Nilratan Sircar

Sir
Nilratan Sircar
Born(1861-10-01)1 October 1861
Netra, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died18 May 1943(1943-05-18) (aged 81)
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
NationalityIndian
Alma materCampbell Medical College; University of Calcutta
SpouseNirmala Sircar (née Majumdar
RelativesJogindranath Sarkar

Sir Nilratan Sircar (1 October 1861 – 18 May 1943)[1] was an Indian medical doctor, educationist, philanthropist and swadeshi entrepreneur. He was awarded honorary DCL by University of Oxford and LL.D. by University of Edinburgh.[1] He was a renowned figure in promoting Science and Technology education in contemporary India.

  1. ^ a b "Nilratan Sircar – the doctor who was born poor and who died poor". Get Bengal. Retrieved 1 July 2020.