Rustomji Bomanji Billimoria, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Rustomji Bomanji Billimoria

Date of Birth: 13-May-1882

Place of Birth: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Profession: social worker

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Rustomji Bomanji Billimoria

  • 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.
  • Born on 13 May 1882 in Mumbai to Bomanji Jamshedji Billimoria as the youngest of his four children, Billimoria took up medicine as his profession and, in 1912, established a sanatorium for treating tuberculosis at Dalkeith in Panchgani.
  • 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, a known social worker and a Padma Bhushan recipient.
  • The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1961, for his contributions to medicine.

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