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About India
Located in South Asia Himalayas to the North Indian Ocean to the South (Indian Ocean?) About 10 hours flight from New Zealand
Neighbours
Indian States
Some of the Oldest Continually Lived Cities are in India, for instance, Varanasi
Complexity of India
One of the Oldest Continually Lived Countries in the world 1.2 Billion People 35 states, federal republic, Westminster type government Wide Disparity in Wealth Distribution (Northern Californias within Subsaharan Africas Amartya Sen)
Susruta was a surgeon whose techniques of rhinoplasty are relevant even today
Ayruveda: Charaka-Samhita
System of Natural Medicine Developed Indigenously in India The Experts Travelled far and Wide Indian Medicine Was Known throughout the Greek and Roman Empire
Calcutta Medical College was the Medical College Established in 1835 , and the first medical school in Asia, and one of the firsts anywhere outside of Europe
Sir Ronald Ross and Malaria Research Ross won Nobel Prize in 1902 for his work on Malaria The work was accomplished at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research
Sir Upendranath Brahmacari identified the causal agents of Kala Azar, a protozoan parasitic fever (Leishmaniasis)
The work was accomplished at the School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in Calcutta
Post Independence, Indian Excellence in Medical Care Continued But there are Challenges and New Turns
India & NZ: Long standing Friendship, Shared legacy, lots of commonalities: British Colonial Recent Past, English Language, Cricket, Westminster type governance, democracy Yet they shared flip-flop relations
NZ welcomes India to Commonwealth, helps to set up All India Institute of Medical Sciences under Colombo Plan NZ sided with India during the 1962 war with China, & again in 1971 Bangladesh War PM Norman Kirk played proactive role during his tenure as Labour PM (1972-1974) despite Indias first nuclear explosion PM Robert Muldoons Time, NZ decided to sell the Chancery plot in New Delhi, Consulate in New Delhi was closed and reopened PM David Lange: Sir Ed was appointed as NZs ambassador to India Again took a turn for the worse following 1998 Pokhran Nuclear Blast