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	'''Prem Chandra Dhanda''' (28 May 1911 – 28 February 2013) was an Indian physician and a medical academic.<ref name="Investiture Ceremony">{{cite web \| url=http://www.pib.nic.in/archive/docs/DVD_03/ACC%20NO%20014-BR/RAS-1962-04-07-5237.pdf \| title=Investiture Ceremony \| publisher=Press Information Bureau \| date=1962 \| access-date=7 March ~~2022~~}}</ref> He was the principal of the [[Maulana Azad Medical College]], [[New Delhi]] and the director of G. B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi.<ref name="Lives of the fellows">{{cite web \| url=http://munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk/Biography/Details/7037 \| title=Lives of the fellows \| publisher=Royal College of Physician of London \| date=2016 \| access-date=7 March ~~2022~~}}</ref> The [[Government of India]] awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Bhushan]], in 1962, for his contributions to medicine.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web \| url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \| title=Padma Awards \| publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India \| date=2016 \| access-date=3 January ~~2022~~}}</ref>		'''Prem Chandra Dhanda''' (28 May 1911 – 28 February 2013) was an Indian physician and a medical academic.<ref name="Investiture Ceremony">{{cite web \| url=http://www.pib.nic.in/archive/docs/DVD_03/ACC%20NO%20014-BR/RAS-1962-04-07-5237.pdf \| title=Investiture Ceremony \| publisher=Press Information Bureau \| date=1962 \| access-date=7 March 2016}}</ref> He was the principal of the [[Maulana Azad Medical College]], [[New Delhi]] and the director of G. B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi.<ref name="Lives of the fellows">{{cite web \| url=http://munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk/Biography/Details/7037 \| title=Lives of the fellows \| publisher=Royal College of Physician of London \| date=2016 \| access-date=7 March 2016}}</ref> The [[Government of India]] awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Bhushan]], in 1962, for his contributions to medicine.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web \| url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \| title=Padma Awards \| publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India \| date=2016 \| access-date=3 January 2016}}</ref>

	== Biography ==		== Biography ==
	Born in [[Ambala]], in the present day [[Haryana]] to Dunichand Ambalvi, a lawyer, he did his education at Anglo Sanskrit High School, Government College, Lahore and [[King Edward Medical College]] after which he worked at [[Hammersmith Hospital]], London, simultaneously completing the MRCP course.<ref name="Obituary">{{cite journal \| url=http://www.nmji.in/archives/volume-26/issue-3/obituary-prem-chandra-dhanda.pdf \| title=Obituary \| author=H. K. Chuttani \| journal=National Medical Journal of India \| year=2013 \| volume=26 \| issue=3 \| pages=174 \| url-status=dead \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307221409/http://www.nmji.in/archives/volume-26/issue-3/obituary-prem-chandra-dhanda.pdf \| archive-date=7 March 2016 \| df=dmy-all }}</ref> His Indian career started in 1938 when he joined [[Indian Army Medical Corps]] where he worked for 7 years, reaching the rank of a lieutenant colonel,<ref name="Remembering Maulana Abul Kalam Azad">{{cite web \| url=http://www.spandan.com/edb/articles/remembering.php \| title=Remembering Maulana Abul Kalam Azad \| publisher=Spandan \| date=1997 \| access-date=7 March ~~2022~~}}</ref> till his move to Irwin Hospital (presently Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital), New Delhi in 1945. His efforts were reported behind the establishment of the [[Maulana Azad Medical College]], as a wing of Irwin Hospital, where he later took charge as the director-principal.<ref name="History - The Commencement of the College">{{cite web \| url=http://mamc.ac.in/history_commenc.html \| title=History - The Commencement of the College \| publisher=Maulana Azad Medical College \| date=2016 \| access-date=7 March ~~2022~~}}</ref> It was reported that Danda worked at Maulana Azad Medical College on honorary basis, drawing a nominal salary of {{INR}} 1 per month.<ref name="Obituary" /> He served as the consultant physician to several notable personalities of the time, including [[Mahatma Gandhi]], [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], [[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel]], [[Rajendra Prasad]], [[Govind Ballabh Pant]] and [[Zakir Hussain (politician)\|Zakir Hussain]]<ref name="Obituary" /> and was the president of the Delhi Medical Association during 1953–54.<ref name="Roll of Honour">{{cite web \| url=http://www.delhimedicalassociation.com/roll_of_honor1.php \| title=Roll of Honour \| publisher=Delhi Medical Association \| date=2016 \| access-date=7 March ~~2022~~}}</ref>		Born in [[Ambala]], in the present day [[Haryana]] to Dunichand Ambalvi, a lawyer, he did his education at Anglo Sanskrit High School, Government College, Lahore and [[King Edward Medical College]] after which he worked at [[Hammersmith Hospital]], London, simultaneously completing the MRCP course.<ref name="Obituary">{{cite journal \| url=http://www.nmji.in/archives/volume-26/issue-3/obituary-prem-chandra-dhanda.pdf \| title=Obituary \| author=H. K. Chuttani \| journal=National Medical Journal of India \| year=2013 \| volume=26 \| issue=3 \| pages=174 \| url-status=dead \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307221409/http://www.nmji.in/archives/volume-26/issue-3/obituary-prem-chandra-dhanda.pdf \| archive-date=7 March 2016 \| df=dmy-all }}</ref> His Indian career started in 1938 when he joined [[Indian Army Medical Corps]] where he worked for 7 years, reaching the rank of a lieutenant colonel,<ref name="Remembering Maulana Abul Kalam Azad">{{cite web \| url=http://www.spandan.com/edb/articles/remembering.php \| title=Remembering Maulana Abul Kalam Azad \| publisher=Spandan \| date=1997 \| access-date=7 March 2016}}</ref> till his move to Irwin Hospital (presently Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital), New Delhi in 1945. His efforts were reported behind the establishment of the [[Maulana Azad Medical College]], as a wing of Irwin Hospital, where he later took charge as the director-principal.<ref name="History - The Commencement of the College">{{cite web \| url=http://mamc.ac.in/history_commenc.html \| title=History - The Commencement of the College \| publisher=Maulana Azad Medical College \| date=2016 \| access-date=7 March 2016}}</ref> It was reported that Danda worked at Maulana Azad Medical College on honorary basis, drawing a nominal salary of {{INR}} 1 per month.<ref name="Obituary" /> He served as the consultant physician to several notable personalities of the time, including [[Mahatma Gandhi]], [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], [[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel]], [[Rajendra Prasad]], [[Govind Ballabh Pant]] and [[Zakir Hussain (politician)\|Zakir Hussain]]<ref name="Obituary" /> and was the president of the Delhi Medical Association during 1953–54.<ref name="Roll of Honour">{{cite web \| url=http://www.delhimedicalassociation.com/roll_of_honor1.php \| title=Roll of Honour \| publisher=Delhi Medical Association \| date=2016 \| access-date=7 March 2016}}</ref>

	Danda was an elected Fellow of the [[Royal College of Physicians of London]]<ref name="Lives of the fellows" /> and the [[National Academy of Medical Sciences]].<ref name="List of Fellows - NAMS">{{cite web \| url=http://www.nams-india.in/downloads/fellowsmembers/ZZ.pdf \| title=List of Fellows - NAMS \| publisher=National Academy of Medical Sciences \| date=2016 \| access-date=19 March ~~2022~~}}</ref> He received the third highest civilian award of the [[Padma Bhushan]] from the Government of India in 1962.<ref name="Investiture Ceremony" /> He was married to Leila Dharmvir and the couple had two daughters. He died three months to his 102nd birthday, on 28 February 2013, his wife having preceded him in death.<ref name="Obituary" />		Danda was an elected Fellow of the [[Royal College of Physicians of London]]<ref name="Lives of the fellows" /> and the [[National Academy of Medical Sciences]].<ref name="List of Fellows - NAMS">{{cite web \| url=http://www.nams-india.in/downloads/fellowsmembers/ZZ.pdf \| title=List of Fellows - NAMS \| publisher=National Academy of Medical Sciences \| date=2016 \| access-date=19 March 2016}}</ref> He received the third highest civilian award of the [[Padma Bhushan]] from the Government of India in 1962.<ref name="Investiture Ceremony" /> He was married to Leila Dharmvir and the couple had two daughters. He died three months to his 102nd birthday, on 28 February 2013, his wife having preceded him in death.<ref name="Obituary" />

	== See also ==		== See also ==

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{{Use Indian English|date=October 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Prem Chandra Dhanda
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1911|05|28}}
| birth_place = [[Ambala]], [[Haryana]], India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2013|02|28|1911|05|28}}
| occupation = Physician<br>Medical academic
| spouse = Leila Dharmavir
| children = Two daughters
| parents = Dunichand Ambalvi
| awards = [[Padma Bhushan]]
}}
'''Prem Chandra Dhanda''' (28 May 1911 – 28 February 2013) was an Indian physician and a medical academic.<ref name="Investiture Ceremony">{{cite web | url=http://www.pib.nic.in/archive/docs/DVD_03/ACC%20NO%20014-BR/RAS-1962-04-07-5237.pdf | title=Investiture Ceremony | publisher=Press Information Bureau | date=1962 | access-date=7 March 2022}}</ref> He was the principal of the [[Maulana Azad Medical College]], [[New Delhi]] and the director of G. B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi.<ref name="Lives of the fellows">{{cite web | url=http://munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk/Biography/Details/7037 | title=Lives of the fellows | publisher=Royal College of Physician of London | date=2016 | access-date=7 March 2022}}</ref> The [[Government of India]] awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Bhushan]], in 1962, for his contributions to medicine.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2016 | access-date=3 January 2022}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Born in [[Ambala]], in the present day [[Haryana]] to Dunichand Ambalvi, a lawyer, he did his education at Anglo Sanskrit High School, Government College, Lahore and [[King Edward Medical College]] after which he worked at [[Hammersmith Hospital]], London, simultaneously completing the MRCP course.<ref name="Obituary">{{cite journal | url=http://www.nmji.in/archives/volume-26/issue-3/obituary-prem-chandra-dhanda.pdf | title=Obituary | author=H. K. Chuttani | journal=National Medical Journal of India | year=2013 | volume=26 | issue=3 | pages=174 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307221409/http://www.nmji.in/archives/volume-26/issue-3/obituary-prem-chandra-dhanda.pdf | archive-date=7 March 2016 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> His Indian career started in 1938 when he joined [[Indian Army Medical Corps]] where he worked for 7 years, reaching the rank of a lieutenant colonel,<ref name="Remembering Maulana Abul Kalam Azad">{{cite web | url=http://www.spandan.com/edb/articles/remembering.php | title=Remembering Maulana Abul Kalam Azad | publisher=Spandan | date=1997 | access-date=7 March 2022}}</ref> till his move to Irwin Hospital (presently Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital), New Delhi in 1945. His efforts were reported behind the establishment of the [[Maulana Azad Medical College]], as a wing of Irwin Hospital, where he later took charge as the director-principal.<ref name="History - The Commencement of the College">{{cite web | url=http://mamc.ac.in/history_commenc.html | title=History - The Commencement of the College | publisher=Maulana Azad Medical College | date=2016 | access-date=7 March 2022}}</ref> It was reported that Danda worked at Maulana Azad Medical College on honorary basis, drawing a nominal salary of {{INR}} 1 per month.<ref name="Obituary" /> He served as the consultant physician to several notable personalities of the time, including [[Mahatma Gandhi]], [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], [[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel]], [[Rajendra Prasad]], [[Govind Ballabh Pant]] and [[Zakir Hussain (politician)|Zakir Hussain]]<ref name="Obituary" /> and was the president of the Delhi Medical Association during 1953–54.<ref name="Roll of Honour">{{cite web | url=http://www.delhimedicalassociation.com/roll_of_honor1.php | title=Roll of Honour | publisher=Delhi Medical Association | date=2016 | access-date=7 March 2022}}</ref>

Danda was an elected Fellow of the [[Royal College of Physicians of London]]<ref name="Lives of the fellows" /> and the [[National Academy of Medical Sciences]].<ref name="List of Fellows - NAMS">{{cite web | url=http://www.nams-india.in/downloads/fellowsmembers/ZZ.pdf | title=List of Fellows - NAMS | publisher=National Academy of Medical Sciences | date=2016 | access-date=19 March 2022}}</ref> He received the third highest civilian award of the [[Padma Bhushan]] from the Government of India in 1962.<ref name="Investiture Ceremony" /> He was married to Leila Dharmvir and the couple had two daughters. He died three months to his 102nd birthday, on 28 February 2013, his wife having preceded him in death.<ref name="Obituary" />

== See also ==
* [[Maulana Azad Medical College]]
*[[Shyam Sunder Bansal]]
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