Ranadaprasad Saha

Ranadaprasad Saha (also RP Saha) was a Bangladeshi businessman and philanthropist. He founded educational institutes like Bhar-ateswari Homes, Kum-udini College and Debendra College. During the Bangladesh Liberation War, he was picked up from home by the Pakistani army on 7 May 1971 and never returned home. Saha was born to Debendranath Podder and Kumudini Devi on 15 November 1896.

Debendranath originated from Mirzapur in Tangail subdivision in Mymensingh District. Saha joined the Bengal Ambulance Corps and went to the World War I. He left Kolkata in 1915 for Mesopotamia. He earned a medal and citation from King George the Fifth for his distinctive performance.