Subhash Mukhopadhyay: the forgotten hero of IVF

The first test tube baby in India is surrounded by much controversy. The person credited with this breakthrough, Dr Subhash Mukopadhyay, lived in ignominy for three decades before his work was recognised and lauded. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subhash_Mukhopadhyay_%28physician%29

He produced the first Indian test tube baby on Oct 3, 1978, just 67 days after Marie Louise Brown - the world's first test tube baby. 

http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/i-thought-being-born-in-a-test-tube-was-normal/848077/

At the time, no one believed the doctor's claim. What added insult to injury was that he was not allowed to carry any further research on in-vitro fertilisation, and was also prevented from going to Tokyo to present a paper. Humiliated, frustrated  and in failing health, Mukhopadhyay killed himself on June 19, 1981. 

Finally, in 2003, the ICMR acknowledged his achievement. But the delayed honor could not bring any cheer even to his wife, Namita, who has been paralysed and neglected since her husband's suicide. The widely acknowledged first test tube baby was produced by Dr Indira Hinduja of KEM Hospital Mumbai on August 6,1986.

http://www.drsubhasmukherjee.com/