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Jagdish Mitra Pahwa (1922-2001) was an Indian ophthalmologist, social worker and a specialist in Retinal Detachment and Photocoagulation who was reported to have conducted several charitable eye camps[1] in India.[2] Born on 4 July 1922 in Multan in the erstwhile British India (now in Pakistan),[3] he graduated in medicine from the King Edward Medical University, Lahore.[4] He was a 1969 elected fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences[5] and a recipient of the NAB Rustom Merwanji Alpaiwalla Memorial Award from the National Association for the Blind (India) in 1944.[6] The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri in 1973.[7]
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- ^ Taraprasad Das (2015). Flights of a bumblebee: Journey in compassionate eye care. Notion Press. p. 278. ISBN 9789384878290.
- ^ Reference Asia; Asia's Who's Who of Men and Women of Achievement. Vol. 1. Rifacimento International. 2004. ISBN 978-8190196604.
- ^ "J M Pahwa". J M Pahwa. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ "King Edward Medical University" (PDF). King Edward Medical University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
- ^ "NAMS Fellow" (PDF). National Academy of Medical Sciences. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ "Alpaiwalla Memorial Award". National Association for the Blind. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ "Padma Shri" (PDF). Padma Shri. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
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