Three Asian Doctors

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Dr M.L.Bangara

M.L.Bangara was born at Mangalore in South India in 1881. After qualifying as a doctor at Edinburgh University he moved to Cinderford in 1915 working in his own practice and at the Dilke Memorial Hospital.

In addition to his work as a doctor, he was an active member of the community and a leading light in a variety of local organisations including the Freemasons, Cinderford Horticultural Society, Dickens Fellowship, Excelsior Band and Cinderford Male Voice Choir.

Dr Bangara died of complications following influenza shortly after his 46th birthday in 1927. The 'In Memoriam' pamphlet published later that year shows the very considerable affection and respect in which he was held in Cinderford.

Dr R.N.Nanda

One of the mourners at Dr Bangara's funeral in 1927 was his colleague Dr R.N.Nanda of St Briavels. Like Dr Bangara, R.Natha Nanda qualified in Scotland. According to Kelly's Directory, he succeeded Dr Moyle in practice at Humphrey's Lodge, St Briavels, and also as medical officer and public vaccination officer for the St Briavels district, in about 1922. He continued to practice in St Briavels at least until the mid-1940s.

Pix courtesy County Records Office

Dr Satyendra Nath Seal

Dr Satyendra Nath Seal practised with Dr Bell at Barton Street in Gloucester in the early 1920s. Like Dr Bangara, Dr Seal was a graduate of the medical school at Edinburgh University.

[Photograph and information courtesy of B.C.Frith MBE FSG.]