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'''Khushdeva Singh''' (1902 - 1985) was an Indian physician and social worker, known for his contributions towards the treatment of [[tuberculosis]] in India.<ref name="Themes in Indian History">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RDlrAwAAQBAJ&q=Dr.+Khushdeva+Singh&pg=PT989 | title=Themes in Indian History | publisher=VK Global Publications | author=Raghunath Rai | year=2014 | isbn=9789350584248}}</ref> Born in [[Patiala]] in the Indian state of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], he served at the Hardinge Sanatorium, [[Dharampur, Kasauli|Dharampur]] in [[Himachal Pradesh]]<ref name="Revenge and Reconciliation">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OVqP54UEe4QC&q=Dr.+Khushdeva+Singh&pg=PA271 | title=Revenge and Reconciliation | publisher=Penguin Books India | author=Rajmohan Gandhi | year=1999 | page=463 | isbn=9780140290455}}</ref> for most of his service.<ref name="Themes in Indian History" /> He was the founder of the Lepers' Welfare Society, Patiala for the rehabilitation of leprosy patients of the region.<ref name="The Rotarian">{{cite journal | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tjMEAAAAMBAJ&q=Dr.+Khushdeva+Singh&pg=PA53 | title=The Rotarian | author=Rotary International | journal=The Rotarian |date=April 1965  | volume=106 | issue=4 | page=72 | issn=0035-838X}}</ref> Reports credit him as a humanist with a secular vision; he was known to have treated several Muslims during the [[Partition of India]].<ref name="Revenge and Reconciliation" /><ref name="Tribune India">{{cite web | url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20051016/spectrum/main1.htm | title=Insaniyat amidst insanity - Some recollections of 1947 | newspaper=The Tribune | location=India | date=16 October 2005 | access-date=20 March 2018}}</ref><ref name="The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan">{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/greatpartitionma00khan | url-access=registration | quote=Dr. Khushdeva Singh. | title=The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan | publisher=Yale University Press | author=Yasmin Khan | year=2007 | page=[https://archive.org/details/greatpartitionma00khan/page/251 251] | isbn=9780300120783}}</ref> He is the author of the books ''In Dedication''<ref name="In Dedication - 1">{{cite book | url=http://www.panjabdigilib.org/webuser/searches/displayPage.jsp?ID=5210&page=1&CategoryID=1&Searched= | title=In Dedication - 1 | publisher=Jain Co. Booksellers, Patiala | author=Khushdeva Singh, Dr. | year=1968 | page=76}}</ref><ref name="In Dedication - 2">{{cite book | url=http://www.panjabdigilib.org/webuser/searches/displayPage.jsp?ID=2717&page=1&CategoryID=1&Searched= | title=In Dedication - 2 | publisher= Guru Nanak Mission, Patiala | author=Khushdeva Singh, Dr. | year=1974 | page=92}}</ref> and ''Love is Stronger Than Hate''.<ref name="Love is Stronger Than Hate: A Remembrance of 1947">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ybsBAAAAMAAJ | title=Love is Stronger Than Hate: A Remembrance of 1947 | publisher=Guru Nanak Mission, Patiala | author=Khushdeva Singh | year=1973 | page=117}}</ref> In 1957, the [[Government of India]] honoured him with [[Padma Shri]], the fourth-highest Indian civilian award, for his service to the nation.<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Shri |publisher=Padma Shri |date=2015 |access-date=11 November 2014 |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> The Padma Shri Dr. Khushdeva Singh Hospital for Chest Diseases in Patiala is named after him.<ref name="Padma Shri Dr. Khushdeva Singh Hospital for Chest Diseases">{{cite web | url=https://www.here.com/india/patiala/hospital/padam-shri-dr-khushdeva-singh-chest-diseases-hospital--356jx7ps-7e90fa3ba4170cfeeb4ca00143e4015d?map=30.33553,76.39835,16,normal | title=Padma Shri Dr. Khushdeva Singh Hospital for Chest Diseases | publisher=Here.com | date=2015 | access-date=3 April 2015}}</ref><ref name="Isithackday">{{cite web | url=http://isithackday.com/geoplanet-explorer/index.php?woeid=91253959 | title=Isithackday | publisher=Isithackday | date=2015 | access-date=3 April 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150406020840/http://isithackday.com/geoplanet-explorer/index.php?woeid=91253959 | archive-date=6 April 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

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