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Asset Name:
E009267 - Rameshwar, Shri (1904 - )
Title:
Rameshwar, Shri (1904 - )
Author:
Tina Craig
Identifier:
RCS: E009267
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2016-10-27

2019-12-03
Description:
Obituary for Rameshwar, Shri (1904 - ), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Rameshwar, Shri
Date of Birth:
10 October 1904
Place of Birth:
Meerut, India
Titles/Qualifications:
BSc Lucknow 1924

MB BS 1931

MRCS LRCP 1933

FRCS 1934
Details:
Shri Rameshwar was professor of surgery at the Armed Forces Medical College, Poona, India. Born on 10 October 1904 in Meerut, he was the eldest of the four sons of Choudry Girver Singh Rameshwar, an agriculturalist, and his wife Kaur née Ram whose father was also involved in agriculture. Educated at the Government School in Meerut, he then read medicine at Lucknow University before travelling to the UK to continue his training at the London Hospital where he was mentored by Sir Albert James Walton and Russell John Howard. He passed the fellowship of the college in 1934. On his return to India he joined the Indian Medical Service as a regular officer in 1935 and retired in 1961 with the rank of brigadier. He became chief medical officer of the Tingri Medical Association, Assam from 1962 to 1970. In 1924 he married Shanta Singh, who was the daughter of a doctor, Bhupal Singh. They had two sons who became managers in the Assam Tea Gardens. A keen tennis player and golfer he only retired from playing in his late sixties. It is not known when or where he died but he may have returned to Meerut, Uttar Pradesh as that is his last known address.
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Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
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Root/Lives of the Fellows/E009000-E009999/E009200-E009299
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