Tapan' is a South Asian given name. It may refer to:

Places

Tapan, Azerbaijan Tapan is a village and municipality in the Dashkasan Rayon of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country loc ...

, a village and municipality in Azerbaijan * Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur, a village in West Bengal, India *

Tapan, Homalin Tapan is a river village in Homalin Township, Hkamti District, in the Sagaing Region of northwestern Burma Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British E ...

, Burma * Tapan (Community development block), an administrative sub-district in West Bengal, India *

Tapan (Vidhan Sabha constituency) Tapan Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Dakshin Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The seat is reserved for scheduled tribes. Overview As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 40 Tapan Assembly c ...

, an assembly constituency in Dakshin Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal * Geghasar, Armenia, formerly known as ''Tapan'' *

Ayuu-Tapan , pushpin_map = Kyrgyzstan , mapsize = 200px , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Kyrgyzstan , subdivision_type1 = Region , subdivision_name1 = Osh Region , subdivision ...

, a village in Osh Region of Kyrgyzstan

People

Tapan Acharya Tapan Acharya (born 2 August 1981) is an Indian actor, writer, producer and director, popular in Marathi and Konkani cinema. He is best known for the Konkani movies ''Martin'' and '' Aleesha''. He also worked as a state youth icon for the Elec ...

(born 1981), Indian actor, writer, producer and director in Marathi and Konkani Cinema *

Tapan Banerjee Tapan Banerjee (15 June 1943 – 29 May 2017) was an Indian cricketer. He played eighteen first-class cricket, first-class matches for Bengal cricket team, Bengal between 1965 and 1983. See also * List of Bengal cricketers References Ext ...

(1943–2017), Indian cricketer *

Tapan Barua Tapan Barua (date of birth unknown, died 9 June 2014) was an Indian cricketer. He played fifteen first-class matches for Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak ...

(????-2014), Indian cricketer *

Tapan Bhattacharya Tapan Bhattacharya (born 1 November 1949) is an Indian former cricketer. He played two first-class cricket, first-class matches for Bengal cricket team, Bengal in 1974/75. See also * List of Bengal cricketers References External links

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(born 1949), Indian cricketer * Tapan Chowdhury, Bangladeshi businessman * Tapan Chowdhury, Bangladeshi musician and former member of the musical band

Souls In many religious and philosophical traditions, there is a belief that a soul is "the immaterial aspect or essence of a human being". Etymology The Modern English noun ''soul'' is derived from Old English ''sāwol, sāwel''. The earliest attes ...

Tapan Das Tapan Das (11 January 1962) is an Indian film actor, director and story writer in Assamese cinema and mobile theatre. He also performs in stage plays. Early life Das was born on 11 January 1962 in Guwahati. He has been associated with acting ...

, Indian actor, director and story teller in Assamese cinema and theatre *

Tapan Deb Singha Tapan Deb Singha is an Indian politician from West Bengal belonging to All India Trinamool Congress. He is a former member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. Biography Singha graduated from Kolkata University in 1991. He was elected as a ...

, Indian politician from West Bengal, member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly *

Tapan Kumar Pradhan Tapan Kumar Pradhan (born 1972) is an Indian poet, writer and translator from Odisha. He is best known for his poem collection "Kalahandi" which was awarded second place in Sahitya Akademi's Golden Jubilee ''Indian Literature'' Translation Prize ...

, Indian poet, writer and activist *

Tapan Kumar Sarkar Tapan Kumar Sarkar ( bn, তপন কুমার সরকার; August 2, 1948 – March 12, 2021) was an Indian-American electrical engineer and Professor Emeritus at the Syracuse University College of Engineering and Computer Science, Dep ...

, Indian-American electrical engineer *

Tapan Kumar Sen Tapan Kumar Sen is a politician from the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and a Member of the Parliament of India representing West Bengal in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. References External links Profile on R ...

, Indian politician *

Tapan Mahmud Tapan Mahmud is a Bangladeshi Rabindra Sangeet singer. He received Rabindra Padak from Bangla Academy in 2016. Career In 1958, at the age of 5, Mahmud started taking music lessons from Narayan Chandra Saha, Fazle Nizami and Arabinda Bishwas. He ...

, Bangladeshi Rabindra Sangeet singer *

Tapan Maity Tapan' is a South Asian given name. It may refer to: Places * Tapan, Azerbaijan, a village and municipality in Azerbaijan * Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur, a village in West Bengal, India * Tapan, Homalin, Burma * Tapan (Community development block), an ...

(born 1984), Indian football player *

Tapan Misra Tapan Misra (born 20 January 1961) is an Indian scientist who has been the Director of Space Applications Centre and Physical Research Laboratory in ISRO. He later became Senior Advisor to the Chairman, ISRO. In 2021, Misra founded a space-tech s ...

, Indian scientist, director of Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation *

Tapan Mitra Tapan Mitra (18 July 1948 – 3 February 2019) was an Indian-born economist. Life and career Tapan Mitra was born to parents Ashok and Santi Mitra. He attended St. Xavier's High School, Bombay, and Rajkumar College, Raipur. In 1968, Mitra gradu ...

(1948–2019), Indian-born American economist * Tapan Raychaudhuri (1926-2014), Indian historian *

Tapan Sikdar Tapan Sikdar (20 September 1944 – 2 June 2014) was a Union minister of state in the National Democratic Alliance government of India and a Bharatiya Janata Party politician. He was born on 20 September 1944 in Jessore. His father Dr. D. N. Sik ...

(1944–2014), Indian politician and government minister * Tapan Sinha (1924-2009), Indian film director *

Tapan Sharma Tapan Sharma (born 24 May 1975) is an Indian cricket umpire. He has stood in matches in the Ranji Trophy tournament. He stood as an onfield umpire in the 2021 Indian Premier League, for the first time, in a group match between Chennai Super King ...

(born 1975), Indian cricket umpire

Others

Tapan (drum) The davul, dhol, tapan, atabal or tabl is a large double-headed drum that is played with mallets. It has many names depending on the country and region. These drums are commonly used in the music of the Middle East and the Balkans. These drums ...

, or ''davul'', a drum used in Balkan and Turkish music