C. Balakrishnan

Dr. C. Balakrishnan (CBK) (1918–1997) was a famous plastic surgeon from India, who was a pioneer of modern plastic surgery in India, when he established second independent Department of Plastic Surgery in India, at the Medical College Hospital, Nagpur, in 1958.

In 1946, Capt (Dr.) C Balakrishnan was posted as a temporary commissioned officer at the No. 1 unit (commanding officer was Thomas Gibson (http://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH0749&type=P)). He had joined the British Indian Army as an emergency commissioned officer. After Independence in 1947, he went to England to receive further training in plastic surgery where he worked with Thomas Pomfret Kilner and Sir Harold Gillies.

Dr. C. Balakrishnan returned from the UK in 1950 and he joined Government Medical College, Nagpur as a lecturer. The second independent Department of Plastic Surgery in the country was created at the Medical College Hospital, Nagpur, in 1958 by him. The first summer conference of the Association of Plastic Surgeons of India (APSI) was held at Nagpur in 1964.

Bala Krishna

Bala Krishna (Sanskrit: बाल-कृष्ण bālakṛṣṇa, literally "child Krishna") sometimes translated to "Divine Child Krishna", is historically one of the early forms of worship in Krishnaism and an element of the history of Krishna worship in antiquity. This tradition is considered as a part of the number of other traditions that led to amalgamation in a later stage of the historical development and culminate in worship of Radha Krishna as Svayam bhagavan. Other monotheist traditions are Bhagavatism and Cult of Gopala, that along with Cult of Krishna-Vasudeva form the basis of the current tradition of the monotheistic Krishna religion. The worship of Balakrishna, the divine child, while a significant feature of the Krishna religion, often receives less attention, however it is one of the most popular deities of Krishna in many parts of India today. Early evidence of such worship can be found or as early as the 4th century BC according to evidence in Megasthenes and in the Arthasastra of Kautilya, when Vāsudeva (as the son of Vasudeva was worshiped as supreme Deity in a strongly monotheistic format, where the supreme Being was perfect, eternal and full of grace.

Balakrishna (name)

Balakrishna or Balakrishnan is Hindu surname, derived from Bala Krishna. Notable people with the surname include:

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