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{{Infobox person
| name = Daljit Singh
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1934|10|11|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Amritsar]], [[Punjab (British India)|Punjab]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|12|27|1934|10|11|df=y}}<ref name= noted>{{Cite news|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/noted-eye-surgeon-dr-daljit-singh-passes-away-in-amritsar-at-82/519632.html|title=Noted eye surgeon Dr Daljit Singh passes away in Amritsar at 82|last= Singh Gill|first= Manmeet |agency= Tribune News Service| location= Amritsar |date=2017-12-27|work=The Tribune|access-date= 2017-12-27}}</ref>
| death_place = [[Amritsar]], [[Punjab, India]]
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| occupation = Ophthalmologist
| yearsactive = 1957–2017
| known for = First to introduce intraocular lens in India, in 1976
| spouse = Swaran Kaur (?–2007; her death)
| domesticpartner =
| children = 2
| parents =
| website =
| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br />[[Dr. B. C. Roy Award]]
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'''Daljit Singh''' (11 October 1934 – 27 December 2017) was an Indian [[ophthalmologist]].<ref name= noted /> He was an honorary surgeon to [[Giani Zail Singh]], President of India.<ref name="A Perfect Vision">{{cite web | url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/A+perfect+vision/1/6379.html | title= A Perfect Vision| first= Pushpinder| last= Walia| date= 29 March 2008| work= [[India Today]] | access-date= 28 December 2017}}</ref><ref name= pushes>{{cite web | url=http://www.healio.com/ophthalmology/cataract-surgery/news/print/ocular-surgery-news-india-edition/%7Ba7d51521-d9aa-4fa6-b78c-1d2e1f09c818%7D/surgeon-pushes-limits-within-ophthalmic-surgery-conforms-technology-to-situation | title=Surgeon pushes limits within ophthalmic surgery conforms technology to situation | work= Ocular Surgery News| edition= India |date= January 2009 |via= Healio.com | access-date= 27 December 2017}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Daljit Singh was born on 11 October 1934 to [[Sahib Singh]], a [[Sikh]] academic of [[Sikh literature]]. Daljit was enrolled at Khalsa School. After encouragement from a family member who was a medical doctor, he began studying to become one as well.<ref name="A Perfect Vision" /><ref name= pushes /> He was pre-medical at [[Khalsa College, Amritsar|Khalsa College]], then graduated in medicine with a MBBS from the [[Government Medical College, Amritsar]] in 1956.<ref name="Asia Ophthalmology profile">{{cite web | url=http://www.asianophthalmology.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Daljit-Biodata-August-13.pdf | title=Asia Ophthalmology profile | publisher=Asia Ophthalmology | date=2015 | access-date=9 September 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062150/http://www.asianophthalmology.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Daljit-Biodata-August-13.pdf | archive-date=4 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> After receiving his Bachelors of medicine and surgery, he performed a "house job" in ophthalmology and earned an ophthalmic diploma (DOMS). After working for two years, he earned a master's degree (MS) in ophthalmology in 1963, and eventually earned a Doctor of Science (DSc) qualification.

==Career==
For more than two years, Dr. Singh worked as a general practitioner in the rural hinterland and also performed eye surgery.<ref name= pushes /> After obtaining his master's degree, Singh returned in May 1964 to Amritsar as a senior lecturer in ophthalmology. He later transferred to [[Government Medical College, Patiala]], for five years.<ref name="Asia Ophthalmology profile" />

Singh served as a member of faculty of the Government Medical Colleges in Amritsar and Patiala for 23 years and became an Emeritus professor of the institutions.<ref name="Asia Ophthalmology profile" />

He did pioneering work in lens implants beginning in 1976<ref name= pushes /> and the Fugo technique<ref name="A Perfect Vision" /><ref name= pushes /> "plasma scalpel" for glaucoma and cataract surgeries.<ref name= noted /> He was an innovator with Trans-ciliary Filtration (invented in 2001) and the Pre-Tenon Tangential Micro Track Filtration.<ref name="A Perfect Vision" /><ref name= pushes /> He was the discoverer of [[lymphatics]] in the eye.<ref name="A Perfect Vision" /><ref name= pushes />

He wrote over a dozen books on ophthalmology, and also a non-technical book ''Naroi Akh'' (Healthy Eye) in Punjabi decades ago.

==Other endeavors==
Singh was [[Aam Aadmi Party]]s unsuccessful candidate from Amritsar for the 2014 Lok Sabha election.<ref name= noted /><ref>{{cite news | url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/aaps-ophthalmologist-candidate-eyes-niche-support-base |title= AAP’s ophthalmologist candidate eyes niche support base | date=30 March 2014 | newspaper=The Indian Express | access-date=11 January 2016}}</ref> He later joined the Congress after a rift with AAP.<ref name= noted />

He was also a poet, writing three volumes of poetry:''Dharti Tirhai'', ''Sidhre Bol'' and ''Babre Bol'', that have been translated into Urdu, English and Hindi. He also wrote three anthologies of essays: ''Sach di'' ''Bhal Vich'' (In search of truth) ''Dooja Passa'' (The other side) and ''Badi di Jarh'' (The root of evil) to educate the rural masses about national and international issues, and the role of mass media in spreading misinformation. He has motivated thousands of young minds to challenge the ideas presented to them, and go the extra mile to seek out the truth.

==Honors and awards==
The [[Government of India]] awarded him the fourth highest civilian award of [[Padma Shri]] in 1987.<ref name="A Perfect Vision" /><ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web| url= http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher= Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date= 15 November 2014 }}</ref> Seven years later, he received [[Dr. B. C. Roy Award]], the highest Indian medical award from the Medical Council of India in 1994.<ref name="Asia Ophthalmology profile" />

==Personal life==
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Singh was married in 1957 to Swaran Kaur until her death in 2007. His two sons —and their wives—are also eye doctors.<ref name="A Perfect Vision" />

After a chronic illness and being bedridden for a month, Singh died on 27 December 2017 at age of 83.<ref name= noted />

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==References==
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