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{{short description|Indian long-distance runner}}
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'''Ranjit Bhatia''' (27 May 1936 – 9 February 2014) was an [[India]]n athlete and journalist who ran in the [[marathon]] and [[5000 meters]] events at the [[1960 Summer Olympics]] in [[Rome]].<ref name="sportsref">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bh/ranjit-bhatia-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418072735/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bh/ranjit-bhatia-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Sports Reference: Ranjit Bhatia |accessdate=2014-02-09 |work=Sports Reference}}</ref><ref>[http://www.ststephens.edu/alumni/hof.htm St Stephen's Alumni Hall of Fame.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530092152/http://www.ststephens.edu/alumni/hof.htm |date=30 May 2008 }}</ref>

==Biography==
Ranjit Bhatia was born on 27 May 1936.<ref name="Bhatia1999"/> He studied at the [[Lawrence School, Sanawar]].<ref>Prabhsharan Singh Kang, ''[http://sirtaj.net/sanawar_leaders.html Leadership through Initiative and Innovation A Case Study on Sanawar]'' at sirtaj.net, accessed 7 March 2012</ref> He then attended [[Oxford University]] as a [[Rhodes scholar]], [[matriculation|matriculating]] from [[Jesus College, Oxford|Jesus College]] in 1957.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Old Members' News|last=De'Ath|first=John|publisher=[[Jesus College, Oxford]]|journal=The Jesus College Record|date=1998|page=58}}</ref>

Bhatia was an active athlete, both at Oxford (awarded a [[Blue (university sport)|Blue]]) as well as a member of the [[Belgrave Harriers]]. He participated in the 1960 Rome Olympics, coming 60th in the marathon and participating in heats of the 5000 metres race.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.belgraveharriers.com/statistics/Belgrave_Olympians.pdf|title=Belgrave Olympians|accessdate=12 February 2014|publisher=[[Belgrave Harriers]]}}</ref>

Following a long battle with [[Parkinson's disease]],<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Belgravia Harrier Newsletter|url=http://www.belgraveharriers.com/eHarrier/eHarrierV01N07.pdf|volume=1|number=7|date=17 October 2004|title=Grapevine}}</ref> Bhatia died on 9 February 2014 in Delhi.<ref name=toi20140212/>

==Career==
Following his graduation from Oxford, Ranjit Bhatia returned to India. In 1960, he joined [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]] to teach Mathematics.<ref name="Verghese2006">{{cite book|author=B. G. Verghese|title=Tomorrow's India, Another Tryst with Destiny|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JRTBJNRntlcC&pg=PA343|year=2006|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=978-0-670-05863-1|page=343}}</ref> He remained there until his retirement as Reader.<ref name=toiobit/>

He was a sports writer and presenter. He wrote for [[Athletics Weekly]] and covered several Olympic Games for Indian newspapers, including ''The Statesman''.<ref name=toiobit>{{cite news|date=9 February 2014|title=Distance runner Olympian Ranjit Bhatia passes away|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2014-02-09/athletics/47167932_1_indian-athletics-milkha-singh-athletics-federation|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140212103258/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2014-02-09/athletics/47167932_1_indian-athletics-milkha-singh-athletics-federation|url-status=dead|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|archive-date=12 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Statesman|title=Editorial: Gentleman athlete|date=12 February 2014|url=http://www.thestatesman.net/news/38992-edits.html}}</ref>

Bhatia was an active member of the [[Association of Track and Field Statisticians]].<ref name=Bhatia1999/> He was also a national-level selector for Indian athletics between 1976 and 1984.<ref name=Bhatia1999/>

Among his written works are the ''Handbook of Indian Athletics'',<ref name="Bhatia1999">{{cite book|author=Ranjit Bhatia|title=Reebok Handbook of Indian Athletics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AP6BAAAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Full Circle|isbn=978-81-7621-051-5}}</ref> and the ''Book of Asian Games''.<ref name="Bhatia1982">{{cite book|author=Ranjit Bhatia|title=Sangam Book of Asian Games|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kloxJAAACAAJ|year=1982|publisher=Sangam Books|isbn=978-0-86131-372-3}}</ref>

Ranjit Bhatia was an administrator for the Indian chapter of the [[Rhodes Scholarship]]s from 1962 till his retirement in 1997.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia=The History of the Rhodes Trust|editor=Anthony Kenny|title=The Rhodes Trust and its Administration|author=Anthony Kenny|url=http://www.systemdns.us:9722/loc.svr.b/books/ROHDS-0-19-920191-9.pdf|year=2001|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|page=95|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221121748/http://www.systemdns.us:9722/loc.svr.b/books/ROHDS-0-19-920191-9.pdf|archivedate=21 February 2014}}</ref>

==Awards==
For his services to the [[Rhodes Trust]] and athletics, Bhatia was awarded the [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]].<ref name=toi20140212>{{cite news|newspaper=The Times of India|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/athletics/Ranjit-Bhatia-A-scholar-a-sportsman/articleshow/30245118.cms|title=Ranjit Bhatia: A scholar, a sportsman|date=12 February 2014|author=K. Datta}}</ref>

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