Purshottam Lal Wahi

Purshottam Lal Wahi (1928–2000) was an Indian cardiologist^[1] and the director of the department of cardiology at Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh.^[2][3] Born in Sargodha in the Punjab province of the erstwhile British India on 4 December 1928 to Bindra Ban Wahi and Devki Devi,^{[citation needed]} he was an honorary fellow of the Indian Society of Cardiology^[4] and is credited with several publications on cardiology.^[5][6] The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest Indian civilian honour of Padma Shri in 1983.^[7]