In his youth, Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy fell in love with legendary medical scientist, Nilratan Sarkar’s daughter, Kalyani. The young man mastered courage to meet Dr Sarkar, the most famous and rich doctor of Calcutta at that time, to seek the hands of Kalyani, one of his five daughters. Dr Sarkar rejected the proposal outright and insulted the young man saying, his daughter’s daily make-up cost was at least thrice more than the young doctor’s monthly income. Dr Roy left dejected. He was deeply hurt by this rejection and vowed to remain single all his life.