Ranjit Bhatia

Indian distance runner (1936-2014)

Ranjit Bhatia OBE (c. 1936 – 9 February 2014) was an Indian athlete. He ran in the marathon and 5000 meters events at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.[1][2]

Bhatia studied at the Lawrence School, Sanawar.[3] He was then a Rhodes scholar at Oxford University, matriculating at Jesus College in 1957.[4] He retired as Reader in Mathematics from St. Stephen's College, Delhi.

Bhatia died on 9 February 2014 at the age of 77.

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  1. "Sports Reference: Ranjit Bhatia". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
  2. "St Stephen's Alumni Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on 2008-05-30. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
  3. Prabhsharan Singh Kang, Leadership through Initiative and Innovation A Case Study on Sanawar Archived 2014-03-07 at the Wayback Machine at sirtaj.net, accessed 7 March 2012
  4. De'Ath, John (1998). "Old Members' News". The Jesus College Record. Jesus College, Oxford: 58.