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
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 Ghosh as 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 Ray as 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 (now Tamluk, 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
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, he 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 a leader in the Bangla Congress, which co-governed with the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in two United Front governments 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 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]
^"Padm Bibhusan Awardees". My Indian, My Pride. India.gov.in. Retrieved 30 July 2008.
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