Chirag Din Chohan

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Precise 1st arrival date unknown
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Dates of time spent in Britain

From arrival onwards.

Location

Kensington Road, Middlesbrough

Linthorpe Road, Middlesbrough

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About

Chirag Din Chohan was a hakim (or practitioner of alternative medicine) and eye specialist. He first settled in Harrogate. In 1925, he moved to Middlesbrough with his English wife Florence, a nurse, to care for Florence's sick sister. In 1933, Dr Din opened his first practice in Kensington Road, Middlesbrough, and in 1937 a second practice in nearby Linthorpe Road. He was one of several family members who had been coming to England since the 1890s to work as herbalists.

Connections

Ghulam Sarwar Khan Chohan (cousin)

Nafees Akhar (cousin's wife)

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Secondary works

Hussain, Khadim, Going for a Curry: A Social and Culinary History (Middlesbrough: Ek Zuban Press, 2006)