Yashwant Vishwanath Phatak
| Yashwant Vishwanath Phatak | |
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| Born | 1910 |
| 19931993 | |
| 🏫 Education | Doctor of Medicine (M. D.) |
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Yashwant Vishwanath Phatak M. D. (1910 – 1993) was an Indian obstetrician and gynaecologist from Pune, Maharashtra.[1] He was elected as the first president of the Pune Obstetrics and Gynecology Society in 1953.[2]
Phatak was born the eldest of four brothers.[3] His family was of Chitpavan brahmin, aristocractic origin.[4] His father was a Gandhian and participated actively during the Indian independence movement, during which time Phatak opened a maternity ward on Tilak Road, in Pune.[5]
He notably participated in Mahatma Gandhi's Salt March in 1930, and financially and medically aided Senapati Bapat for the Indian underground resistance against British rule in the early 1940s, and further taught at the Maharshi Karve Stree Shikshan Samstha in Hingane.[6]
Originally a professor of midwifery until 1948,[7] Phatak worked in the development of contraceptives for the Indian masses between 1949 and 1950, a controversial field of study at the time,[8] founding the Dr. Y. V. Phatak Hospital in Sadashiv Peth, Pune for maternity healthcare.[9] His work in the field was lauded by the Government of Maharashtra beginning in the 1970s.[10]
After outliving his wife Indumati (d. 1980),[6] Phatak died in 1993. He was survived by four daughters.[1] His nephews succeeded him in the management of his hospital.[11] He was a distant relation of Ashutosh Phatak,[4] Panditrao Agashe, and Dnyaneshwar Agashe.[12] He was a descendant of Ramchandra Phatak, brother to Chimnaji Phatak and uncle to Balkrishna Phatak.[13]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Jambhali Gharane" [The House of Jambhali]. Citpāvana Kauśika gotrī Phāṭaka-kula-vr̥ttānta [The Phatak Family Genealogy belonging to the Chitpavan Kaushik Gotra] (in मराठी) (2nd ed.). Pune: Phatak Committee. 2014. p. 14. Search this book on
- ↑ "History". Pune Obstetrics and Gynecology Society (POGS) Circular. Pune: POGS. 2021.
- ↑ Ranade 1982, p. 74, 75.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ranade 1982, p. 56.
- ↑ Ranade 1982, p. 60, 74.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Ranade 1982, p. 74.
- ↑ Medicine, India (Dominion) Committee on Indigenous Systems of (1948). Report. 1, 2. Ministry of Health. p. 34. Search this book on
- ↑ Indian Journal of Medical Sciences. Board of the Indian Journal of Medical Sciences Trust. 1970. p. 616. Search this book on
- ↑ Delhi, All India Radio (AIR), New (23 March 1975). AKASHVANI: Vol. XL. No. 12 ( 23 MARCH, 1975 ). All India Radio (AIR), New Delhi. p. 529. Search this book on
- ↑ Lok Rajya. Directorate-General of Information and Public Relations. 1972. p. 8. Search this book on
- ↑ The Times of India, Bombay: Index. Microfilm and Index Service, Reference Department, Times of India. 1979. p. 128. Search this book on
- ↑ Pathak, Gangadhar (1978). Gokhale kulavr̥ttānta (in मराठी) (2nd ed.). Pune: Gokhale Kulavr̥ttānta Kāryakārī Maṇdaḷa. p. 1286. LCCN 81902590. Search this book on
- ↑ Ranade 1982, p. 68.
Sources[edit]
- Rānaḍe, Sadāśiva Bhāskara (1982). "Jambhali Gharane" [The House of Jambhali]. Citpāvana Kauśika gotrī Phāṭaka-kula-vr̥ttānta [The Phatak Family Genealogy belonging to the Chitpavan Kaushik Gotra] (in मराठी) (1st ed.). Search this book on
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