Snehangshu Kanta Acharya, barrister (1 September 1913 – 27 August 1986), was an Advocate General of West Bengal, India and a political leader.
He was the son of Sashi Kanta Acharya Chaudhuri, a former Maharaja of Mymensingh, a premier zamindar in Bengal.
[2] His son, Sourangshu Kanta Acharya, is a doctor and his daughter, Bijoya Goswami, is a Sanskrit scholar.
This movement was formed in support of Socialist (Marxist) ideology, to protest against colonial rule of India and to counteract fascism.
He worked as rescue volunteer in the time of 1946 riot in Kolkata before joining the Communist Party of India.