[3] Debendranath Podder, Shaha's father, originated from Mirzapur in Tangail subdivision of Mymensingh District.

He diversified his business in different sectors, including passenger launch, river transport, dockyard, food grain, and jute.

If the hospital was flooded, Ranadaprasad made the doctor's treat the patients on the top floors.

It has 1200 seats as of 2010 and is renowned for producing well-rounded, socially responsible students who have gone on to excel in their respective fields.

[citation needed] In 1947, Saha placed all his companies in a trust by the name of Kumudini Welfare Trust (KWT), with the earnings from the income generating activities, such as a jute baling press and a river transportation business, being used to run the welfare activities.

His family often learns about them when they receive letters or calls from organizations informing them about some large donations he had made or some way in which he had helped them.

[citation needed] In April 1971, during the Liberation War of Bangladesh, despite a good working relationship with the Pakistani authorities as well as all preceding and successive governments, Saha, with his 26-year-old son Bhavani Prasad Saha, was picked up by the Pakistani occupation army.

The death of Ranada Prasad Saha remained a mystery, as his body was never found, and neither was his son's.

[5] In appreciation of his humanitarian work, the British government conferred on Saha the title of Rai Bahadur.