Snehansu Kanta Acharya

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Snehansu Kanta Acharya was a former Advocate General of West Bengal, India and a Communist Party of India leader. He was the son of the former Maharaja of Mymensingh, a premier zamindar in Bengal. He was a graduate of the Scottish Church College, and the University of Calcutta. He studied and passed the exams of Barrister-at-Law from the Inns of Court in London. Acharya was a member of the Indian Students Group Movement, during the freedom struggle. This movement was formed in support of Socialist ideology, to protest against the colonial rule of India and to counteract fascism. He was closely associated with the ex-chief minister of West Bengal, Jyoti Basu. He had received the First Order of Merit, Syria in 1957 and had led several delegations to Europe, Asia and Africa. His wife, Supriya Acharya, was also an active member of Communist Party of India.... Mehr