Background
Radha Gobinda was born on 23 August 1852 at Santragachhi, West Bengal. His father, Durgadas Kar, was a physician.
physician philanthropist of Bengal
Radha Gobinda was born on 23 August 1852 at Santragachhi, West Bengal. His father, Durgadas Kar, was a physician.
After passing the entrance examination from Hare School, Radha Gobinda was admitted to Calcutta Medical College to study medicine, but left one year. In 1880, he was again admitted at the Calcutta Medical College (then under the University of Calcutta) where he studied for the next three years. He received his medical degree from Edinburgh University in 1883.
In order to provide a facility not associated with the British raj, Kar and numerous other doctors founded the Calcutta School of Medicine on 18 October 1886. The school changed its name to the in August 1887, and it became The and College of Physicians and Surgeons of Bengal after amalgamating with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Bengal in 1904. In 1916, it was renamed Belgachhia Medical College.
In 1918, a society named as "Medical Society of Bengal" was formed for the better management of the Institution.
Suresh Prasad Sarbadhikari was the first President of the institution, and Doctor Radh Govinda Kar was its first Secretary. On 12 May 1948, after the demise of Doctor Radha Gobinda Kar, the College was renamed as R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital.