Ajoy Mukherjee

For the communist politician, seeAjoy Mukhopadhyay.

Ajoy Mukherjee
Ajoy Mukherjee commemorated on Indian postage in 2002
3rdChief Minister of West Bengal
In office 1 March 1967 – 21 November 1967
Governor	Padmaja Naidu Dharma Vira
Preceded by	Prafulla Chandra Sen
Succeeded by	Prafulla Chandra Ghosh
In office 25 February 1969 – 30 July 1970
Governor	Dharma Vira Deep Narayan Sinha(acting) Shanti Swaroop Dhavan
Preceded by	President's rule (Prafulla Chandra Ghoshas Chief Minister)
Succeeded by	President's rule (himself as Chief Minister)
In office 2 April 1971 – 28 June 1971
Governor	Shanti Swaroop Dhavan
Preceded by	President's rule (himself as Chief Minister)
Succeeded by	President's rule (Siddhartha Shankar Rayas Chief Minister)
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(nowTamluk,Purba Medinipur,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 theChief Minister of West Bengal.He hailed fromTamluk,Purba Medinipur district,West Bengal.

Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee born inTamluk,West Bengal, India in 1901, he was one of the leaders ofTamralipta Jatiya Sarkar(Tamrlipta National Government), which came into effect on 17 December 1942 during theQuit India Movement,a programme of civil disobedience launched in India in 1942. He was greatly influenced bySwami Vivekananda.Earlier a member of theIndian National Congress,he later became a leader in theBangla Congress,which co-governed with theCommunist Party of India (Marxist)in twoUnited Frontgovernments in the 1960s and 1970s. 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 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 Mukherjeeetc., joined Indian National Congress leaving Sushil Dhara - his long term associate. He was offered ministerial post at Centre by Prime MinisterIndira Gandhi,but Ajoy Mukherjee declined, citing about his age and health condition and recommended Pranab Mukherjee for the post, who became State Minister in the Indian Cabinet.

He was awarded thePadma Vibhushanaward in 1977 fromGovernment of India.

His brother Biswanath Mukherjee was the husband ofGeeta Mukherjee,a communist MP. Ajoy's niece Kalyani (daughter of another brother) was married toMohan Kumaramangalamand was the mother ofRangarajan KumaramangalamandLalitha Kumaramangalam.

Mukherjee died on 27 May 1986 in Calcutta.

External links

• Sumanta Banerjee."THE NAXALITES: THROUGH THE EYES OF THE POLICE: Book review".Parabaas Inc.Retrieved30 November2014.
• 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.JSTOR312891.S2CID146540200.
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