Rameshwar, Shri (1904 - )
by
 
Tina Craig

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

Subject
Medical Obituaries

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

Occupation
Military surgeon
 
General surgeon

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.

Rights
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England

Collection
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows

Format
Obituary

Format
Asset

Asset Path
Root/Lives of the Fellows/E009000-E009999/E009200-E009299

URL for File
381450

Media Type
Unknown