Jal R. Patel
Born
1910-10-21
India
1910-10-21
India
Occupation
Physician
Physician
Jal Ratanji Patel was an Indian physician, who attended to Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan,[1] during the years the latter was being treated for cancer.[2] Patel, who was born into a Parsi family,[3] kept Jinnah's disease a secret which had impact on the Partition of India. In his book Freedom at Midnight, Dominique Lapierre claimed that Patel had handed over a confidential file pertaining to Jinnah,[4] and that Patel kept his patient's condition a secret on the patient's advice.[5] The Government of India awarded Patel Padma Bhushan, the third highest Indian civilian award, in 1962.[6]
References
- ↑ Jinnah : India, partition, independence{{#if:1938-|, 1938-}. Oxford University Press(2010). ISBN 9780195479270
- ↑ Jinnah portrayed as anti-hero. The Times of India(August 21, 2002). Retrieved 2018-05-24.
- ↑ Jinnah's doctor a Zoroastrian. DAWN.COM(2013-05-27). Retrieved 2018-05-24.
- ↑ Jinnah Zoroastiran Community. www.parsinews.net(August 28, 2013). Retrieved 2018-05-24.
- ↑ 11 September 1948: Death Anniversary of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, M. Naeem Qureshi. Youlin Magazine(September 10, 2015). Retrieved 2018-05-24.
- ↑ Padma Awards. Padma Awards. Government of India(2018-05-17). Retrieved 2018-05-17.
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