1. Sir Nilratan Sircar was an Indian medical doctor, educationist, philanthropist and swadeshi entrepreneur.
24 Facts About Nilratan Sircar
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Nilratan Sircar was awarded honorary DCL by University of Oxford and LL.
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Nilratan Sircar was a renowned figure in promoting Science and Technology education in contemporary India.
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Nilratan Sircar's father came from an impoverished family in Jessore and later settled in Jaynagar.
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Nilratan Sircar's mother died in Pantihal while he was still a child from what was later believed to be cancer.
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Nilratan Sircar was reported to have shared with grandchildren that it was this early loss of his mother to an unknown disease that led him to study medicine, as he wanted to know the cause of her death.
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Nilratan Sircar passed the entrance examination for Chatra Nandalal Institution in Hooghly and matriculated there.
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Nilratan Sircar's efforts caught the attention of an Englishman who sponsored his study at the Campbell Medical College in the formative years from where he obtained vernacular diploma in medicine in 1879.
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In 1888, Nilratan Sircar married Nirmala, daughter of Girishchandra Mazumdar of Barisal, a scholar and a Brahmo missionary, and became a member of the Brahmo Samaj.
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Dr Nilratan Sircar soon grew a large practice and was, for many years, a leading Indian consulting physician, travelling far and wide to treat some of his patients, who included the ruling heads of state in neighbouring countries.
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Nilratan Sircar was directly or indirectly involved in the foundation and administration of various national institutes of science in Bengal:.
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Sir Nilratan Sircar was the Chairman of the first Governing Body of Bose Institute, which is Asia's first modern interdisciplinary research centre.
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Sir Nilratan Sircar became the president of Medical Education Society of Bengal in 1922 and remained in the position until 1941.
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Nilratan Sircar was one of the enthusiastic founding fathers of the Science College of University of Calcutta.
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Nilratan Sircar was elected Fellow in 1893 and was responsible for the expansion of post graduate science teaching facilities and research in medical education as well as the introduction of students' health examination and welfare work.
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Nilratan Sircar served as the President of the University of Calcutta's Council for Post Graduate Teaching Arts from 1924 to 1929, the President of the Post Graduate teaching in Science from 1924 to 1942 and the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calcutta from 1919 to 1921.
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Nilratan Sircar served as the President of the Calcutta Medical Club and was for many years remained the Editor-In-Chief of its Journal.
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Nilratan Sircar was one of the founders of the Physiological Society of India established in 1934.
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In 1906, Taraknath Pandit and Dr Nilratan Sircar launched the Society for the Promotion of Technical Education which established the Bengal Technical Institute.
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The Independence movement was slowly but surely gaining momentum and here too, Nilratan Sircar was at the helm of affairs.
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Nilratan Sircar was a member of the Indian National Congress between 1890 and 1919, Sircar served as a member of the Bengal Legislative Congress under the reform scheme.
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Nilratan Sircar died in Calcutta on 18 May 1943 aged 81.
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On 26 June 1918, Dr Nilratan Sircar received a knighthood for his contributions to medical education.
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Nilratan Sircar was awarded the honorary DCL and LLD degrees by the universities of Oxford and Edinburgh respectively.