Nalinaksha Sanyal

Nalinaksha Sanyal (1898 – 29 October 1987) was an Indian politician, economist and freedom fighter.

Sanyal returned to India to become a professor at Calcutta University, but the government disallowed his appointment because of his activism.

Sanyal took a position with insurance companies New India Assurance Co., the Metropolitan Assurance Co., and the Hindustan Co-operative Society Ltd. Sanyal continued to actively protest against British colonial rule and was imprisoned seven times.

He married in 1924 with daughter of Sharat Chandra Bhattacharya of Baharampur with simplified Hindu rituals.

Even being a Brahmin he invited his Muslim friend Kazi Nazrul Islam to his marriage ceremony ignoring the social restrictions of that time.