in Calcutta in 1920.]]		<div style="float:right; width:190px; margin:0 0 1em 1em; padding:4px; border:1px solid #c8ccd1; background:#f8f9fa;">
			<div style="text-align:center;">[[File:Prati Sanskrita Roga Binischaya by Jamini Bhushan Ray – title page (1920).png\|180px\|alt=Title page of Jamini Bhushan Ray's 1920 medical book Prati Sanskrita Roga Binischaya]]</div>
			<div style="font-size:90%; line-height:1.3; margin-top:3px;">Title page of ''Prati Sanskrita Roga Binischaya'' (''Diseases – Their Origin and Diagnosis''), published in Calcutta in 1920.</div>
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	Ray was a Sanskrit scholar and author whose medical writings covered diagnosis, diseases of the ear, nose and throat, paediatrics, obstetrics and toxicology.<ref name="Jubilee1964pp44-47"/>		Ray was a Sanskrit scholar and author whose medical writings covered diagnosis, diseases of the ear, nose and throat, paediatrics, obstetrics and toxicology.<ref name="Jubilee1964pp44-47"/>
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	== Death and legacy ==		== Death and legacy ==

	[[File:Photograph of Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, 2nd Chief Minister of West Bengal.jpg\|~~thumb\|right~~\|alt=Portrait of physician and statesman Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy\|[[Bidhan Chandra Roy\|Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy]], who laid the foundation stone of the Patipukur Tuberculosis Hospital on land bequeathed by Jamini Bhushan Ray.]]		<div style="float:right; width:190px; margin:0 0 1em 1em; padding:4px; border:1px solid #c8ccd1; background:#f8f9fa;">
			<div style="text-align:center;">[[File:Photograph of Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, 2nd Chief Minister of West Bengal.jpg\|180px\|alt=Portrait of physician and statesman Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy]]</div>
			<div style="font-size:90%; line-height:1.3; margin-top:3px;">[[Bidhan Chandra Roy\|Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy]], who laid the foundation stone of the Patipukur Tuberculosis Hospital on land bequeathed by Jamini Bhushan Ray.</div>
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	Ray died in Calcutta on 11 August 1926 at the age of forty-seven.<ref name="Samsad"/>		Ray died in Calcutta on 11 August 1926 at the age of forty-seven.<ref name="Samsad"/>
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	Modern scholarship emphasises Ray's role in the institutional development of Ayurveda in Bengal through his educational and pharmaceutical initiatives.<ref name="JRAS2024"/> The institution he founded continues as the [[J.B. Roy State Ayurvedic Medical College & Hospital]]. CCRAS also includes Ray in its biographical series on luminaries of Ayurveda.<ref name="CCRASLuminary"/>		Modern scholarship emphasises Ray's role in the institutional development of Ayurveda in Bengal through his educational and pharmaceutical initiatives.<ref name="JRAS2024"/> The institution he founded continues as the [[J.B. Roy State Ayurvedic Medical College & Hospital]]. CCRAS also includes Ray in its biographical series on luminaries of Ayurveda.<ref name="CCRASLuminary"/>

	[[File:Patipukur T.B. Hospital, Kolkata, 1964.png\|~~thumb\|left~~\|alt=Historic hospital building at Patipukur in Kolkata in 1964\|Historic view of Patipukur T.B. Hospital, later reorganised as Patipukur Ayurvedic Hospital, in 1964.]]		<div style="float:left; width:260px; margin:0 1em 1em 0; padding:4px; border:1px solid #c8ccd1; background:#f8f9fa;">
			<div style="text-align:center;">[[File:Patipukur T.B. Hospital, Kolkata, 1964.png\|250px\|alt=Historic hospital building at Patipukur in Kolkata in 1964]]</div>
			<div style="font-size:90%; line-height:1.3; margin-top:3px;">Historic view of Patipukur T.B. Hospital, later reorganised as Patipukur Ayurvedic Hospital, in 1964.</div>
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	Ray's bequest of twelve bighas of land at Patipukur, together with his garden house there, subsequently provided the site for a tuberculosis hospital attached to the institution.<ref name="Pal1964"/>{{rp\|p=2}} [[Bidhan Chandra Roy]] laid the foundation stone of the tuberculosis hospital in 1933.<ref name="Editorial1964"/> According to the Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, it was initially established as a 60-bed facility.<ref name="CCRASLuminary"/>		Ray's bequest of twelve bighas of land at Patipukur, together with his garden house there, subsequently provided the site for a tuberculosis hospital attached to the institution.<ref name="Pal1964"/>{{rp\|p=2}} [[Bidhan Chandra Roy]] laid the foundation stone of the tuberculosis hospital in 1933.<ref name="Editorial1964"/> According to the Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, it was initially established as a 60-bed facility.<ref name="CCRASLuminary"/>
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	== Recognition ==		== Recognition ==

	[[File:Statue of Jamini Bhushan Ray at J.B. Roy State Ayurvedic Medical College and Hospital.png\|~~thumb\|right~~\|alt=Marble bust of Jamini Bhushan Ray displayed at the J. B. Roy State Ayurvedic Medical College and Hospital\|Marble bust of Ayurvedic physician and medical educator Jamini Bhushan Ray at the [[J.B. Roy State Ayurvedic Medical College & Hospital]] in Kolkata.]]		<div style="float:right; width:210px; margin:0 0 1em 1em; padding:4px; border:1px solid #c8ccd1; background:#f8f9fa;">
			<div style="text-align:center;">[[File:Statue of Jamini Bhushan Ray at J.B. Roy State Ayurvedic Medical College and Hospital.png\|200px\|alt=Marble bust of Jamini Bhushan Ray displayed at the J. B. Roy State Ayurvedic Medical College and Hospital]]</div>
			<div style="font-size:90%; line-height:1.3; margin-top:3px;">Marble bust of Ayurvedic physician and medical educator Jamini Bhushan Ray at the [[J.B. Roy State Ayurvedic Medical College & Hospital]] in Kolkata.</div>
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	A street in Kolkata, '''Jamini Kaviraj Row''', was named in Ray's honour.<ref name="JRAS2024"/><ref name="JBRayRecognition">{{Cite web		A street in Kolkata, '''Jamini Kaviraj Row''', was named in Ray's honour.<ref name="JRAS2024"/><ref name="JBRayRecognition">{{Cite web

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	== Association with Mahatma Gandhi ==		== Association with Mahatma Gandhi ==

			{{Main\|Mahatma Gandhi at Ashtanga Ayurveda Vidyalaya (1925)}}

	[[File:Mahatma-Gandhi, studio, 1931.jpg\|thumb\|right\|alt=Studio portrait of Mahatma Gandhi wearing a white shawl and round spectacles\|[[Mahatma Gandhi]], who laid the foundation stone of the Ashtanga Ayurveda College and Hospital on 6 May 1925.]]		[[File:Mahatma-Gandhi, studio, 1931.jpg\|thumb\|right\|alt=Studio portrait of Mahatma Gandhi wearing a white shawl and round spectacles\|[[Mahatma Gandhi]], who laid the foundation stone of the Ashtanga Ayurveda College and Hospital on 6 May 1925.]]

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	The institution was subsequently registered as a public institution and placed under an executive committee; its first executive committee dates from 1919, with Krishna Das Bandyopadhyay serving as secretary.<ref name="Editorial1964"/>		The institution was subsequently registered as a public institution and placed under an executive committee; its first executive committee dates from 1919, with Krishna Das Bandyopadhyay serving as secretary.<ref name="Editorial1964"/>

	The institution later evolved into the '''[[J.B. Roy State Ayurvedic Medical College ~~and~~ Hospital\|J.B. Roy State Ayurvedic Medical College and Hospital]]'''. A Bengali biographical dictionary records its historical name as ''Jamini Bhushan Ashtanga Ayurveda Vidyalaya o Ayurvediya Arogyashala''.<ref name="Samsad"/>		The institution later evolved into the '''[[J.B. Roy State Ayurvedic Medical College & Hospital\|J.B. Roy State Ayurvedic Medical College and Hospital]]'''. A Bengali biographical dictionary records its historical name as ''Jamini Bhushan Ashtanga Ayurveda Vidyalaya o Ayurvediya Arogyashala''.<ref name="Samsad"/>

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	\| occupation = Ayurvedic physician<br>Medical educator<br>Sanskrit scholar		\| occupation = Ayurvedic physician<br>Medical educator<br>Sanskrit scholar
	\| education = [[Sanskrit College and University\|Sanskrit College, Calcutta]]<br>[[Calcutta Medical College]]		\| education = [[Sanskrit College and University\|Sanskrit College, Calcutta]]<br>[[Calcutta Medical College]]
	\| known_for = Founding the [[J.B. Roy State Ayurvedic Medical College ~~and~~ Hospital\|Ashtanga Ayurveda College and Hospital]]<br>Modernising Ayurvedic education in Bengal		\| known_for = Founding the [[J.B. Roy State Ayurvedic Medical College & Hospital\|Ashtanga Ayurveda College and Hospital]]<br>Modernising Ayurvedic education in Bengal
	\| spouse = Saroj Bala Devi		\| spouse = Saroj Bala Devi
	\| children = 6		\| children = 6
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	\|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.458268/page/428/mode/2up		\|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.458268/page/428/mode/2up
	\|access-date=25 June 2026		\|access-date=25 June 2026
	}}</ref> He founded the [[J.B. Roy State Ayurvedic Medical College ~~and~~ Hospital\|Ashtanga Ayurveda College and Hospital]] in [[Kolkata\|Calcutta]] in 1916 and established the Vaidyaraj Pharmacy, both of which formed part of his efforts to modernise Ayurvedic education and pharmaceutical practice during the late [[British Raj\|colonial period]]. Contemporary scholarship identifies him as an important figure in the revival of Ayurveda in Bengal through the development of educational institutions, pharmaceutical enterprises and professional organisations.<ref name="JRAS2024">{{cite journal		}}</ref> He founded the [[J.B. Roy State Ayurvedic Medical College & Hospital\|Ashtanga Ayurveda College and Hospital]] in [[Kolkata\|Calcutta]] in 1916 and established the Vaidyaraj Pharmacy, both of which formed part of his efforts to modernise Ayurvedic education and pharmaceutical practice during the late [[British Raj\|colonial period]]. Contemporary scholarship identifies him as an important figure in the revival of Ayurveda in Bengal through the development of educational institutions, pharmaceutical enterprises and professional organisations.<ref name="JRAS2024">{{cite journal
	\|last1=Bhushan		\|last1=Bhushan
	\|first1=Shakti		\|first1=Shakti
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	== Founder of Ashtanga Ayurveda College ==		== Founder of Ashtanga Ayurveda College ==

	[[File:Ashtanga Ayurveda Hospital, Raja Dinendra Street, Kolkata, 1964.png\|thumb\|right\|alt=Historic three-storey hospital building at the Raja Dinendra Street campus in Kolkata\|Historic view of the Raja Dinendra Street campus of [[J.B. Roy State Ayurvedic Medical College ~~and~~ Hospital\|Ashtanga Ayurveda College and Hospital]], Kolkata, in 1964.]]		[[File:Ashtanga Ayurveda Hospital, Raja Dinendra Street, Kolkata, 1964.png\|thumb\|right\|alt=Historic three-storey hospital building at the Raja Dinendra Street campus in Kolkata\|Historic view of the Raja Dinendra Street campus of [[J.B. Roy State Ayurvedic Medical College & Hospital\|Ashtanga Ayurveda College and Hospital]], Kolkata, in 1964.]]

	In 1916, Ray founded the '''Ashtanga Ayurveda College and Hospital''' in Calcutta.<ref name="JRAS2024" /> Initially established in a rented house at 29 Fariapukur Street in north Calcutta, the college admitted twelve students in its first intake.<ref name="Jubilee1964pp44-47"/><ref name="Editorial1964">{{cite book		In 1916, Ray founded the '''Ashtanga Ayurveda College and Hospital''' in Calcutta.<ref name="JRAS2024" /> Initially established in a rented house at 29 Fariapukur Street in north Calcutta, the college admitted twelve students in its first intake.<ref name="Jubilee1964pp44-47"/><ref name="Editorial1964">{{cite book
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	}}</ref> Ray served as the institution's first principal, with Biraja Charan Gupta as vice-principal.<ref name="Editorial1964"/>		}}</ref> Ray served as the institution's first principal, with Biraja Charan Gupta as vice-principal.<ref name="Editorial1964"/>

	[[File:J.B. Roy State Ayurvedic Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata.png\|thumb\|left\|220px\|alt=Present-day view of the courtyard of J. B. Roy State Ayurvedic Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata\|Present-day view of the Raja Dinendra Street campus of the [[J.B. Roy State Ayurvedic Medical College ~~and~~ Hospital]], which evolved from the ''Ashtanga Ayurveda Vidyalaya o Ayurvediya Arogyashala'' founded by Jamini Bhushan Ray in 1916.]]		[[File:J.B. Roy State Ayurvedic Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata.png\|thumb\|left\|220px\|alt=Present-day view of the courtyard of J. B. Roy State Ayurvedic Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata\|Present-day view of the Raja Dinendra Street campus of the [[J.B. Roy State Ayurvedic Medical College & Hospital]], which evolved from the ''Ashtanga Ayurveda Vidyalaya o Ayurvediya Arogyashala'' founded by Jamini Bhushan Ray in 1916.]]

	An outpatient dispensary was established alongside the college and soon treated about 100 patients daily.<ref name="Editorial1964"/> The institution also provided free medical treatment to poor patients, with Ray reportedly attending daily to treat them.<ref name="Prohor"/>		An outpatient dispensary was established alongside the college and soon treated about 100 patients daily.<ref name="Editorial1964"/> The institution also provided free medical treatment to poor patients, with Ray reportedly attending daily to treat them.<ref name="Prohor"/>
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	Ray died in Calcutta on 11 August 1926 at the age of forty-seven.<ref name="Samsad"/>		Ray died in Calcutta on 11 August 1926 at the age of forty-seven.<ref name="Samsad"/>

	Modern scholarship emphasises Ray's role in the institutional development of Ayurveda in Bengal through his educational and pharmaceutical initiatives.<ref name="JRAS2024"/> The institution he founded continues as the [[J.B. Roy State Ayurvedic Medical College ~~and~~ Hospital]]. CCRAS also includes Ray in its biographical series on luminaries of Ayurveda.<ref name="CCRASLuminary"/>		Modern scholarship emphasises Ray's role in the institutional development of Ayurveda in Bengal through his educational and pharmaceutical initiatives.<ref name="JRAS2024"/> The institution he founded continues as the [[J.B. Roy State Ayurvedic Medical College & Hospital]]. CCRAS also includes Ray in its biographical series on luminaries of Ayurveda.<ref name="CCRASLuminary"/>

	[[File:Patipukur T.B. Hospital, Kolkata, 1964.png\|thumb\|left\|alt=Historic hospital building at Patipukur in Kolkata in 1964\|Historic view of Patipukur T.B. Hospital, later reorganised as Patipukur Ayurvedic Hospital, in 1964.]]		[[File:Patipukur T.B. Hospital, Kolkata, 1964.png\|thumb\|left\|alt=Historic hospital building at Patipukur in Kolkata in 1964\|Historic view of Patipukur T.B. Hospital, later reorganised as Patipukur Ayurvedic Hospital, in 1964.]]
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	Ray's bequest of twelve bighas of land at Patipukur, together with his garden house there, subsequently provided the site for a tuberculosis hospital attached to the institution.<ref name="Pal1964"/>{{rp\|p=2}} [[Bidhan Chandra Roy]] laid the foundation stone of the tuberculosis hospital in 1933.<ref name="Editorial1964"/> According to the Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, it was initially established as a 60-bed facility.<ref name="CCRASLuminary"/>		Ray's bequest of twelve bighas of land at Patipukur, together with his garden house there, subsequently provided the site for a tuberculosis hospital attached to the institution.<ref name="Pal1964"/>{{rp\|p=2}} [[Bidhan Chandra Roy]] laid the foundation stone of the tuberculosis hospital in 1933.<ref name="Editorial1964"/> According to the Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, it was initially established as a 60-bed facility.<ref name="CCRASLuminary"/>

	The hospital was later reorganised as '''[[J.B. Roy State Ayurvedic Medical College ~~and~~ Hospital#Patipukur Ayurvedic Hospital\|Patipukur Ayurvedic Hospital]]'''. The college's hospital profile describes it as a 94-bed facility associated with the J.B. Roy State Ayurvedic Medical College and Hospital.<ref name="JBRHospitalProfile">{{Cite web		The hospital was later reorganised as '''[[J.B. Roy State Ayurvedic Medical College & Hospital#Patipukur Ayurvedic Hospital\|Patipukur Ayurvedic Hospital]]'''. The college's hospital profile describes it as a 94-bed facility associated with the J.B. Roy State Ayurvedic Medical College and Hospital.<ref name="JBRHospitalProfile">{{Cite web
	\|url=https://jbrsamch.org.in/Infrustrcture/177/		\|url=https://jbrsamch.org.in/Infrustrcture/177/
	\|title=Hospital Infrastructure		\|title=Hospital Infrastructure
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	== Recognition ==		== Recognition ==

	[[File:Statue of Jamini Bhushan Ray at J.B. Roy State Ayurvedic Medical College and Hospital.png\|thumb\|right\|alt=Marble bust of Jamini Bhushan Ray displayed at the J. B. Roy State Ayurvedic Medical College and Hospital\|Marble bust of Ayurvedic physician and medical educator Jamini Bhushan Ray at the [[J.B. Roy State Ayurvedic Medical College ~~and~~ Hospital]] in Kolkata.]]		[[File:Statue of Jamini Bhushan Ray at J.B. Roy State Ayurvedic Medical College and Hospital.png\|thumb\|right\|alt=Marble bust of Jamini Bhushan Ray displayed at the J. B. Roy State Ayurvedic Medical College and Hospital\|Marble bust of Ayurvedic physician and medical educator Jamini Bhushan Ray at the [[J.B. Roy State Ayurvedic Medical College & Hospital]] in Kolkata.]]

	A street in Kolkata, '''Jamini Kaviraj Row''', was named in Ray's honour.<ref name="JRAS2024"/><ref name="JBRayRecognition">{{Cite web		A street in Kolkata, '''Jamini Kaviraj Row''', was named in Ray's honour.<ref name="JRAS2024"/><ref name="JBRayRecognition">{{Cite web

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	The institution later evolved into the '''[[J.B. Roy State Ayurvedic Medical College and Hospital\|J.B. Roy State Ayurvedic Medical College and Hospital]]'''. A Bengali biographical dictionary records its historical name as ''Jamini Bhushan Ashtanga Ayurveda Vidyalaya o Ayurvediya Arogyashala''.<ref name="Samsad"/>		The institution later evolved into the '''[[J.B. Roy State Ayurvedic Medical College and Hospital\|J.B. Roy State Ayurvedic Medical College and Hospital]]'''. A Bengali biographical dictionary records its historical name as ''Jamini Bhushan Ashtanga Ayurveda Vidyalaya o Ayurvediya Arogyashala''.<ref name="Samsad"/>

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	== Presidency of the All India Ayurvedic Conference ==		== Presidency of the All India Ayurvedic Conference ==

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	~~{{Ayurveda}}~~
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	Ray obtained an M.A. degree in Sanskrit, for which he received a medal.<ref name="Samsad"/> He graduated with a [[Bachelor of Medicine~~, Bachelor of Surgery\|Bachelor of Medicine]]~~ (M.B.) degree in 1905 and was awarded a gold medal.<ref name="Jubilee1964pp44-47"/><ref name="Prohor"/> Following graduation, he practised obstetrics and gynaecology before devoting himself entirely to Ayurveda.<ref name="Jubilee1964pp44-47"/> Although he had opportunities to enter government medical service under the British administration, Ray declined them in favour of practising Ayurveda.<ref name="Prohor"/>		Ray obtained an M.A. degree in Sanskrit, for which he received a medal.<ref name="Samsad"/> He graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine (M.B.) degree in 1905 and was awarded a gold medal.<ref name="Jubilee1964pp44-47"/><ref name="Prohor"/> Following graduation, he practised obstetrics and gynaecology before devoting himself entirely to Ayurveda.<ref name="Jubilee1964pp44-47"/> Although he had opportunities to enter government medical service under the British administration, Ray declined them in favour of practising Ayurveda.<ref name="Prohor"/>

	Ray completed his Ayurvedic training under Mahamahopadhyay Bijoy Ratna Sen and subsequently served as Kaviraj at the Bowbazar Marwari Hospital.<ref name="Samsad"/>		Ray completed his Ayurvedic training under Mahamahopadhyay Bijoy Ratna Sen and subsequently served as Kaviraj at the Bowbazar Marwari Hospital.<ref name="Samsad"/>

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	Such initiatives formed part of the broader institutionalisation and modernisation of Ayurveda during the colonial period. Through pharmaceutical production, standardisation of ~~[[pharmaceutical formulation\|~~formulations]] and dissemination of Ayurvedic literature, Ray and other reformers sought to place Ayurveda within increasingly organised educational and clinical settings.<ref name="JRAS2024" />		Such initiatives formed part of the broader institutionalisation and modernisation of Ayurveda during the colonial period. Through pharmaceutical production, standardisation of formulations and dissemination of Ayurvedic literature, Ray and other reformers sought to place Ayurveda within increasingly organised educational and clinical settings.<ref name="JRAS2024" />

	Medicines produced by the pharmacy were also distributed free of charge to poor patients.<ref name="Prohor"/>		Medicines produced by the pharmacy were also distributed free of charge to poor patients.<ref name="Prohor"/>

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	The Ashtanga Ayurveda College attracted students from beyond Bengal. M. N. Pal's 1964 biographical account of Ray records that pupils came from different parts of India as well as Nepal and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) to study at the institution.<ref name="Pal1964"/>{{rp\|p=2}}		The Ashtanga Ayurveda College attracted students from beyond Bengal. M. N. Pal's 1964 biographical account of Ray records that pupils came from different parts of India as well as Nepal and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) to study at the institution.<ref name="Pal1964"/>{{rp\|p=2}}

	Among the students associated with the college was the Sri Lankan Ayurvedic physician [[G. P. Wickramarachchi]], who studied there during the early twentieth century.<ref name="JRAS2024"/> He later played a prominent role in the development of Ayurvedic education in Sri Lanka.<ref name="JRAS2024"/>		Among the students associated with the college was the Sri Lankan Ayurvedic physician G. P. Wickramarachchi, who studied there during the early twentieth century.<ref name="JRAS2024"/> He later played a prominent role in the development of Ayurvedic education in Sri Lanka.<ref name="JRAS2024"/>

	== Personal life ==		== Personal life ==