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| name = Mohini Mohan Das<br />
| native_name = মোহিনী মোহন দাশ<br />
| native_name_lang = Bengali<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1886|8|14}}<br />
| birth_place = Chandsi, [[Barisal]] district, [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1949|11|27|1886|8|14}}<br />
| death_place = [[Calcutta]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]<br />
| nationality = [[India]]n<br />
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| occupation = Politician and Activist<br />
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| party = [[Indian National Congress]], [[Swaraj Party]]<br />
| spouse = Sutrishna Das (m.1909), Sonomani Das (m.1923)<br />
| children = 2 sons, 2 daughters<br />
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'''Mohini Mohan Das''' (1886–1949) was an [[Indian people|Indian]] politician, writer and activist from [[West Bengal]].<br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
Mohini Mohan Das was born into [[Namasudra]] family at Chandsi, Barisal district, Bengal Presidency (now Bangladesh). His father Padma Lochan Das, was also a medical practitioner and brother Dr. Keshab Chandra Das was also a political leader and rights activist.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kshīrasāgara|first=Rāmacandra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wx218EFVU8MC&q=Mohini|title=Dalit Movement in India and Its Leaders, 1857-1956|date=1994|publisher=M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd.|isbn=978-81-85880-43-3|language=en}}</ref> Das completed his matriculation at Goila School at Barisal and later started doing social services.<br />
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== Political career ==<br />
Das preached against beef-eating, superstitions, idol worship, child marriage, untouchability and casteism. He led the Temple Entry Satyagraha at Kali temple in Dhaka in the year 1930.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Paswan|first1=Sanjay|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_DMUdof3ZQMC&q=mohini+mohan+das+barisal&pg=PA185|title=Encyclopaedia of Dalits in India: Leaders|last2=Jaideva|first2=Pramanshi|date=2002|publisher=Gyan Publishing House|isbn=978-81-7835-033-2|language=en}}</ref> He was arrested along with his wife, Sonomoni Das, some colleagues and was released later. He also supported a separate electorate for untouchables.<br />
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He joined [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] and later became part of [[Swaraj Party]] which was founded by [[Chittaranjan Das]] in 1923. He became member of Bengal Legislative Council from Faridpur constituency in 1924 and served till 1931 defeating Dr. Charu Chandra Das.<ref>{{Cite book|last=committee (Financial)|first=Great Britain Indian States Enquiry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7uYEAAAAMAAJ&q=mohini+mohan+das+barisal|title=East India (constitutional Reforms)|date=1932|publisher=Government of India, Central Publication Branch|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Literary career ==<br />
He was associated with [[Bengali language|Bengali]] literary field and wrote "''Pashan Putra''" and a book of poems, '''Pathayar''<nowiki/>'. He started a monthly, "''Sadhak''" in 1923 for the unity and emancipation of Dalits.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sen|first=Dwaipayan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gORfDwAAQBAJ&q=mohini+mohan+das&pg=PA296|title=The Decline of the Caste Question: Jogendranath Mandal and the Defeat of Dalit Politics in Bengal|date=2018-07-26|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-108-41776-1|language=en}}</ref> He wrote many articles in [[Amrita Bazar Patrika|Amrit Bazar Patrika]] and Bongwani.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Naimiśarāya|first=Mohanadāsa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0D-oQz3htaYC&q=mohini+mohan+das&pg=PA249|title=Dalit Freedom Fighters|date=2010|publisher=Gyan Publishing House|isbn=978-81-212-1020-1|language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from West Bengal]]<br />
[[Category:1886 births]]<br />
[[Category:1949 deaths]]</div>>AngryHarpy