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<div>{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Pran Gopal Datta<br />
| native_name = প্রাণ গোপাল দত্ত<br />
| native_name_lang = bn<br />
| constituency_MP = [[Comilla-7]]<br />
| term_start = 30 September 2021<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dr Pran Gopal takes oath as MP|url=https://www.bssnews.net/news/20182|access-date=2021-10-01|website=BSS}}</ref><br />
| predecessor = [[Ali Ashraf]]<br />
| office1 = [[Vice-Chancellor]] of [[Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University]]<br />
| term_start1 = 25 Mar 2009<br />
| term_end1 = 24 Mar 2015<br />
| predecessor1 = Md. Nazrul Islam<br />
| successor1 = [[Kamrul Hasan Khan]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|10|01|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Chandina Upazila|Chandina]], [[Comilla District]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]] (now in Bangladesh)<br />
| nationality = Bangladeshi<br />
| awards = [[Independence Day Award]] for medicine in 2012<br />
}}<br />
'''Pran Gopal Datta''' (born 1 October 1953)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Chowdhury|first=Moinul Hoque|title=Political career won't hamper service as a doctor, says Pran Gopal Datta|url=https://bdnews24.com/politics/2021/09/20/political-career-won-t-hamper-my-service-as-a-doctor-says-pran-gopal-datta|access-date=2021-09-21|website=bdnews24.com}}</ref> is a Bangladeshi physician, university administrator and politician. In September 2021, he won the candidacy of membership of [[Jatiya Sangsad]] representing the [[Comilla-7]] constituency in a bi-election unopposed. The membership of the constituency became vacant after [[Ali Ashraf]] died in office in July 2021.<ref name=comilla7>{{Cite web|title=Pran Gopal Datta goes to parliament as Cumilla-7 MP|url=https://bdnews24.com/politics/2021/09/20/pran-gopal-datta-goes-to-parliament-as-cumilla-7-mp|access-date=2021-09-21|website=bdnews24.com}}</ref><br />
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Datta was awarded the [[Independence Day Award]], the highest civilian award in Bangladesh, for his contributions to the medical field in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cabinet.gov.bd/site/view/all_independence_awardees|script-title=bn:স্বাধীনতা পুরস্কারপ্রাপ্ত ব্যক্তি/প্রতিষ্ঠানের তালিকা|publisher=Government of Bangladesh|date=2021-09-20|language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |script-title=bn:স্বাধীনতা পদকের অর্থমূল্য বাড়ছে |url=https://www.kalerkantho.com/print-edition/first-page/2016/03/02/331138|access-date=2020-07-14 |work=Kaler Kantho |language=bn}}</ref> He is an ear, nose and throat specialist. He also served as the personal physician to Prime Minister [[Sheikh Hasina]].<ref name=comilla7/><br />
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==Background and education==<br />
Datta was born on 1 October 1953 in Mahichail village, [[Chandina Upazila|Chandina]], [[Comilla District]], the second of seven brothers and sisters. He matriculated from [[Chandina Pilot High School]] in 1968 and attended [[Comilla Victoria College]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chandina.comilla.gov.bd/site/page/d949e0d0-2144-11e7-8f57-286ed488c766 |script-title=bn:প্রখ্যাত ব্যক্তি |trans-title=Eminent people |website=Chandina Upazila}}</ref> He earned his [[MBBS]] degree at [[Chittagong Medical College]] in 1976, [[PhD]] degree from [[Odessa State Medical University]] in 1983, and an [[MSc]] in audiological medicine from [[University of Manchester]] in 1993.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ahmad |first1=Md Sarwar |date=9 December 2017 |title=A freedom fighter and physician dedicated to the cause of humanity |url=https://dailyasianage.com/news/98486/a-freedom-fighter-and-physician-dedicated-to-the-cause-of-humanity |work=The Asian Age |location=Bangladesh}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Datta regularly provides treatment to his patients at Green Life Hospital.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pran Gopal Datta Chamber |url=https://www.doctorbangladesh.com/prof-dr-pran-gopal-datta/|website=Doctor Bangladesh}}</ref> In 2021, he was nominated by Awami League to contest by-elections for [[Jatiya Sangsad]] from [[Comilla-7]] constituency after the death of [[Ali Ashraf]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-09-11|title=AL nominates Dr Pran Gopal Datta for Cumilla-7 constituency|url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/al-nominates-dr-pran-gopal-datta-cumilla-7-constituency-300946|access-date=2021-09-16|website=The Business Standard|language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:1953 births]]<br />
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[[Category:People from Comilla District]]<br />
[[Category:Comilla Victoria Government College alumni]]<br />
[[Category:Odessa National Medical University alumni]]<br />
[[Category:Alumni of the University of Manchester]]<br />
[[Category:Bangladeshi surgeons]]<br />
[[Category:Otolaryngologists]]<br />
[[Category:Awami League politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Independence Day Award]]<br />
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