115:"Among members of what might be called the household staff, I recall, besides the two Keightleys, the Countess Wachtmeister, whose name occupies a notable place in the pages of early Theosophical history; Mr. George R.S. Mead, H.P.B.'s secretary; Mr. Claude Falls Wright; Mrs. Cooper-Oakley and her sister Laura Cooper; Miss Kislingbury; Charles Johnston, Sanskrit scholar, who married Vera Zhelihovsky, H.P. Blavatsky's niece; Mr. Richard Harte, an American. Other notable names not included among resident members, are Herbert Burrows, leading Socialist; Dr. Franz Harman, well-known writer on occult subjects; Mrs. Alice Gordon, long resident in India and mentioned in early Theosophical annals; William Kingsland, then a young electrical engineer; Colonel Olcott. Among Hindus may be mentioned U.L. Desai and Rai Baroda K. Laheri."
334:"Along with medical treatment, he began to experiment with the 'Music Therapy' with the help of his musician wife. Soon the news spread around and sent an invitation to the couple for the treatment. Reva Naresh was impressed with this novel therapy and he decided to send Dr. and Mrs. Desai to America. He sponsored the tour and also arranged for the recordings of Veena recitals. Satyabala Devi‘s veena recitals were wonderful and effective. ...Dr. Desai and Satyabala Devi stayed in America for three years and presented lecture/demonstrations."
367:, arranged for Gunobati to work as a tutor in the Desai household. The circumstances of the marriage are not known except that Desai left Satyabala Devi to marry Gunobati. He was 45 and she was 27 years old. They got married at the Registry Office in Rampur. Gunobati was an educated Christian lady with very high moral values. She was very educated for a woman of her time. She had completed her Intermediate Arts (IA) from the
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As part of his 3-5-year hospital experience required for his medical degree, Dr. Desai worked at the Welsh
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College, London and Owens College) 1895, MD (Victoria) 1900. He was the inventor of Screw Bone Perforator and instruments for Wiring Fractured Bones (Patented). (1904
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Edinburgh and Glasgow but, although he retained his name on the Cape register, he appears never to have lived in the colony." AGENTS OF EMPIRE: THE MEDICAL PROFESSION IN THE CAPE COLONY, 1880-1910 by E. B. van HEYNINGEN * Medical History, 1989, 33: 450-471.
218:"To the South African born should also be added the occasional immigrant medic such as the West Indian, A. C. Jackson, or the Indian doctor, Umedram Laibhai Desai, and black doctors were also present in neighbouring territories, such as Basutoland, where Drs Sebeta and Motebang practised".
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In 1924, Desai moved from Surat to Umrath where the
Maharaja of Baroda had several houses by the sea. He ran a mental asylum called the Sea-Side Home for Mental and Nervous cases. His title was Mental, Nervous, and Epilepsy Specialist. Umrath was a very isolated place on the Arabian sea.
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During this year, he wrote an article called the Plague of India. This article was for distribution among members of the
British Parliament and Government officials concerned in the welfare of India. The original copy of the article is currently archived at the British Library in London.
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The Taj Mahal hotel was built in 1903 by Mr. Tata who wanted a hotel for the upper-class
Indians. "From Maharajas and Princes to various kings, Presidents, CEOs and entertainers, the Taj played the perfect host, supportive of their needs".
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Desai returned to India as a doctor in 1901. His title was Mb B.Ch. Vict. Eng, M.D. Belge, LRCP, LRCS; L.M. Edinburgh, M.C.P.A.C.P. (London). Desai did not live long in Vyara with Diwali Bai. He left her and moved to Sagar Palace,
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Satyabala Devi, his wife, and his five children. He hired a tutor, Guno Bati Mitter, to educate his children. Guno Bati's brother Ridhoyranjan Mitter, the sub-editor of the
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Desai is mentioned in the article "Why I Became A Theosophist" by Dr. Henry
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At the age of 17, Desai married Diwali Bai. Their marriage was arranged by their parents at an early age. He had two sons, elder son was
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