Nalinaksha Sanyal
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Nalinaksha Sanyal | |
|---|---|
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 1967–1971 | |
| Constituency | Karimpur |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 1898 |
| Died | 29 October 1987 |
| Political party | Indian National Congress / Bangla Congress |
| Source: [Samsad Bangali Charitabhidhan] | |
Nalinaksha Sanyal (1898 – 29 October 1987) was an Indian politician, economist and freedom fighter.
Education
He studied at
Political career
While in London, Sanyal served on several committees for the London branch of the
Sanyal continued to actively protest against British colonial rule and was imprisoned seven times. He was elected to the Bengal Assembly and served as Chief Whip of the Indian National Congress of undivided
After the independence, Sanyal remained an active force in building the new India and held many senior positions in government as well as represented India in international bodies. In 1968 he established Karimpur Pannadevi College at Karimpur, Nadia district.
Social activities
Sanyal was a modern personality and free thinker in his time. He married in 1924 with daughter of Sharat Chandra Bhattacharya of Baharampur without any rituals. He was strongly against dowry, castism, religious formalities. Even being a Brahmin he invited his Muslim friend Kazi Nazrul Islam to his marriage ceremony ignoring the social policing and restrictions.[1] He established Dhoradaha RajaniKanta High School in 1961 at Dhoradaha in his father's name. After that in 1968 he established Karimpur Pannadevi College at Karimpur.
References
- ^ ISBN 81-86806-99-7, (in Bengali) Sishu Sahitya Samsad Pvt. Ltd., 32A Acharya Prafulla Chandra Road, Kolkata-700009
- ^ Communalism in Bengal: From Famine To Noakhali, 1943–47, p. 76, at Google Books
- ^ Correspondence between Dr Sanyal and Dr Rajendra Prasad regarding ways to avoid the Partition of India, p. 112, at Google Books
- Biography: Nalinaksha Sanyal, Haripura Congress Souvenir, 1938
- Development of Indian Railways, Calcutta University Press 1930
- Krishnath College, Behrampore
