309:
examination and welfare work. He 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. In 1920 he travelled to England to represent the University of Calcutta at the Empire Universities Conference in London.
195:
village and subsequently moved there. His mother died in
Pantihal while he was still a child from what was later believed to be cancer. 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
308:
Sircar's keen interests in academia saw him being closely associated with the
University of Calcutta. He 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
329:
Sircar served as the
President of the Calcutta Medical Club and was for many years remained the Editor-In-Chief of its Journal. He was also one of the founders of the Physiological Society of India established in 1934. During the anti-partition movement in Bengal, Sircar became involved in
255:
Aside from his contribution to the field of medicine, Dr Sircar also contributed greatly to the causes of education, commerce, and politics during his lifetime. He was directly or indirectly involved in the foundation and administration of various national institutes of science in Bengal:
342:
This was also a time of enormous political turmoil in the Indian subcontinent. The
Independence movement was slowly but surely gaining momentum and here too, Sircar was at the helm of affairs. He was closely associated with several leading luminaries of that time, including
216:
in the formative years from where he obtained vernacular diploma in medicine in 1879. Later, he went on to win a scholarship, and earned the M.B. degree in 1888. The following year he earned his M.A., and in 1890 he obtained the
190:
and later settled in
Jaynagar. His mother Rebati Bani hailed from Pantihal village. However, as his mother often suffered from ill health, Sircar and his siblings spent much of their growing years with their maternal family in
237:
missionary, and became a member of the Brahmo Samaj. The couple went on to have six children, five daughters (Nalini Basu, Arundhuti
Chatterjee, Shanta Sen, Meera Sen and Kamala Chatterjee) and one son Arun Prakash Sarkar.
443:
felicitated him as "an eminent physician of this great city (who) has taken active part in the public life of the country for over half a century and has rendered invaluable service in various spheres of public activity.â
246:
Dr 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.
623:
929:
276:
Sir
Nilratan Sircar became the president of Medical Education Society of Bengal in 1922 and remained in the position until 1941. The society was formed for better management of the
924:
616:
296:
Along with other pioneers of Bengal, Sircar was deeply involved in the formation of Indian
Association for the Cultivation of Science. and he remained the President of the
297:
609:
436:
213:
111:
387:
in 1905. He was the
Director of the Boot and Equipment Factory for period of time and encouraged his manager B.M.Das to organise the Bengal Tanning Institute.
914:
909:
1024:
1029:
334:
In 1906, Taraknath Pandit and Dr Sircar launched the Society for the Promotion of Technical Education which established the Bengal Technical Institute.
1014:
407:
The death in Calcutta of Sir Nilratan Sircar, at the great age for a Bengali of 81, has removed a leading member of the medical profession in India.
1009:
994:
989:
919:
277:
150:(1 October 1861 â 18 May 1943) was an Indian medical doctor, educationist, philanthropist and swadeshi entrepreneur. He was awarded honorary
984:
671:
974:
894:
464:
36:
1019:
954:
979:
904:
944:
939:
440:
511:
541:
420:
for his contributions to medical education. Sircar was awarded the honorary DCL and LLD degrees by the universities of
1004:
873:
648:
360:
205:
999:
364:
212:
to pursue his career in medicine. His efforts caught the attention of an Englishman who sponsored his study at the
371:
between 1890 and 1919, Sircar also served as a member of the Bengal Legislative Congress under the reform scheme.
969:
899:
681:
658:
525:
368:
574:
934:
725:
425:
400:
318:
163:
832:
784:
704:
653:
632:
222:
192:
179:
115:
56:
851:
846:
822:
699:
686:
643:
964:
959:
807:
717:
421:
352:
155:
812:
763:
666:
560:
344:
331:
151:
139:
288:
He was one of the enthusiastic founding fathers of the Science College of University of Calcutta.
817:
794:
758:
748:
740:
709:
601:
166:. He was a renowned figure in promoting Science and Technology education in contemporary India.
233:
In 1888, Sircar married Nirmala, daughter of Girishchandra Mazumdar of Barisal, a scholar and a
779:
380:
183:
175:
86:
60:
499:
949:
789:
735:
694:
771:
588:
545:
799:
730:
676:
348:
265:
187:
208:
in Hooghly and matriculated there. Despite the family's modest means, Sircar moved to
888:
868:
503:
356:
90:
64:
827:
159:
526:"āĻŦāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ, āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻŖā§ āĻ 'āĻ
āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŽ' : āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨ āĻ āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ° āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ˛ā§ - Prohor"
317:
Sircar was also closely associated with the Jadavpur Tuberculosis Hospital and
417:
384:
127:
35:
538:
234:
186:
district, on 1 October 1861. His father came from an impoverished family in
539:
Official website of R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital Batch 1982â1987
435:
After his death, his alma mater, the Campbell Medical School was renamed
396:
209:
82:
428:
respectively. In 1940, the University of Calcutta conferred on him the
561:
Official Website of Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
383:
saw him set up the National Soap Factory and the National Tannery at
264:
Sir Nilratan Sircar was the Chairman of the first Governing Body of
465:"Nilratan Sircar â the doctor who was born poor and who died poor"
429:
268:, which is Asia's first modern interdisciplinary research centre.
101:
218:
605:
564:
History of Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
399:
on 18 May 1943 aged 81. An obituary published in the
178:, he was born in the house of his maternal uncle in
135:
121:
107:
97:
71:
42:
23:
550:History of R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital
298:Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
292:Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
508:Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh
459:
457:
405:
930:Vice Chancellors of the University of Calcutta
633:Vice chancellors of the University of Calcutta
617:
493:
491:
489:
487:
485:
437:Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital
284:Science College of the University of Calcutta
8:
925:Academic staff of the University of Calcutta
204:Sircar passed the entrance examination for
624:
610:
602:
578:Vice Chancellors of University of Calcutta
575:Official Website of University of Calcutta
20:
453:
416:On 26 June 1918, Dr. Sircar received a
7:
174:Son of Nandalal Sircar, a native of
915:20th-century Indian medical doctors
910:19th-century Indian medical doctors
1025:Medical doctors from British India
14:
1030:People from the Bengal Presidency
589:The London Gazette, 2 August 1918
379:His enthusiastic support for the
1015:Medical doctors from West Bengal
34:
441:Calcutta Municipal Corporation
332:National Council of Education.
1:
1010:People from Jaynagar Majilpur
995:20th-century Indian educators
990:19th-century Indian educators
920:University of Calcutta alumni
512:Asiatic Society of Bangladesh
196:know the cause of her death.
325:Academic clubs and societies
985:Indian social entrepreneurs
874:Sonali Chakravarti Banerjee
856:Bhaskarananda Ray Chaudhuri
375:Promotion of national trade
361:Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das
206:Chatra Nandalal Institution
1046:
506:; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.).
498:Mukherjee, Sujata (2012).
365:Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
278:Carmichael Medical College
272:Carmichael Medical College
639:
367:. He was a member of the
33:
975:Educationists from India
895:Indian medical academics
745:Deva Prosad Sarbadhicary
369:Indian National Congress
214:Campbell Medical College
112:Campbell Medical College
1020:West Bengal politicians
955:Indian Knights Bachelor
726:Francis William Maclean
403:on 5 June 1943 stated,
401:British Medical Journal
164:University of Edinburgh
980:Indian philanthropists
905:Indian medical doctors
859:Rathindra Narayan Basu
843:Sushil Kumar Mukherjee
833:Surajit Chandra Lahiri
785:Syama Prasad Mookerjee
705:William Comer Petheram
654:Claudius James Erskine
412:Awards and recognition
409:
319:Chittarajan Seva Sadan
304:University of Calcutta
251:Educational endeavours
223:University of Calcutta
116:University of Calcutta
945:19th-century Bengalis
940:20th-century Bengalis
852:Santosh Bhattacharyya
847:Ramendra Kumar Podder
823:Nirmal Kumar Sidhanta
804:Pramathanath Banerjee
768:William Ewart Greaves
700:William Wilson Hunter
644:James William Colvile
808:Charu Chandra Biswas
718:Alfred Woodley Croft
544:13 July 2014 at the
353:Jagdish Chandra Bose
156:University of Oxford
862:Asis Kumar Banerjee
813:Sambhunath Banerjee
764:Bhupendra Nath Bose
710:Gooroodass Banerjee
682:Alexander Arbuthnot
667:Edward Clive Bayley
510:(Second ed.).
345:Rabindranath Tagore
300:from 1939 to 1941.
148:Sir Nilratan Sircar
140:Jogindranath Sarkar
1005:Bengali scientists
837:Bidhubhushan Malik
818:Jnan Chandra Ghosh
795:Bidhan Chandra Roy
749:Lancelot Sanderson
659:Henry Sumner Maine
500:"Sircar, Nilratan"
1000:Bengali educators
882:
881:
780:Hassan Suhrawardy
759:Asutosh Mookerjee
741:Asutosh Mookerjee
714:Jones Quain Pigot
381:Swadeshi movement
330:establishing the
221:degrees from the
184:South 24 Parganas
176:Jaynagar Majilpur
145:
144:
87:Bengal Presidency
61:Bengal Presidency
1037:
970:Indian educators
900:Indian academics
790:Sir Azizul Huque
736:Alexander Pedler
663:W. S. Seton-Karr
626:
619:
612:
603:
591:
586:
580:
572:
566:
558:
552:
536:
530:
529:
522:
516:
515:
495:
480:
479:
477:
475:
461:
313:Other institutes
125:Nirmala Sircar (
78:
52:
50:
38:
21:
1045:
1044:
1040:
1039:
1038:
1036:
1035:
1034:
885:
884:
883:
878:
772:Jadunath Sarkar
754:Nilratan Sircar
722:E. J. Trevelyan
672:Arthur Hobhouse
649:William Ritchie
635:
630:
600:
595:
594:
587:
583:
573:
569:
559:
555:
546:Wayback Machine
537:
533:
524:
523:
519:
497:
496:
483:
473:
471:
463:
462:
455:
450:
439:. In 1931, the
414:
393:
377:
340:
327:
315:
306:
294:
286:
274:
262:
253:
244:
231:
202:
172:
108:Alma mater
93:
80:
76:
67:
54:
48:
46:
29:
28:Nilratan Sircar
26:
17:
12:
11:
5:
1043:
1041:
1033:
1032:
1027:
1022:
1017:
1012:
1007:
1002:
997:
992:
987:
982:
977:
972:
967:
962:
957:
952:
947:
942:
937:
935:Bengali Hindus
932:
927:
922:
917:
912:
907:
902:
897:
887:
886:
880:
879:
877:
876:
871:
866:
863:
860:
857:
854:
849:
844:
841:
838:
835:
830:
825:
820:
815:
810:
805:
802:
800:Radhabinod Pal
797:
792:
787:
782:
777:
776:W. S. Urquhart
774:
769:
766:
761:
756:
751:
746:
743:
738:
733:
731:Thomas Raleigh
728:
723:
720:
715:
712:
707:
702:
697:
692:
691:H. J. Reynolds
689:
684:
679:
677:William Markby
674:
669:
664:
661:
656:
651:
646:
640:
637:
636:
631:
629:
628:
621:
614:
606:
599:
598:External links
596:
593:
592:
581:
567:
553:
531:
517:
504:Islam, Sirajul
481:
452:
451:
449:
446:
413:
410:
392:
389:
376:
373:
349:Mahatma Gandhi
339:
338:Political life
336:
326:
323:
314:
311:
305:
302:
293:
290:
285:
282:
273:
270:
266:Bose Institute
261:
260:Bose Institute
258:
252:
249:
243:
242:Medical career
240:
230:
227:
201:
198:
171:
168:
143:
142:
137:
133:
132:
123:
119:
118:
109:
105:
104:
99:
95:
94:
81:
79:(aged 81)
73:
69:
68:
55:
53:1 October 1861
44:
40:
39:
31:
30:
27:
24:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1042:
1031:
1028:
1026:
1023:
1021:
1018:
1016:
1013:
1011:
1008:
1006:
1003:
1001:
998:
996:
993:
991:
988:
986:
983:
981:
978:
976:
973:
971:
968:
966:
963:
961:
958:
956:
953:
951:
948:
946:
943:
941:
938:
936:
933:
931:
928:
926:
923:
921:
918:
916:
913:
911:
908:
906:
903:
901:
898:
896:
893:
892:
890:
875:
872:
870:
869:Sugata Marjit
867:
864:
861:
858:
855:
853:
850:
848:
845:
842:
839:
836:
834:
831:
829:
826:
824:
821:
819:
816:
814:
811:
809:
806:
803:
801:
798:
796:
793:
791:
788:
786:
783:
781:
778:
775:
773:
770:
767:
765:
762:
760:
757:
755:
752:
750:
747:
744:
742:
739:
737:
734:
732:
729:
727:
724:
721:
719:
716:
713:
711:
708:
706:
703:
701:
698:
696:
693:
690:
688:
687:Arthur Wilson
685:
683:
680:
678:
675:
673:
670:
668:
665:
662:
660:
657:
655:
652:
650:
647:
645:
642:
641:
638:
634:
627:
622:
620:
615:
613:
608:
607:
604:
597:
590:
585:
582:
579:
576:
571:
568:
565:
562:
557:
554:
551:
547:
543:
540:
535:
532:
527:
521:
518:
513:
509:
505:
501:
494:
492:
490:
488:
486:
482:
470:
466:
460:
458:
454:
447:
445:
442:
438:
433:
431:
427:
423:
419:
411:
408:
404:
402:
398:
390:
388:
386:
382:
374:
372:
370:
366:
362:
358:
357:Motilal Nehru
354:
350:
346:
337:
335:
333:
324:
322:
320:
312:
310:
303:
301:
299:
291:
289:
283:
281:
279:
271:
269:
267:
259:
257:
250:
248:
241:
239:
236:
228:
226:
224:
220:
215:
211:
207:
199:
197:
194:
189:
185:
181:
177:
169:
167:
165:
161:
157:
153:
149:
141:
138:
134:
130:
129:
124:
120:
117:
113:
110:
106:
103:
100:
96:
92:
91:British India
88:
84:
74:
70:
66:
65:British India
62:
58:
45:
41:
37:
32:
22:
19:
16:Indian doctor
865:Suranjan Das
828:Subodh Mitra
753:
695:C. P. Ilbert
584:
577:
570:
563:
556:
549:
534:
520:
507:
472:. Retrieved
468:
434:
415:
406:
394:
378:
341:
328:
316:
307:
295:
287:
275:
263:
254:
245:
232:
203:
173:
147:
146:
126:
77:(1943-05-18)
18:
965:1943 deaths
960:1861 births
395:He died in
229:Family life
182:village of
98:Nationality
75:18 May 1943
889:Categories
469:Get Bengal
448:References
418:knighthood
385:Beliaghata
170:Early life
49:1861-10-01
840:S. N. Sen
426:Edinburgh
200:Education
136:Relatives
542:Archived
432:degree.
397:Calcutta
210:Calcutta
131:Majumdar
83:Calcutta
950:Brahmos
188:Jessore
474:1 July
422:Oxford
235:Brahmo
122:Spouse
102:Indian
502:. In
430:D.Sc.
391:Death
193:Netra
180:Netra
160:LL.D.
57:Netra
476:2020
424:and
363:and
219:M.D.
158:and
72:Died
43:Born
162:by
154:by
152:DCL
128:nÊe
25:Sir
891::
548:,
484:^
467:.
456:^
359:,
355:,
351:,
347:,
321:.
280:.
225:.
114:;
89:,
85:,
63:,
59:,
625:e
618:t
611:v
528:.
514:.
478:.
51:)
47:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
