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'''Mohit Banerji''' (Mohit Bandopadhay) (1912–1961) was a pioneer of the [[Communist Party of India]] in West Bengal, India and translated several Communist movement songs of Europe into Bengali. These include "Soviet Land" and "[[The Internationale]]" (both translated with original score). The Bengali translation of "The Internationale" (refer [[The Internationale in Indian Languages]]) is now the Party anthem in West Bengal.

==Background==
Mohit Banerji was born in [[Dhaka]], [[Bangladesh]] on 12 September 1912 and was the second son of Professor Bankim Das Bandopadhay. Professor Bandopadhay, a renowned professor of mathematics in Bengal, was at that time posted in Dhaka as the Superintendent of [[Jagannath Hall]] and a professor at [[Dhaka University]]. Professor Bandopadhay was later a teaching professor of mathematics at [[Presidency College, Calcutta]] and served as mentor to the internationally known Professor [[Satyendra Nath Bose]], Dr. M.L. Biswas and many other Indian scholars.

==Education and communist foundations==
Mohit Banerji's formative years were spent in West Bengal, having been educated at [[Midnapore Collegiate School]] followed by tertiary undergraduate study at the [[University of Calcutta]]. He travelled to [[London]], [[United Kingdom]] to complete a Degree in [[Commerce]] at the [[London School of Economics]], which he completed successfully in July, 1940. During this time, Mohit Banerji joined the Indian Students Group Movement. This group movement was formed in support of Socialist (Marxist) ideology, to protest against Colonial rule of India and counteract fascism. The Indian Students Group included future stalwarts of India and West Bengal such as [[Jyoti Basu]], [[Bhupesh Gupta]], [[Snehansu Kanta Acharya]] (former Attorney General of West Bengal), [[Feroze Gandhi]], [[V. K. Krishna Menon]] and many other famous figures of Indian politics.

==Marxist cultural movement involvement==
Mohit Banerji returned to India in late 1940 with strong socio-communist ideals and joined the Communist Party of India.{{citation needed|date=January 2020}} As a pioneering member of the Party's Youth Cultural Institute (later [[Indian People's Theatre Association]]), he took responsibility in promoting [[Marxism]] through cultural activities to students, teachers, writers, professionals and other citizens.<ref>{{cite book |last=Mukherji |first=Amarendra |chapter=The Youth Cultural Institute (1940–42) |editor-last=Pradhan |editor-first=Sudhi |title=Marxist Cultural Movement in India: Chronicles and Documents (1936-1947) |location=Calcutta |publisher=Mrs. Santi Pradhan |page=24 |oclc=6983785}}</ref> He was also a member of the "Soviet Suhrid Sangha" along with other party representatives such as [[Jyoti Basu]], Professor [[Hirendranath Mukherjee]] and others.

In driving the cultural movement aimed at the youth of the time, he translated several Communist movement songs of Europe into Bengali. These include "Soviet Land" and "The Internationale" (both translated with original score).<ref>{{cite book |last=Mukerjee |first=Hiren |author-link=Hirendranath Mukherjee |chapter=Singing They Go Into Battle Inspired By Bengal's Anti-Fascist Bards |editor-last=Pradhan |editor-first=Sudhi |title=Marxist Cultural Movement in India: Chronicles and Documents (1936-1947) |location=Calcutta |publisher=Mrs. Santi Pradhan |page=115 |oclc=6983785}}</ref> The latter was subsequently adopted as the Communist Party anthem in West Bengal.

==Post party career==
Mohit Banerji withdrew from the Communist party around 1943 and joined the [[Indian Air Force]] and was commissioned as a [[Squadron Leader]] into the Air Force Accounts Branch. He was posted in various parts of India and achieved the commission of [[Wing Commander (rank)|Wing Commander]] prior to his sudden demise in 1961.

==Personal life==
Mohit Banerji was married to Uma Ganguly (Banerji) in August 1944. They had two daughters, Mitra and Madhabi.

== Notes ==
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== References ==
* Mukherjee, H. (Unknown), ''Tori Hote Teer'' (English: Boat Onto The Shore), Mukherjee, H, Kolkata

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