About Rathin Datta
Lived 1931 – 2020 (aged 88–89). Rathin Datta was an Indian physician.
Rathin Datta (1931 – 27 January 2020) was an Indian physician from Tripura. He was a recipient of Padma Shri and Friends of Liberation War Honour.
Biography Datta was born in 1931 at Mangaldoi in Assam.
After returning to India Datta joined Tripura Health Services in the late sixties. During the Liberation War of Bangladesh he gave treatment to the freedom fighters of Bangladesh and Indian soldiers. He saved many lives in 1971. He retired from service as the director and special secretary of the Tripura Health Services in 1992. He was the second person from Tripura who received Padma Shri. He received Friends of Liberation War Honour in 2012 for his contribution to the Liberation War of Bangladesh.
Datta died on 27 January 2020 at his own home in Kolkata at the age of 88.
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Who was Rathin Datta?
Indian physician
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Rathin Datta was born in 1931 in Mangaldoi.
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Rathin Datta died on 27 January 2020 in Kolkata.
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Rathin Datta was a physician.
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