Sanyal is a Bengali Hindu surname, common among residents of the

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. Sanyals are considered as Brahmins.

Notable people

* B. C. Sanyal, artist * Chandan Roy Sanyal, actor *

Gautam Sanyal Gautam Sanyal is an Indian career civil servant who currently serves as Principal Secretary to Government of West Bengal, since June 2015. In June 2016, he was re-appointed as Principal Secretary and his tenure co-terminus with that of Chief Mi ...

, secretary to

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* Kanu Sanyal, politician * Meera Sanyal, banker * Milan K. Sanyal, physicist * Nalinaksha Sanyal, politician, economist and freedom fighter *

Narayan Sanyal Narayan Sanyal (26 April 1924 – 7 February 2005) was an Indian writer of modern Bengali literature as well as a civil engineer. Biography Narayan Sanyal was born in Krishnagar to Chittasukh Sanyal and Basantalata Devi. His name was initiall ...

, author *

Pahari Sanyal Pahari Sanyal (22 February 1906 – 10 February 1974) was an Indian actor and singer who is known for his work in Bengali cinema. Sanyal acted in many Bengali films, such as '' Harano Sur'', ''Bhanu Goenda Jahar Assistant'', and ''Shilpi''. ...

, actor * Ram Brahma Sanyal, zoologist *

Ritwik Sanyal Pandit Ritwik Sanyal (born 12 April 1953) is an Hindustani classical music, Indian classical singer and the Dhrupad maestro from Varanasi. He is a retired professor and Ex Dean from the department of vocal music at the faculty of performing art ...

, classical singer *

Sachindra Nath Sanyal Sachindra Nath Sanyal (3 April 1890 — 7 February 1942) was an Indian revolutionary and co-founder of the Hindustan Republican Army (HRA, which after 1928 became the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association) that was created to carry out ...

, revolutionary *

Sanjeev Sanyal Sanjeev Sanyal is an Indian economist and popular historian. He is a member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India, and has helped prepare six editions of the Economic Survey of India starting in 2017. Sanyal ha ...

, economist and author * Satarupa Sanyal, director * Sugata Sanyal, computer scientist * Sulekha Sanyal, author and activist * Sumita Sanyal, actress *

Usha Sanyal Usha Sanyal is an American scholar and historian. Her PhD dissertation analysed the Islamic legal scholar Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi. She is Visiting assistant professor of history at Wingate University in North Carolina. Education Sanyal has grad ...

, historian

References

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