Ajoy Mukherjee
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Born | Calcutta, West Bengal, India | 15 April 1901
Political party | Indian National Congress (R) |
Other political affiliations | Bangla Congress Indian National Congress |
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
Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee born in
In the year 1967 Ajoy Mukherjee defeated Prafulla Chandra Sen another Gandhian at Arambagh assembly constituency and became chief minister of West Bengal after Prafulla Chandra 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 during 1968. People of flood affected areas were enthused by Ajoy Mukherjee for his tireless move to stand for them.
Ajoy Mukherjee with some of his closed colleagues, viz. Pranab Mukherjee etc., joined Indian National Congress leaving Sushil Dhara- his long term associates. He was offered ministerial post at Centre by Indira Gandhi, but Ajoy Mukherjee saying his age and health condition had pushed Pranab Mukherjee. Pranab Mukherjee 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 was the husband of Geeta Mukherjee, a communist MP. 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
- ^ "Padm Bibhusan Awardees". My Indian, My Pride. India.gov.in. Retrieved 30 July 2008.
External links
- 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. S2CID 146540200.
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