[1] He was called 'Young Nazrul' and 'Kishore Bidrohi Kobi', a reference to the great rebel poet Kazi Nazrul Islam for Sukanta's similar rebellious stance against the tyranny of the British Raj and the oppression by the social elites through the work of his poetry.

He was a paternal uncle of Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, former Chief Minister of West Bengal.

As a Marxist poet, he wielded his pen against the Second World War, the famine of 1943, fascist aggression, communal riots etc.

His poems, which describe the sufferings of the common people and their struggle for existence, look forward to an exploitation-free society.

"অবাক পৃথিবী অবাক করলে তুমি,জন্মেই দেখি ক্ষুব্ধ স্বদেশ ভুমি" Meaning in English"Hey world, you surprised me by showing me my rebellious and oppressed motherland right after my birth".