Ranadaprasad Saha - Paragraph

Ranadaprasad Saha - Paragraph

Ranadaprasad Saha also known as RP Saha, was a famous Bangladesh businessman and philanthropist. He was born in Bengali Hindu Saha family to Debendranath Kumar and Kumudini Saha on 1896 in Savar. Dhaka though his parents hailed from Tangail. Being born in a poor family he didn't receive much education. At the age of sixteen he fled Kolkata in search of a new future. He joined the Bengal Ambulance Crops and went to the War. As rewards for his service to the wounded, he was commissioned in 1916 in the newly Bengal Regiment. In 1932 he started a business and within a short time he became a fairly rich man. He dedicated himself to the service of the suffering humanity. In appreciation of his humanitarianism work the British Government conferred on RP Saha the title "Ray Bahaduri". During the Liberation War he was picked up from home by the Pakistani Army on 7 May 1971 and never returned home. In 1976 he was posthumously awarded the Independence Day award.