He was born on 29 August 1887 to Narayan and Jamakben Mehta
in Amreli in Bombay Presidency. He was son-in-law
of Manubhai Mehta, then Dewan of Baroda state. In his early
age, Dr. Eduljee Rustomji Dadachandjee, a civil surgeon in Amreli prompted
him to take up medicine. He subsequently secured admission into the Grant
Medical College and Sir J.J. Hospital, Mumbai, after clearing a stiff
written test and a thorough viva voce examination that was conducted by the
British IMS officers.
College Education
His medical education was sponsored by the Seth VM Kapol
Boarding Trust. He topped the class in his First Licentiate in
Medicine and Surgery (equivalent of MBBS) examination. In his final year, he
won seven of the eight prizes open to his batch and shared the eighth prize
with his hostel roommate Kashinath Dikshit.
Post Graduate Education
Later, for postgraduate studies in London he
applied to the Tata educational foundation for a student loan and he has been
selected in one of the only two students for this prestigious fellowship from
amongst several bright students who had applied for it. Jivraj Mehta lived from
1909 to 1915 in London. He was the president of the Indian Students Association
in London where he studied medicine and did his FRCS there. He won
University gold medal in his MD examinations in 1914. Later he has been made a
member of the prestigious Royal College of Physicians of London.
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