Kali Nath Roy (1878 – 9 December 1945) was a Bengali nationalist journalist and the Chief Editor of the newspaper The Tribune.
He started work as sub editor of Bengali Magazine, edited by Surendranath Banerjee.
He condemned the atrocities of British police and martial law in his column as well as argued for press liberty.
For this Roy was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for two years along with a fine of one thousand rupees.
[7][8][4] Lahore based Bengali advocate Sudhir Mukhopadhyay pleaded and defended for him in the Court and people collected money to run the case.