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On November 19, 2000, at the age of seven, Jaswal performed a surgery on an eight-year-old girl.  She had burns on her finger from five years before, and her parents previously had not been able to pay for surgery because they did not have the financial means.  Short videos of the surgery appeared on [[YouTube]] in 2007, and Jaswal became known for this.

== College and publicity ==

Jaswal was accepted into Chandrigarh College{{citation needed
|date=June 2015}} when he was twelve years old.  In 2005, "Firecracker Films" brought him to England, to perform tests he also appeared on [[The Oprah Winfrey Show]].  He also received some media attention for declaring that he knows a cure to cancer, though this was met with skepticism and nothing came of it.<ref>[[Mustafa Djamgoz]] has said, "There’s no doubt he is a brilliant boy. He really knows his stuff and has put his heart, soul and mind into finding a cure for cancer. But his solution is not (contracted; show full)| DATE OF DEATH     =
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[[Category:1993 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian surgeons]]
[[Category:Panjab University, Chandigarh alumni]]