death_date death_place religion birth_place nationality article_title birth_date known_for image employer name occupation alma_mater
2001 leh christian leh indian eliezer joldan
 1916 being the first trained graduate teacher in ladakh border govt . of jammu and kashmir eliezer joldan teacher punjab university , lahore
eliezer joldan

eliezer joldan was the first trained graduate to profess teaching as a profession in ladakh .
he was born in 1916 to tharchin joldan and chamnyet .
he got his bachelor 's degree in education -lrb- b.ed . -rrb-
from the punjab university , lahore .
he died at the age of 85 at leh .
the govt .
degree college at leh is named after him .
he is survived by kunga joldan -lrb- wife -rrb- and his daughters elza , martha and tadzin joldan .
his students includes top political leaders , doctors , scholars and other intelligentsia of ladakh .
he would always prefer the traditional `` ladakhi goncha '' over western pants and shirts .
during his time formal education was in the nascent stages .
he used to go to the every household and talk to the parents about the importance of sending their children to school .
