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'''Shah Bhopalchandji Lodha''' (15 December 1898 – 5 July 1987)<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Medicine: Seven Lost Year |journal=Time|date=26 December 1955|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808016,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081215041329/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808016,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 December 2008}}</ref> was Public Works Secretary of the former [[Jodhpur State]].<br />
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==Biography==<br />
A commerce graduate from [[Sydenham College]], Bombay he went on to become the '''Public Works Secretary''' of the former [[Jodhpur State]] . As Secretary PWD he was instrumental in the overall development of Jodhpur.The Water Canal; The [[Umaid Bhawan Palace]]; The Sardar School, Maharaj Umaid Mills Pali;Sardar Samand Water Supply Scheme;Windham Hospital (renamed Mahatma Gandhi Hospital) and Umaid Hospital; High Court Building; Barracks and Ancillary Aerodrome (made in two months) which later became the Elementary Flying Training College and other works were undertaken during his tenure. <br />
He was honoured with the title of '''[[Rai Sahib]]''' for his extraordinary services to the state.<br />
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His greatest quality was his enduring belief that nothing is impossible for which the late Maharaja [[Hanwant Singh]]ji of Jodhpur named him ''Alladin ka Chirag''. He was the 20th century titan of Marwar and remembered as the architect and builder of Modern Jodhpur.<br />
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In 1940, he was presented a stick of honour on behalf of His Majesty by the [[Viceroy of India]], Lord Linlithgow for his contributions to the development of Jodhpur<br />
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