Nilratan sircar biography of william

Indian doctor

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.

Early life

Son of Nandalal Sircar, a native of Jaynagar Majilpur, he was born in the house of his maternal uncle in Netra village of South 24 Parganas district, on 1 October 1861.

Nilratan Sircar – the doctor who was born poor and who died poor

His father came from an impoverished family in Jessore and later settled in Jaynagar. His mother Rebati Bani hailed from Pantihal village.^[2] However, as his mother often suffered from ill health, Sircar and his siblings spent much of their growing years with their maternal family in Netra village and subsequently moved there.

His mother died in Pantihal while he was still a child from what was later believed to be Ashutosh Mukherjee - Wikipedia JYGYF