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	'''Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee''' (15 April 1901 – 27 May 1986) was an Indian independence activist and politician who served three short terms as the fourth ~~And~~ sixth [[Chief Minister of West Bengal]]. He hailed from [[Tamluk]], [[Purba Medinipur district]], West Bengal.		'''Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee''' (15 April 1901 – 27 May 1986) was an Indian independence activist and politician who served three short terms as the fourth and sixth [[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 (1967)\|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.		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 (1967)\|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.

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			\| order1 = 4th
			\| office1 = Chief Minister of West Bengal
			\| term_start1 = 1 March 1967
			\| term_end1 = 21 November 1967
			\| governor1 = [[Padmaja Naidu]]<br>[[Dharma Vira]]
			\| predecessor1 = [[Prafulla Chandra Sen]]
			\| successor1 = [[Prafulla Chandra Ghosh]]

			\| order2 = 5th
			\| office2 = Chief Minister of West Bengal
			\| term_start2 = 25 February 1969
			\| term_end2 = 30 July 1970
			\| governor2 = [[Dharma Vira]]<br>[[Deep Narayan Sinha]] (Acting)<br>[[Shanti Swaroop Dhavan]]
			\| predecessor2 = [[President's rule]]
			\| successor2 = [[President's rule]]

			\| term_start3 = 2 April 1971
			\| term_end3 = 28 June 1971
			\| governor3 = [[Shanti Swaroop Dhavan]]
			\| predecessor3 = [[President's rule]]
			\| successor3 = [[President's rule]]

			\| office4 = [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly\|Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
			\| term_start4 = 1951
			\| term_end4 = 1977
			\| constituency4 = [[Tamluk (Vidhan Sabha constituency)\|Tamluk]]
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			\| successor4 = [[Biswanath Mukherjee]]

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	\| death_place = [[Calcutta]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]		\| death_place = [[Calcutta]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
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	~~\| order1 = 4th~~		\| awards = [[Padma Vibhushan]] (1977)
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	~~\| governor3 = [[Padmaja Naidu]]<br>Dharma Vira~~
	~~\| predecessor3 = [[Prafulla Chandra Sen]]~~
	~~\| successor3 = [[Prafulla Chandra Ghosh]]~~
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	\| awards = [[Padma Vibhushan]] (1977)
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	'''Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee''' (15 April 1901 – 27 May 1986) was an Indian independence activist and politician who served three short terms as the fourth And sixth [[Chief Minister of West Bengal]]. He hailed from [[Tamluk]], [[Purba Medinipur district]], West Bengal.		'''Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee''' (15 April 1901 – 27 May 1986) was an Indian independence activist and politician who served three short terms as the fourth And sixth [[Chief Minister of West Bengal]]. He hailed from [[Tamluk]], [[Purba Medinipur district]], West Bengal.

	Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee born in [[~~Tamluk\|~~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 (1967)\|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.		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 (1967)\|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 effected areas in Arambagh & Ghatal subdivision during 1968. People of flood affected areas were enthused by Ajoy Mukherjee for his untired move to stand for them.		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 effected areas in Arambagh & Ghatal subdivision during 1968. People of flood affected areas were enthused by Ajoy Mukherjee for his untired move to stand for them.
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'''Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee''' (15 April 1901 – 27 May 1986) was an Indian independence activist and politician who served three short terms as the fourth And sixth [[Chief Minister of West Bengal]]. He hailed from [[Tamluk]], [[Purba Medinipur district]], West Bengal.

Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee born in [[Tamluk|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 (1967)|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 effected areas in Arambagh & Ghatal subdivision during 1968. People of flood affected areas were enthused by Ajoy Mukherjee for his untired 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]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://india.gov.in/myindia/padmavibhushan_awards_list1.php?start=140 | title = Padm Bibhusan Awardees| access-date = 2008-07-30 | work =My Indian, My Pride | publisher = India.gov.in}}</ref>

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|date=January 2017}}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cite web|url=http://www.parabaas.com/translation/database/reviews/brSumanta.html|title=THE NAXALITES: THROUGH THE EYES OF THE POLICE: Book review |author= Sumanta Banerjee|work=Parabaas Inc.|access-date=2014-11-30}}
*{{cite journal|jstor=312891|title=Land and Power: The Marxist Conquest of Rural Bengal|first=Arild Engelsen|last=Ruud|date=1 January 1994|doi=10.1017/s0026749x00012440|journal=Modern Asian Studies|volume=28|issue=2|pages=357–380}}
* http://www.smritisoudha.in{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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