Sakharam Arjun

Sakharam Arjun (sometimes Sakharam Arjun Ravut in official documents^[1] but he did not use the caste-linked surname in publications) (1839-16 April 1885) was a physician and social activist in Bombay. An expert on Indian medicinal plants, he was one of the two Indian founding members of the Bombay Natural History Society.^[2]^[3] He became the step-father of the pioneering woman physician Rukhmabai (1864-1955) after he married her widowed mother Jayantibai. He also wrote books in Marathi.

Biography

Arjun was born in Mumbai and lost both his parents by 1850.

Edith Pechey Phipson) to become one of the first Indian women doctors. In 1883, Sakharam Arjun was one of two Indian founding members (the other being Atmaram Pandurang) of the Bombay Natural History Society.^[7] Arjun had been one of the presidents of the Bombay Medical Union.^[8] Sakharam Arjun died before the Rakhmabai case came to an end.^[9] He died on 16 April 1885 leaving Jayantibai (died 10 January 1904) and three sons from his first marriage, Vasantrao, Yeshwantrao and Raghunathrao.^[10]

References

^ Bombay University Calendar for the year 1883-4. p. 200
^ Millard W. S. (1932). "The founders of the Bombay Natural History Society". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 35. No. 1 & 2: 196–197.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Reuben, Rachel (2005). "The Indian Founders". Hornbill (April–June): 13–15.
^ Govind Chimnaji Bhate (1860). History Of Modern Marathi Literature. pp. 129–130.
^ The Bombay University Calendar for the year 1886-87. p. 293.
^ Abstract of the Report of the Leprosy Commission in India 1893. p. 57.
^ Dhumatkar, Abhida S. (2004). "Balaji Prabhakar Modak - A nineteenth century science propagator in Maharashtra" (PDF). Indian Journal of History of Science. 39 (3): 307–334.
^ "Bombay Medical Union". The Times of India. 25 February 1909. p. 9.
ISBN 9780195695731
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^ AIR 1988 Bom 321, 1988 - Vaman Ganpatrao Trilokekar and others vs Malati Ramchandra Raut And others on 18 November 1987 - Bombay High Court

External links

Sakharam Arjun 1879 Catalogue of the Bombay drugs: including a list of the medicinal plants of Bombay used in the fresh state.

Life sketch

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[1] Bombay University Calendar for the year 1883-4. p. 200

[2] Millard W. S. (1932). "The founders of the Bombay Natural History Society". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 35. No. 1 & 2: 196–197.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[3] Reuben, Rachel (2005). "The Indian Founders". Hornbill (April–June): 13–15.

[4] Govind Chimnaji Bhate (1860). History Of Modern Marathi Literature. pp. 129–130.

[5] The Bombay University Calendar for the year 1886-87. p. 293.

[6] Abstract of the Report of the Leprosy Commission in India 1893. p. 57.

[7] Dhumatkar, Abhida S. (2004). "Balaji Prabhakar Modak - A nineteenth century science propagator in Maharashtra" (PDF). Indian Journal of History of Science. 39 (3): 307–334.

[8] "Bombay Medical Union". The Times of India. 25 February 1909. p. 9.

[9] ISBN 9780195695731
.

[10] AIR 1988 Bom 321, 1988 - Vaman Ganpatrao Trilokekar and others vs Malati Ramchandra Raut And others on 18 November 1987 - Bombay High Court

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