Tapan may refer to:

Places

Tapan, Azerbaijan Tapan is a village and municipality in the Dashkasan Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 758. The municipality consists of the villages of Tapan, Dəvrallı Dəvrallı is a village in the municipality of Tapan in the Dashkasan Rayon of A ...

, a village and municipality in Azerbaijan *

Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur Tapan is a village in Tapan CD Block in Balurghat subdivision of Dakshin Dinajpur district in the state of West Bengal, India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and depe ...

, a village in West Bengal, India * Tapan, Homalin, Burma *

Tapan (Community development block) Tapan is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Balurghat subdivision of Dakshin Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. History Dinajpur district was constituted in 1786. In 1947, the Radcliffe Lin ...

, an administrative sub-district in West Bengal, India *

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

, an assembly constituency in Dakshin Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal *

Geghasar Geghasar () is a town in the Lori Province of Armenia Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Ge ...

, Armenia, formerly known as ''Tapan'' * Ayuu-Tapan, a village in Osh Region of Kyrgyzstan

People

A male given name from Sanskrit meaning shining. *

Tapan Acharya Tapan Acharya (born 2 August 1981) is an Indian actor, filmmaker, writer, producer, and director known for his work in Marathi and Konkani films. He was appointed as a state youth icon by the Election Commission of India to promote voter aware ...

(born 1981), Indian actor, writer, producer and director in Marathi and Konkani Cinema * Tapan Banerjee (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 Northeast India, northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahm ...

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

Tapan Bhattacharya Tapan Bhattacharya (born 1 November 1949) is an Indian former cricketer. He played two first-class matches for Bengal in 1974/75. See also * List of Bengal cricketers This is a list of all cricketers who have played in first-class, List A ...

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

Souls The soul is the purported immaterial aspect or essence of a living being. It is typically believed to be immortal and to exist apart from the material world. The three main theories that describe the relationship between the soul and the bod ...

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

, 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 22 October 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'' Transl ...

, Indian poet, writer and activist *

Tapan Kumar Sarkar Tapan Kumar Sarkar (August 2, 1948 – March 12, 2021) was an Indian-American electrical engineer and professor emeritus at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Syracuse University. He was best known for his contrib ...

, 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 The Parliament of India (ISO: ) is th ...

, 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 Maity (; born 1984) is an Indian football player. He is currently playing for Prayag United in the I-League in India as a left midfielder. Before joining Prayag united he played for Mohammedan sporting, ONGC FC, Air India FC, and Maidan ...

(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 2022, Misra founded a space-tec ...

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

Tapan Mitra Tapan Mitra (18 July 1948 – 3 February 2019) was an American economist. Life and career Tapan Mitra was born to parents Ashok and Santi Mitra.He was born in Calcutta on 18 July 1948. He attended St. Xavier's High School, Bombay, and Rajkumar ...

(1948–2019), Indian-born American economist *

Tapan Raychaudhuri Tapan Raychaudhuri (8 May 1926 – 26 November 2014) was a British-Indian historian specialising in British Indian history, Indian economic history and the History of Bengal. Early life and education He was the son of Prativa and Amiya Kuma ...

(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 Tapan Sinha (2 October 1924 – 15 January 2009) was one of the most prominent Indian film directors of his time forming a legendary quartet with Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak and Mrinal Sen. He was primarily a Bengali filmmaker who worked both ...

(1924-2009), Indian film director *

Tapan Sharma Tapan Sharma (born 24 May 1975) is an Indian cricket umpire. He has stood in IPL matches and also in Women One Day International (ODI) matches between India and New Zealand as well as in India Vs England. He was reserve Umpire in India Vs Austra ...

(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