Rustomji Bomanji Billimoria Explained

Rustomji Bomanji Billimoria
Birth Date:1882 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India
Occupation:Physician
Social worker
Known For:Panchgani Tuberculosis Sanatorium
Parents:Bomanji Jamshedji Billimoria
Spouse:Gulestan Rustom Billimoria
Awards:Padma Bhushan

Rustomji Bomanji Billimoria was an Indian physician, social worker, and the founder of Bel-Air Hospital, a tuberculosis sanatorium at Panchgani, a hill station in Maharashtra.[1] Born on 13 May 1882 in Mumbai to Bomanji Jamshedji Billimoria as the youngest of his four children,[2] Billimoria took up medicine as his profession and, in 1912, established a sanatorium for treating tuberculosis at Dalkeith in Panchgani.[3] The facility has grown over the years to become a 250-bedded healthcare centre and is managed by Indian Red Cross Society. He was married to Gulestan Rustom Billimoria,[4] a known social worker and a Padma Bhushan recipient.[5] The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1961, for his contributions to medicine.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Panchgani profile on India free.org . India free.org . 2016 . 6 March 2016 . 29 September 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170929135950/https://indiafree.org/d-7989-wwxe-panchgani . dead .
  2. Web site: About Us . Belair Panchgani . 2016 . 6 March 2016 . 29 September 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170929091727/http://www.belairpanchgani.org/about_us1.htm . dead .
  3. Web site: Panchgani: Beyond the Five Hills . Red Scarab Travel and Media . 2016 . 6 March 2016.
  4. Web site: Bel-Air Hospital of Indian Red Cross Society . 2018-05-29 . www.belairpanchgani.org . 2018-05-29 . 14 March 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180314124435/http://www.belairpanchgani.org/about_us.htm . dead .
  5. Web site: Padma Awards . 2018-05-17 . Padma Awards . Government of India . 2018-05-17 . 15 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181015000149/http://www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in/ . dead .
  6. Web site: Padma Awards . Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India . 2016 . 3 January 2016.