Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c14.s4.t41: Dr Deben Mukherji
Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c14.s4.t41
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Dr Deben Mukherji
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Dr Deben Mukherji was a young member of the five-member doctors’ team that was sent to China on a medical mission in 1938 to aid the Chinese people during the war of resistance against Japan. He belonged to West Bengal and he was given the Chinese name Mu Kehua. After reaching China, Dr Mukherji first worked at the No. 15 Curative Unit of the China Red Cross in Changsha and then in an Army hospital in Wuhan. Later in Yan’an, he worked in the Health Department, but owing to deteriorating health conditions, he had to return to India for the treatment of kidney stones in the beginning of August, 1939. Dr Mukherji went on to become the Chairman of the West Bengal State Unit of the All India Dr Kotnis Memorial Committee and held the position until his death in 1981.
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*Photograph of the members of the Indian medical team in Mumbai. From left: Dr Deben Mukherji, Dr M. R. Cholkar, Dr Madan M. Atal, Dr Bejoy K. Basu and Dr Dwarkanath S. Kotnis, 1938*