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]