Umedram Lalbhai Desai - Chief Medical Officer/Sanitary Commissioner/Jail Superindentent

Chief Medical Officer/Sanitary Commissioner/Jail Superindentent

He was appointed Chief Medical Officer, Sanitary Commissioner and Jail Superintendent of Sachin State in 1919. Sachin state belonged to the Government of His Highness the Maharaja of Baroda. He lived in the grounds of the East India Company factory in Surat.

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