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{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Sheel Vohra
| image =
| image_size = 150px
| country = India
| fullname =
| nickname = Bond
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1936|5|20|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|Naushera]], [[Pakistan]], India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2010|10|13|1936|5|20|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Dehradun]], [[India]]
| heightft = 6
| heightinch = 0
| heightm = 1.66
| role = [[Wicket-keeper]], [[Batsman]]
| oneIT20 =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling =
| club1 = [[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]
| year1 = 1965–1966
| date = 23 October
| year = 1966
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/35918.html Cricinfo
}}

'''Sheel Vohra''' (20 May 1936 – 10 October 2010) was an Indian cricketer, mathematician and schoolmaster. He is known for playing in the [[Ranji Trophy]] tournament representing the [[Uttar Pradesh cricket team]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/35918.html |title=Sheel Vohra | India Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date= |accessdate=2012-05-16}}</ref>

==Life and career==
Sheel was born in the Pakistani village of Naushera (at the time [[British India]]) in 1936. After trying his hand at Cricket he studied Mathematics at Master's level at [[DAV College, Kanpur|D.A.V College]]. A road accident causing a leg injury curtailed his sporting ambitions. In 1961, he joined [[The Doon School]] as a Maths teacher where he remained for the next 40 years.<ref name="tribuneindia1">{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20101014/dplus.htm#3 |title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Dehradun Plus |publisher=Tribuneindia.com |date= |accessdate=2012-05-16}}</ref> At Doon, he mentored the Gandhis: [[Rajiv Gandhi]], who went on to become the youngest Prime Minister of India and [[Rahul Gandhi]] who is currently a Member of Parliament.<ref name="tribuneindia1"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/capital-closeup/2010/10/13/remembering-doon-schools-mr-bond/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101017030009/http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/capital-closeup/2010/10/13/remembering-doon-schools-mr-bond |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 October 2010 |title=Remembering Doon School’s Mr Bond : Capital Closeup |publisher=Blogs.hindustantimes.com |date= |accessdate=2012-05-16}}</ref>

He died on 10 October 2010 days before Doon celebrated its Platinum Jubilee.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20101015/dplus.htm#10 |title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Dehradun Plus |publisher=Tribuneindia.com |date= |accessdate=2012-05-16}}</ref> Notable personalities such as [[Ramchandra Guha]] and [[Karan Thapar]] expressed their grief for the teacher who had taught them back in the 70s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-05-26/bangalore/28331389_1_dehra-dun-cricket-kirti-azad |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709070644/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-05-26/bangalore/28331389_1_dehra-dun-cricket-kirti-azad |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-09 |title='I’m incapable of anything other than writing |date=2004-05-26 |work=[[The Times of India]] |accessdate=2012-05-16}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/35918.html CricInfo Profile]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110101144720/http://www.doonschool.com/obituary Sheel Vohra Obituary]

{{The Doon School}}

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[[Category:The Doon School faculty]]

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