Nalinaksha Sanyal was an Indian politician, economist and freedom fighter.
12 Facts About Nalinaksha Sanyal
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Nalinaksha Sanyal studied at Krishnath College, Baharampur, and Presidency College, Kolkata, and taught economics at Krishnath College.
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Nalinaksha Sanyal returned to India to become a professor at Calcutta University, but the government disallowed his appointment because of his activism.
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Nalinaksha Sanyal took a position with insurance companies New India Assurance Co.
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Nalinaksha Sanyal continued to actively protest against British colonial rule and was imprisoned seven times.
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Nalinaksha Sanyal was elected to the Bengal Assembly and served as Chief Whip of the Indian National Congress of undivided Bengal, prior to the partition of the province.
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Nalinaksha Sanyal was a vocal critic of the colonial government's policies during the Bengal Famine in 1943.
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In 1946, Nalinaksha Sanyal was at the forefront of efforts to avoid the Partition of India.
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Nalinaksha Sanyal was a modern personality and free thinker in his time.
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Nalinaksha Sanyal married in 1924 with daughter of Sharat Chandra Bhattacharya of Baharampur with simplified Hindu rituals.
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Nalinaksha Sanyal established Dhoradaha RajaniKanta High School in 1961 at Dhoradaha in his father's name.
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The economist and writer Sanjeev Nalinaksha Sanyal is his great-grandson maternally.