Kishori Mohan Bandyopadhyay Biography 
Kishori Mohan Bandyopadhyay was an Indian scientist and freedom fighter who worked as a lab assistant of Novel Prize winner, Ronald Ross. He was a fellow researcher who assisted Ronald Ross in 1898 at the Calcutta Presidency General Hospital for discovering the causes of malaria, which earned him Novel Prize in Medicine. He was awarded King Edward VII's Gold Medal in 1903 during the Delhi durbar for his contribution to this discovery. The noted writers and founding members of Hungry Generation - Samir Roychoudhury and Malay Roy Choudhury are his grandchildren.
His family originally belongs to Jessore. The family moved to Panihati, West Bengal. Kishori was born in Kolkata at his maternal grandfather’s home. His father Nanilal was a teacher and both his elder brothers too were teachers. He studied at Panihati vernacular school and alter moved to his grandfather’s home at Kolkata for higher education. He graduated in science from Presidency College and in 1898, joined as the assistant to Ronald Ross. The outstanding achievement of Ronald gave a good name to Kishori as well. Kishori also conducted many campaigns in the rural areas of Bengal to eradicate Malaria and generate general awareness of how Malaria is spread.
He received King Edward VII's Gold Medal in 1903 for his support to Ronald Ross. He was also felicitated at the University Senate Hall on his return from Delhi. But he was heavily disappointed when his name was not mentioned by Ronald in his published Memoirs. Later he joined politics and with friends, founded The Panihati Cooperative Bank in 1927. Bandyopadhyay suffered from meningitis and passed away in 1929.
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Updated: June 19, 2014
