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Dr Niharranjan Das

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Dr Niharranjan Das

† 2026 · paediatrician

“A gentle Tripura paediatrician remembered for kindness toward children and their families.”

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Dr Niharranjan Das was an Indian paediatrician who practised in Agartala, the capital of the north-eastern state of Tripura. Colleagues and patients knew him as a soft-spoken children's doctor whose calm manner and humane approach made anxious families feel heard. He died on 28 September 2026 after a brief battle…

Dr Niharranjan Das was an Indian paediatrician who practised in Agartala, the capital of the north-eastern state of Tripura. Colleagues and patients knew him as a soft-spoken children's doctor whose calm manner and humane approach made anxious families feel heard. He died on 28 September 2026 after a brief battle with cancer, a loss that was widely mourned across Tripura's medical fraternity.

Public reporting on his early years is limited. What is clear is that he completed his MBBS at the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) and went on to take an MD in Paediatrics. That training prepared him for a career focused on the care of infants and children in a state where specialist paediatric services have long been thinner than in larger Indian cities. Over years of practice he built the kind of local reputation that spreads by word of mouth: parents recommended him to other parents because he combined clinical competence with patience and empathy.

In Agartala and across Tripura, families who could not easily travel to Kolkata, Guwahati or Delhi for specialist children's care relied on physicians like Dr Das. Colleagues later recalled his gentle demeanour and approachable nature, saying he treated professional commitment and kindness as parts of the same vocation. Those tributes, published after his death by Tripura Info and Medical Dialogues, repeatedly returned to the same qualities: he was soft-spoken, dedicated to his young patients, and respected by the families who brought them to him.

According to Tripura Info, Dr Das was diagnosed with cancer in July 2026. The disease progressed rapidly despite treatment and medical care. His death within a short period after the diagnosis came as a shock to those who knew him. Medical Dialogues reported that the Tripura medical fraternity mourned a paediatrician whose humane approach and calm manner had earned the affection of colleagues, patients and their families.

Readers should not confuse him with Dr Nihar Ranjan Dash, a gastrointestinal surgeon and liver transplant specialist associated with AIIMS in New Delhi, who is a different, living person. The similarity of names has caused occasional mix-ups online. Dr Niharranjan Das of Tripura is remembered for paediatric practice in Agartala and for the quiet professional example colleagues described after his death. Funeral and family details had not been widely reported at the time of writing.

Biography adapted from Tripura Info, Medical Dialogues, and contemporary news reports.

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Death

Dr Niharranjan Das died on 28 September 2026 after a brief battle with cancer. Tripura Info, in an Agartala-dated report of that day, said he passed away following a short illness that left the medical fraternity and his patients in deep sorrow. According to the same reporting, he was diagnosed with cancer in July 2026 and the disease progressed rapidly…

Dr Niharranjan Das died on 28 September 2026 after a brief battle with cancer. Tripura Info, in an Agartala-dated report of that day, said he passed away following a short illness that left the medical fraternity and his patients in deep sorrow. According to the same reporting, he was diagnosed with cancer in July 2026 and the disease progressed rapidly despite treatment. Medical Dialogues likewise reported that Tripura's medical community mourned the death of the paediatrician. His exact age and place of death within Tripura were not specified in those accounts. Colleagues remembered him as soft-spoken, gentle and compassionate. Funeral arrangements had not been widely announced in the initial coverage.

Early life and education

Detailed public information about Dr Niharranjan Das's childhood, family background and exact birth date has not been widely reported. Contemporary obituaries focus on his medical training and practice rather than his early years. He completed his MBBS at the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) and subsequently obtained an MD in Paediatrics, qualifications that underpinned his later work as a…

Detailed public information about Dr Niharranjan Das's childhood, family background and exact birth date has not been widely reported. Contemporary obituaries focus on his medical training and practice rather than his early years. He completed his MBBS at the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) and subsequently obtained an MD in Paediatrics, qualifications that underpinned his later work as a children's doctor in Tripura.

Career

Dr Das practised as a paediatrician in Agartala, Tripura. Over the course of his career he earned the respect of colleagues and the trust of patients' families for a humane approach, calm demeanour and dedication to the treatment of children. In a smaller state where specialist paediatric care is concentrated among a limited number of physicians, that reputation mattered: families…

Dr Das practised as a paediatrician in Agartala, Tripura. Over the course of his career he earned the respect of colleagues and the trust of patients' families for a humane approach, calm demeanour and dedication to the treatment of children. In a smaller state where specialist paediatric care is concentrated among a limited number of physicians, that reputation mattered: families who could not travel to larger cities often depended on local specialists like him. Medical Dialogues and Tripura Info both described him as a renowned paediatrician within the state's medical community. Exact clinic affiliations and hospital posts beyond Agartala practice were not fully detailed in the reports available at the time of writing.

Personal life

Public reports after his death did not detail his marital status, children or private hobbies. Tributes emphasised his professional manner and the affection of patients' families rather than personal biography. This page will be updated if reliable family information becomes public.

Public reports after his death did not detail his marital status, children or private hobbies. Tributes emphasised his professional manner and the affection of patients' families rather than personal biography. This page will be updated if reliable family information becomes public.

Legacy

Dr Das is remembered in Tripura as a paediatrician who combined clinical skill with kindness. In tributes after his death, fellow doctors stressed his empathy and approachable nature, qualities that made him a trusted figure for families seeking care for their children. His contribution as a children's doctor in Agartala, and the humane example colleagues described, are expected to remain…

Dr Das is remembered in Tripura as a paediatrician who combined clinical skill with kindness. In tributes after his death, fellow doctors stressed his empathy and approachable nature, qualities that made him a trusted figure for families seeking care for their children. His contribution as a children's doctor in Agartala, and the humane example colleagues described, are expected to remain part of how the state's medical community recalls him.

Questions people ask about Niharranjan

How did Dr Niharranjan Das die?
He died after a brief illness with cancer. He was diagnosed in July 2026 and the disease progressed rapidly despite treatment. Tripura Info reported his death on 28 September 2026.
How old was Dr Niharranjan Das when he died?
His exact age has not been publicly reported. No confirmed birth date appears in the available news coverage.
What was the cause of death?
Cancer. Reports say he was diagnosed in July 2026 and that the disease advanced quickly despite medical care.
Where did Dr Niharranjan Das practise?
He was a paediatrician associated with Agartala in the Indian state of Tripura. Detailed hospital or clinic lists were not fully published in the initial obituaries.
Where did Dr Niharranjan Das study medicine?
He completed his MBBS at the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) and later obtained an MD in Paediatrics.
Was Dr Niharranjan Das married?
Information about his marital status has not been made public in the reports available so far.
Is Dr Niharranjan Das the same person as Dr Nihar Ranjan Dash of AIIMS?
No. Dr Nihar Ranjan Dash, a gastrointestinal surgeon associated with AIIMS New Delhi, is a different, living person. Dr Niharranjan Das was a paediatrician in Tripura.
When was Dr Niharranjan Das's death reported?
Tripura Info published an Agartala-dated report on 28 September 2026. Medical Dialogues also covered the mourning of Tripura's medical fraternity around that time.

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Timeline

  1. 1 July 2026
    Diagnosed with cancer
  2. 28 September 2026
    Died in Tripura after a brief battle with cancer
  3. 28 September 2026
    Died in Agartala, Tripura, India
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