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{{Infobox person
| name = Dr. Vikram Marwah
| image = VikramMarwahPic.jpg
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| birth_date = {{Birth date |df=yes|1925|06|04}}
| birth_place = Shivni, [[Nagpur]], [[Maharashtra]], India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2013|11|06|1925|06|04}}
| death_place = [[Nagpur]], [[Maharashtra]], India
| restingplace = Mokshadham
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| othername =
| occupation = Orthopedic surgeon
| yearsactive =
| known for = Medical and social service
| spouse = Mrs. Mohini Marwah
| domesticpartner =
| children = 2; Dr. Pragati Marwah Vaid (Anesthetsiologist); Dr. Sanjay Marwah (Arthroscopy Surgeon)
| parents =
| website = {{url||Web site}}
| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br>[[Dr. B. C. Roy Award]]<br>A. A. Mehta Gold Medal<br>Sir Arthur Eyre Brook Award
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'''Vikram Marwah''' (1925-2013) was an Indian orthopedic surgeon,<ref name="Golden Bharat">{{cite web | url=http://nagpur.goldenbharat.com/business-home.php?ld=189393 | title=Golden Bharat | publisher=Golden Bharat | date=2014 | access-date=21 January 2015}}</ref> social worker<ref name="Homage">{{cite web | url=http://www.bkvvngp.org/uploaded_files/Homage_to_Late_Padmashree_Dr_Vikram.pdf | title=Homage | publisher=BKVVNGP | date=2014 | access-date=21 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="BKVVNGP">{{cite web | url=http://www.bkvvngp.org/ | title=BKVVNGP | publisher=BKVVNGP | date=2014 | access-date=21 January 2015}}</ref> and the founder of ''Handicapped Children's Rehabilitation Centre and Children's Orthopedic Hospital'' of the [[Matru Sewa Sangh]], [[Sitabuldi]] and ''Matrubhu Antargat Sanskar'',<ref name="Yatedo">{{cite web | url=http://www.yatedo.fr/s/companyname%3A%28%22Editor+of+Children+Magazine%22Matrubhu+Antargat+Sanskar+%27%22+Nagpur%22%29 | title=Yatedo | publisher=Yatedo | date=2014 | access-date=21 January 2015}}</ref> a children's magazine.<ref name="Indian Journal of Orthopedics">{{cite journal | title=Indian J Orthopedics | author=Wasudeo M Gadegone | journal=Indian J Orthop |date=February 2014 | volume=48 | issue=1 | pages=115 | pmc=3931146}}</ref><ref name="Dr Vikram Marwah: A great human being.">{{cite web | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/186896810?q&versionId=203446174 | title=Dr Vikram Marwah: A great human being. | publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Co | work=Newspaper article | date=8 November 2013 | access-date=21 January 2015 | ISSN=0971-8257}}</ref><ref name="Times of India">{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Dr-Vikram-Marwah-A-great-human-being/articleshow/25399740.cms | title=Times of India | publisher=Times of India | date=8 November 2013 | access-date=21 January 2015}}</ref> A winner of [[Dr. B. C. Roy Award]], he was honored by the [[Government of India]], in 2002, with the fourth highest [[Indian honours system|Indian civilian award]] of [[Padma Shri]]<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Padma Awards |date=2014 |access-date=11 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref>

==Biography==
Vikram Marwah was born on 4 June 1925<ref name="Nagpur Today">{{cite web | url=http://www.nagpurtoday.in/dr-vikram-marwah-passes-away-in-city-hospital-at-89/11071010 | title=Nagpur Today | publisher=Nagpur Today | date=7 November 2013 | access-date=21 January 2015}}</ref> in Shivni village of [[Nagpur district]] in the Western Indian state of [[Maharashtra]].<ref name="Indian Journal of Orthopedics" /> He graduated in medicine (MBBS) from [[Calcutta Medical College]] in 1948 and started his career as a medical volunteer serving the refugees of the freedom movement and the victims of draught affected areas in Bengal. Later, he pursued his higher studies and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS) in 1956. He returned to India in 1961 and started working as a Professor of Surgery at [[Aurangabad, Maharashtra|Aurangabad]] where he worked till 1971. During this period, he is known to have established the departments of orthopedics and [[paraplegia]].<ref name="Indian Journal of Orthopedics" /> He received a scholarship from the [[Indian Council of Medical Research]] (ICMR) and the Commonwealth fellowship in 1971. The next year, he moved to the [[Government Medical College, Nagpur]] and worked there till his retirement from the government service in 1980 as the Dean<ref name="Times of India" /> of the college.<ref name="Indian Journal of Orthopedics" /><ref name="Nagpur Today" />

After retirement, Marwah founded the Handicapped Children's Rehabilitation Centre and Children's Orthopedic Hospital,<ref name="BKVVNGP" /> in 1981, associated with the [[Matru Sewa Sangh]], [[Sitabuldi]] for treating polio affected and physically challenged children and worked there for 20 years.<ref name="Times of India" /> He also founded the ''Matrubhu Antargat Sanskar'', a magazine for children.<ref name="Nagpur Today" /> A supporter of Hindi language, Marwah served as the vice president of the ''Hindi Rashtra Bhasha Prachar Samiiti'' and Vidharbha Seva Samiti. His contributions are also reported behind the establishment of ''Bharti Krishna Vidhya Vihar School''<ref name="BKVVNGP" /> and the organization of several surgical and blood donation camps.<ref name="Indian Journal of Orthopedics" /><ref name="Times of India" />

Marwah, who is credited with 22 medical papers, was an approved examiner of post graduate courses in general surgery and orthopedics. A former president of the Indian Orthopedics Association<ref name="IOA">{{cite web | url=http://ioaindia.org/pastpresident.php | title=IOA | publisher=IOA | date=2014 | access-date=21 January 2015}}</ref> and a co-founder of the Vidarbha Orthopaedic Society,<ref name="VOS">{{cite web | url=http://vosnagpur.com/about-us/history/ | title=VOS | publisher=VOS | date=2014 | access-date=21 January 2015}}</ref> he was a fellow of [[Johnson and Johnson]] and [[Smith and Nephew]]. He is a recipient of A. A. Mehta Gold Medal and Sir Arthur Eyre Brook award.<ref name="Radaris">{{cite web | url=http://radaris.in/p/Dinanath/Lele/ | title=Radaris | publisher=v | date=2014 | access-date=21 January 2015}}</ref> In 1979, he received the [[Dr. B. C. Roy Award|Dr. B. C. Roy Award - Medical Teacher]], the highest Indian award in the medical category. The [[Government of India]] honoured him with the civilian award of [[Padma Shri]] in 2002.<ref name="Indian Journal of Orthopedics" /><ref name="Nagpur Today" />

Vikram Marwah died at the age of 88 on 6 November 2013 succumbing to old age illnesses, leaving behind his wife and two children, a son and a daughter.<ref name="Indian Journal of Orthopedics" /><ref name="Nagpur Today" />

==See also==
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* [[Matru Sewa Sangh]]
* [[Government Medical College, Nagpur]]
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{{portal|India|Medicine}}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cite web | url=http://www.bkvvngp.org/PresidentlMessageReadMore.aspx | title=Homage | publisher=BKVVNGP | date=2014 | access-date=21 January 2015}}
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