Ajoy Mukherjee

Indian politician (1901–1986)

For the communist politician, see Ajoy Mukhopadhyay.

Ajoy Mukherjee

Ajoy Mukherjee commemorated on Indian postage in 2002

3rd Chief Minister of West Bengal
In office
1 March 1967 – 21 November 1967
Preceded by| Prafulla Chandra Sen
Succeeded by| Prafulla Chandra Ghosh
In office
25 February 1969 – 30 July 1970
Preceded by| President's rule
Succeeded by| President's rule
In office
2 April 1971 – 28 June 1971
Preceded by| President's rule
Succeeded by| President's rule
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office
1951–1967
Preceded by| Constituency established
Succeeded by| Ajoy Malakar
Constituency| Tamluk
In office
1967–1968
Preceded by| Constituency established
Succeeded by| Prafulla Chandra Sen
Constituency| Arambagh
In office
1969–1977
Preceded by| Ajoy Malakar
Succeeded by| Biswanath Mukherjee
Constituency| Tamluk
Personal details
Born| (1901-04-15)15 April 1901
Tamluk, Bengal Presidency, British India (present-day West Bengal, India)
Died| 27 May 1986(1986-05-27) (aged 85)
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Political party| Indian National Congress (R)
Other political
affiliations| Bangla Congress
Indian National Congress
Alma mater| Tamluk Hamilton High School
Awards| Padma Vibhushan (1977)

Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee (15 April 1901 – 27 May 1986) was an Indian independence activist and politician who served three short terms as the Chief Minister of West Bengal. He hailed from Tamluk, Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal.

Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee, born in Tamluk, West Bengal, India in 1901, was one of the leaders of Tamralipta Jatiya Sarkar (Tamrlipta National Government), which came into effect on 17 December 1942 during the Quit India Movement, a programme of civil disobedience launched in India in 1942. He was greatly influenced by Swami Vivekananda. Earlier a member of the Indian National Congress, he later became founded the Bangla Congress, which co-governed with the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in two United Front governments in 1967-1971. He held the chief ministerial position in both these governments, from March to November 1967, and again from February 1969 to March 1970.

In the year 1967 Ajoy Mukherjee defeated Prafulla Chandra Sen, another Gandhian, at Arambagh assembly constituency and became chief minister of West Bengal after Sen. Architect of Ajoy Mukherjee's victory at Arambagh was Narayan Ch Ghosh, the then students leader at Arambagh. Narayan Ghosh accompanied Ajoy Mukherjee in a boat for several days to see several flood affected areas in Arambagh & Ghatal subdivision in 1968. People of flood affected areas were enthused by Ajoy Mukherjee for his tireless move to stand for them.

In 1971, Ajoy Mukherjee with some of his closed colleagues, viz. Pranab Mukherjee etc., joined Indian National Congress (R) leaving Sushil Dhara – his long term associate. He was offered ministerial post at Centre by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, but Ajoy Mukherjee declined, citing his age and health condition and recommended Pranab Mukherjee for the post, who became State Minister in the Indian Cabinet.

He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan award in 1977 from Government of India.[1]

His brother Biswanath Mukherjee & sister-in-law Geeta Mukherjee were both members of the Communist Party of India. Ajoy's niece Kalyani (daughter of another brother) was married to Mohan Kumaramangalam and was the mother of Rangarajan Kumaramangalam and Lalitha Kumaramangalam.

Mukherjee died on 27 May 1986 in Calcutta.[citation needed]

## References

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1. ^ "Padm Bibhusan Awardees". My Indian, My Pride. India.gov.in. Retrieved 30 July 2008.

## External links

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* Sumanta Banerjee. "THE NAXALITES: THROUGH THE EYES OF THE POLICE: Book review". Parabaas Inc. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
* Ruud, Arild Engelsen (1 January 1994). "Land and Power: The Marxist Conquest of Rural Bengal". Modern Asian Studies. 28 (2): 357–380\. doi:10.1017/s0026749x00012440. JSTOR 312891. S2CID 146540200.
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Preceded by

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|  Chief Minister of West Bengal
15 March 1967 – 2 November 1967  | Succeeded by

Prafulla Chandra Ghosh

Preceded by

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|  Chief Minister of West Bengal
25 February 1969 – 19 March 1970  | Succeeded by

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