<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\nThe historical developments of Pharmacopoeia in India traces back to 1563 and the
credit goes to Garcia da Orta a Portugese physician-cum-teacher. The idea of indigeneous Indian Pharmacopoeia was concieved in 1837 which bore fruits in 1841 in the shape of Bengal Pharmacopoeia<\/strong> and Conspectus of Drugs<\/strong>. The hindustani version in Bengali and Hindi of London Pharmacopoeia was made available in India from 1901 onwards. <\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Indian Pharmacopoeial List<\/strong>, published in 1946 formed the seeding for the true Official Indian Pharmacopoeia<\/strong> published in 1955. The first edition of Indian Pharmacopoeia was published in 1955, but actually the process was started as early as 1944. In 1944 Government of India asked the Drugs Technical Advisory Board to prepare the list of drugs used, in India, having sufficient medicinal value to justify their inclusion in official pharmacopoeia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/span>The Indian Pharmacopoeial List, 1946<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\nThe list of drugs both included and not included in the British Pharmacopoeia along with standards to secure their usefulness, tests for identity and purity was prepared by the committee and was published by the Government of India under the name \u2018The Indian Pharmacopoeial List 1946\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n