Chittaranjan went to Darjeeling to recuperate his health staying at Sir N. N. Sircar's house "Step Aside" in May 1925. Mahatma Gandhi visited him and stayed with him for some days. Gandhiji wrote, The funeral procession in Calcutta was led by Gandhi, who said: Legacy Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute of Kolkata had its humble beginning in the year 1950 when the Chittaranjan Cancer Hospital was founded in the premises of Chittaranjan Seva Sadan. A few years before his death Chittaranjan gifted this property including his house and the adjoining lands to the nation to be used for the betterment of the lives of women. Chittaranjan Park,home to large Bengali community, originally EPDP Colony in South Delhi was named after Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das during 1980's https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chittaranjan_Park References External links 1869 births 1925 deaths Brahmos Bengali Hindus Das family of Telirbagh Indian barristers Indian independence activists from Bengal Politicians from Kolkata Presidents of the Indian National Congress People from Bikrampur Mayors of Kolkata 19th-century Indian lawyers 20th-century Indian lawyers Indian independence activists from West Bengal