Jal Ratanji Patel was an Indian physician, who attended to
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Muhammad Ali Jinnah (, ; born Mahomedali Jinnahbhai; 25 December 1876 – 11 September 1948) was a barrister, politician, and the founder of Pakistan. Jinnah served as the leader of the All-India Muslim League from 1913 until the ...
, the founder of Pakistan,
during the years the latter was being treated for Tuberculosis.
Patel, who was born into a Parsi family,
kept Jinnah's disease a secret which had impact on the
Partition of India. In his book ''
Freedom at Midnight'',
Dominique Lapierre claimed that Patel had handed over a confidential file pertaining to Jinnah,
and that Patel kept his patient's condition a secret on the patient's advice.
The
Government of India
The Government of India (ISO: ; often abbreviated as GoI), known as the Union Government or Central Government but often simply as the Centre, is the national government of the Republic of India, a federal democracy located in South Asia, ...
awarded Patel
Padma Bhushan
The Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, preceded by the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan and followed by the Padma Shri. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is given for "distinguished service ...
, the third highest Indian civilian award, in 1962.
References
Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in medicine
20th-century Indian medical doctors
Year of death missing
1910 births
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