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Read the passage about Dr. Kotnis again and fill in the form given below.1. Name: ..........2. Year of birth: ...........3. Place of birth: ..........4. Occupation: ..........5. Nationality: ........6. Wife’s name: ...........7. Places of work and the positions held: .........8. Honours given by China and India: .........9. Date of death: .......

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1. Name Dwarakanath Kotnis 

2. Year of birth 1910 (October 10,1910) 

3. Place of birth Sholapur, Maharashtra 

4. Occupation Doctor 

5. Nationality Indian 

6. Wife’s name Guo Qinglan 

7. Places of work and the positions held: 

(a) Yan’an → doctor 

(b) Eighth Route Army General Hospital, North China → physician-in-charge

(c) Dr. Bethune Hygiene School → lecturer 

(d) The Bethune International Peace Hospital → president 

8. Honours given by China and India: 

(a) The Chinese government built a memorial hall for him in Shijiazhuang city, Hebei Province in 1976. 

(b) In April 2005, his grave was covered completely in flowers donated by the Chinese people during the Qingming Festival. 

(c) A small museum there has a hand book which contains words that Kotnis wrote in his “Passage from India to China”. 

(d) Both China and India honoured him with stamps in 1982 and 1993 respectively.

9. Date of death: 9th December, 1942.



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