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	==Biography==		==Biography==
	Bhatia was the eldest son of [[Rai Bahadur]] Hira Lal Bhatia, an eminent surgeon practising in Lahore. Educated in Lahore at the Central Model School, Lahore, and the [[Government College Lahore]], he began his medical studies at [[Peterhouse ~~College~~, Cambridge]] in 1910. He subsequently pursued his clinical studies at [[St Thomas' Hospital]], London. On the outbreak of war in 1914, Bhatia volunteered as a surgical dresser on HMHS ''Guildford Castle''.<ref name="Munk"/> He completed his degree in 1917, and following graduation was appointed a temporary [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)\|lieutenant]] in the [[Indian Medical Service]] (IMS), effective from 8 April 1917.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=30267\|supp=y\|page=9156\|date=4 September 1917}}</ref> In May 1918 he was attached to the [[105th Mahratta Light Infantry]] (now the [[Maratha Light Infantry]], then part of the [[Egyptian Expeditionary Force]]). In September 1918, he was awarded the Military Cross (MC) for courage under fire during the [[Battle of Megiddo (1918)\|Battle of Megiddo]]; the award was gazetted in April 1919:		Bhatia was the eldest son of [[Rai Bahadur]] Hira Lal Bhatia, an eminent surgeon practising in Lahore. Educated in Lahore at the Central Model School, Lahore, and the [[Government College Lahore]], he began his medical studies at [[Peterhouse, Cambridge]] in 1910. He subsequently pursued his clinical studies at [[St Thomas' Hospital]], London. On the outbreak of war in 1914, Bhatia volunteered as a surgical dresser on HMHS ''Guildford Castle''.<ref name="Munk"/> He completed his degree in 1917, and following graduation was appointed a temporary [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)\|lieutenant]] in the [[Indian Medical Service]] (IMS), effective from 8 April 1917.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=30267\|supp=y\|page=9156\|date=4 September 1917}}</ref> In May 1918 he was attached to the [[105th Mahratta Light Infantry]] (now the [[Maratha Light Infantry]], then part of the [[Egyptian Expeditionary Force]]). In September 1918, he was awarded the Military Cross (MC) for courage under fire during the [[Battle of Megiddo (1918)\|Battle of Megiddo]]; the award was gazetted in April 1919:

	{{Quote\|Near Sabieh, on the 19th September 1918, for conspicuous gallantry under intense fire. The enemy put down a heavy barrage where he had established his aid post. In the midst of this he carried out his work with an absolute disregard of his personal safety. The skilful way the wounded were dressed by him, in spite of the adverse conditions, afterwards elicitated (''sic'') the admiration of the medical officers in the dressing stations.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=31583\|supp=y\|page=12335\|date=3 October 1919}}</ref>}}		{{Quote\|Near Sabieh, on the 19th September 1918, for conspicuous gallantry under intense fire. The enemy put down a heavy barrage where he had established his aid post. In the midst of this he carried out his work with an absolute disregard of his personal safety. The skilful way the wounded were dressed by him, in spite of the adverse conditions, afterwards elicitated (''sic'') the admiration of the medical officers in the dressing stations.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=31583\|supp=y\|page=12335\|date=3 October 1919}}</ref>}}

	Bhatia was the sole IMS recipient of the Military Cross in 1918.<ref name="bhatia">{{cite journal \| title=Social responsibilities of a physician: reflections of Major General S L Bhatia (1891–1981) \| journal=[[Indian Journal of Medical Ethics]] \| date=2017\|last1=Hegde \|first1=Radhika \|last2=Vaz \|first2=Mario \| volume=2 \| pages=281–286 \| issue=4 \| doi=10.20529/IJME.2017.070}}</ref> After the war, he received a regular commission in the IMS, with effect from 15 March 1920.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=31957\|supp=\|page=7013\|date=29 June 1920}}</ref> He was promoted to substantive [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)\|captain]] on 8 April 1920,<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=32262\|supp=\|page=2226\|date=18 March 1921}}</ref> with seniority from the same date.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=32788\|supp=\|page=459\|date=19 January 1923}}</ref> The same year, he was appointed professor of physiology and hygiene at [[Grant Medical College and Sir Jamshedjee Jeejeebhoy Group of Hospitals\|Grant Medical College]] in Bombay, becoming its first Indian dean in 1925.<ref name="bhatia"/> He was promoted to [[Major (United Kingdom)\|major]] on 8 April 1928, with promotion to [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)\|lieutenant-colonel]] on 8 October 1936.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=33443\|supp=\|page=7900\|date=30 November 1928}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=34340\|supp=\|page=7349\|date=13 November 1936}}</ref> On 27 October 1937, Bhatia was appointed principal of the Grant Medical College and superintendent of the Jamsetji Jeejeebhoy Hospital Group.<ref name="Indian_Army_List_38">{{cite book\|pages=644\|title=Indian Army List for October 1938\|publisher=Government of India Press\|year=1938}}</ref>		Bhatia was the sole IMS recipient of the Military Cross in 1918.<ref name="bhatia">{{cite journal \| title=Social responsibilities of a physician: reflections of Major General S L Bhatia (1891–1981) \| journal=[[Indian Journal of Medical Ethics]] \| date=2017\|last1=Hegde \|first1=Radhika \|last2=Vaz \|first2=Mario \| volume=2 \| pages=281–286 \| issue=4 \| doi=10.20529/IJME.2017.070}}</ref> After the war, he received a regular commission in the IMS, with effect from 15 March 1920.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=31957\|supp=\|page=7013\|date=29 June 1920}}</ref> He was promoted to substantive [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)\|captain]] on 8 April 1920,<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=32262\|supp=\|page=2226\|date=18 March 1921}}</ref> with seniority from the same date.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=32788\|supp=\|page=459\|date=19 January 1923}}</ref> The same year, he was appointed professor of physiology and hygiene at [[Grant Medical College and Sir Jamshedjee Jeejeebhoy Group of Hospitals\|Grant Medical College]] in Bombay, becoming its first Indian dean in 1925.<ref name="bhatia"/> He was promoted to [[Major (United Kingdom)\|major]] on 8 April 1928, with promotion to [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)\|lieutenant-colonel]] on 8 October 1936.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=33443\|supp=\|page=7900\|date=30 November 1928}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=34340\|supp=\|page=7349\|date=13 November 1936}}</ref> On 27 October 1937, Bhatia was appointed principal of the Grant Medical College and superintendent of the Jamsetji Jeejeebhoy Hospital Group.<ref name="Indian_Army_List_38">{{cite book\|pages=644\|title=Indian Army List for October 1938\|publisher=Government of India Press\|year=1938}}</ref>

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{{Infobox military person
| honorific_prefix = Major-General
| name = Sohan Lal Bhatia
| honorific_suffix = [[Order of the Indian Empire|CIE]], [[Military Cross|MC]], [[Indian Academy of Sciences|FASc]], [[Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh|FRSE]], [[Royal College of Physicians|FRCP]]
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| birth_place = [[Amritsar]], Punjab Province, [[British Raj]]<br> (now in Punjab, India)
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1981|7|16|1891|08|05}}
| death_place = [[India]]
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| branch = {{army|British Raj}}<br>{{army|India}}
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| unit = [[105th Mahratta Light Infantry]]
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*[[Battle of Megiddo (1918)|Battle of Megiddo]]
[[World War II]]<br>[[Indo-Pakistan War of 1947]]
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[[Major-General]] '''Sohan Lal Bhatia''' [[Order of the Indian Empire|CIE]], [[Military Cross|MC]], [[Indian Academy of Sciences|FASc]], [[Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh|FRSE]], [[Royal College of Physicians|FRCP]] (5 August 1891 – 16 July 1981) was a distinguished Indian physiologist, medical administrator and decorated [[Indian Army]] officer.<ref name="Munk">{{cite web |url=http://munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk/Biography/Details/382 |title=Sohan Lal Bhatia |last1=Banerjea |first1=S |last2=Wolstenholme |first2=Gordon|last3=Luniewska |first3=Valerie |website=Munk’s Roll |publisher=Royal College of Physicians |access-date=20 September 2019 }}</ref>

==Biography==
Bhatia was the eldest son of [[Rai Bahadur]] Hira Lal Bhatia, an eminent surgeon practising in Lahore. Educated in Lahore at the Central Model School, Lahore, and the [[Government College Lahore]], he began his medical studies at [[Peterhouse College, Cambridge]] in 1910. He subsequently pursued his clinical studies at [[St Thomas' Hospital]], London. On the outbreak of war in 1914, Bhatia volunteered as a surgical dresser on HMHS ''Guildford Castle''.<ref name="Munk"/> He completed his degree in 1917, and following graduation was appointed a temporary [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in the [[Indian Medical Service]] (IMS), effective from 8 April 1917.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30267|supp=y|page=9156|date=4 September 1917}}</ref> In May 1918 he was attached to the [[105th Mahratta Light Infantry]] (now the [[Maratha Light Infantry]], then part of the [[Egyptian Expeditionary Force]]). In September 1918, he was awarded the Military Cross (MC) for courage under fire during the [[Battle of Megiddo (1918)|Battle of Megiddo]]; the award was gazetted in April 1919:

{{Quote|Near Sabieh, on the 19th September 1918, for conspicuous gallantry under intense fire. The enemy put down a heavy barrage where he had established his aid post. In the midst of this he carried out his work with an absolute disregard of his personal safety. The skilful way the wounded were dressed by him, in spite of the adverse conditions, afterwards elicitated (''sic'') the admiration of the medical officers in the dressing stations.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31583|supp=y|page=12335|date=3 October 1919}}</ref>}}

Bhatia was the sole IMS recipient of the Military Cross in 1918.<ref name="bhatia">{{cite journal | title=Social responsibilities of a physician: reflections of Major General S L Bhatia (1891–1981) | journal=[[Indian Journal of Medical Ethics]] | date=2017|last1=Hegde |first1=Radhika |last2=Vaz |first2=Mario | volume=2 | pages=281–286 | issue=4 | doi=10.20529/IJME.2017.070}}</ref> After the war, he received a regular commission in the IMS, with effect from 15 March 1920.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31957|supp=|page=7013|date=29 June 1920}}</ref> He was promoted to substantive [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] on 8 April 1920,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32262|supp=|page=2226|date=18 March 1921}}</ref> with seniority from the same date.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32788|supp=|page=459|date=19 January 1923}}</ref> The same year, he was appointed professor of physiology and hygiene at [[Grant Medical College and Sir Jamshedjee Jeejeebhoy Group of Hospitals|Grant Medical College]] in Bombay, becoming its first Indian dean in 1925.<ref name="bhatia"/> He was promoted to [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]] on 8 April 1928, with promotion to [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant-colonel]] on 8 October 1936.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33443|supp=|page=7900|date=30 November 1928}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34340|supp=|page=7349|date=13 November 1936}}</ref> On 27 October 1937, Bhatia was appointed principal of the Grant Medical College and superintendent of the Jamsetji Jeejeebhoy Hospital Group.<ref name="Indian_Army_List_38">{{cite book|pages=644|title=Indian Army List for October 1938|publisher=Government of India Press|year=1938}}</ref>

During the Second World War, Bhatia was appointed an additional deputy director-general of the IMS on 19 August 1941, serving in this capacity for most of the war.<ref name="Indian_Army_List_43">{{cite book|pages=2084|title=Indian Army List for April 1943 (Parts I & II)|publisher=Government of India Press|year=1943}}</ref> On 1 June 1945, he was appointed inspector-general of civil hospitals and prisons in [[Assam Province]],<ref>{{cite book|pages=2080|title=Indian Army List for October 1946 (Parts I & II)|publisher=Government of India Press|year=1946}}</ref> receiving promotion to [[Colonel (United Kingdom)|colonel]] on 11 June (seniority from 8 October 1939).<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37305|supp=|page=5027|date=12 October 1945}}</ref> He was appointed a Companion of the [[Order of the Indian Empire]] (CIE) in the [[1946 New Year Honours]] list.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37407|supp=|page=12|date=28 December 1945}}</ref>

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