Dr Dwarkanath Kotnis is widely revered as a hero in China, even though his fame is little-known in India. Read more at straitstimes.com.
NEW DELHI - In 1938, during the Second Sino-Japanese War, China reached out to India for material and medical assistance to shore up its military campaign. Although preoccupied with the Indian independence movement, the Indian National Congress responded promptly, banding together a five-member team of doctors who went on to save many Chinese lives and win countless more hearts.
This legacy has cemented his position as a fount of goodwill for ties between India and China, one that has withstood recurring tensions between the two Asian neighbours whose soldiers fought a war in 1962 and, more recently, exchanged blows in a deadly clash along the disputed Indo-China border in June 2020.
Dr Kotnis is widely regarded as a hero in China, even though his fame is little-known in India. Popularly referred to as Ke Dihua in Mandarin, he has graced Chinese stamps and his statue next to his tomb continues to draw reverential visitors. Completed in 1979, the statue represents “the Chinese people’s endless yearning and immeasurable reverence for Dr Kotnis”, added the embassy in its statement.
Dr Kotnis was survived by an extended family in India, including five sisters and two brothers. Visiting Chinese leaders have made it a point to visit them while in India, and President Xi Jinping kept this tradition alive by meeting Dr Kotnis’ sister, Manorama, in 2014 in New Delhi. Among the four other physicians who had accompanied Dr Kotnis was Kolkata’s Dr Bejoy Kumar Basu, who later revisited China and learnt acupuncture, popularising it across India on his return.
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