Rafiuddin Ahmed (dentist)

Rafiuddin Ahmed (24 December 1890 – 9 February 1965) was an Indian dentist, educator and later minister in the West Bengal cabinet, who founded the first dental college of India,'The Calcutta Dental College', later named Dr. R. Ahmed Dental College and Hospital, where he remained its principal until 1950. He established the ''Indian Dental Journal'' in 1925, and played a key role in founding the Bengal Dentist Act in 1939. In 1946, he established The Bengal Dental Association which was then renamed as the Indian Dental Association. The Government of India awarded him the Padma Bhushan in 1964. Remembered as the father of modern dentistry in India, in 2016, the Indian Dental Association declared 24 December as National Dentist's Day in his honour. Provided by Wikipedia