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'''Nihar Mukherjee''' was an Indian politician who served as General Secretary of the [[Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)]] (SUCI (C)).<ref name=HINDUJBE>[http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2003/11/10/stories/2003111005160400.htm  Jayalalithaa burnt in effigy] ''[[The Hindu]]''</ref> He was a founding member of the party in 1948 and became the General Secretary after the death of [[Shibdas Ghosh]] in 1976.<ref name=SUCI>{{Cite web |url=http://suci.in/intro/about/about.htm |title=A Brief Introduction to the Socialist Unity Centre of India |access-date=29 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080329045605/http://www.suci.in/intro/about/about.htm |archive-date=29 March 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was also the Editor-in-Chief of the ''[[Proletarian Era]]'', the official newspaper of the organization.<ref name=SUCIPE>{{Cite web |url=http://suci.in/era/era.htm |title=Proletarian Era |access-date=29 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080329050030/http://www.suci.in/era/era.htm |archive-date=29 March 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
'''Nihar Mukherjee''' (1920-2010) was an Indian politician who served as General Secretary of the [[Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)]] (SUCI (C)).<ref name=HINDUJBE>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040112220445/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2003/11/10/stories/2003111005160400.htm  Jayalalithaa burnt in effigy] ''[[The Hindu]]''</ref> He was a founding member of the party in 1948 and became the General Secretary after the death of [[Shibdas Ghosh]] in 1976.<ref name=SUCI>{{Cite web |url=http://suci.in/intro/about/about.htm |title=A Brief Introduction to the Socialist Unity Centre of India |access-date=29 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080329045605/http://www.suci.in/intro/about/about.htm |archive-date=29 March 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was also the Editor-in-Chief of the ''[[Proletarian Era]]'', the official newspaper of the organization.<ref name=SUCIPE>{{Cite web |url=http://suci.in/era/era.htm |title=Proletarian Era |access-date=29 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080329050030/http://www.suci.in/era/era.htm |archive-date=29 March 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
[[File:NM MemorialMeeting.jpg|thumb|200px|Nihar Mukherjee Memorial Meeting held in Netaji Indoor Stadium in [[Kolkata]] on 3 March 2010]]
[[File:NM MemorialMeeting.jpg|thumb|200px|Nihar Mukherjee Memorial Meeting held in Netaji Indoor Stadium in [[Kolkata]] on 3 March 2010]]
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Nihar Mukherjee
File:NMukherjee.jpg
General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
In office
1976-2010
Preceded byShibdas Ghosh
Succeeded byProvash Ghosh
Personal details
Born1920
Dhaka, Bengal Province, British India
Died18 February 2010
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Political partySocialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
ResidenceKolkata, West Bengal, India

Nihar Mukherjee (1920-2010) was an Indian politician who served as General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) (SUCI (C)).[1] He was a founding member of the party in 1948 and became the General Secretary after the death of Shibdas Ghosh in 1976.[2] He was also the Editor-in-Chief of the Proletarian Era, the official newspaper of the organization.[3]

File:NM MemorialMeeting.jpg
Nihar Mukherjee Memorial Meeting held in Netaji Indoor Stadium in Kolkata on 3 March 2010

During Mukherjee's early political career, he was a leader of the Anushilan Samiti.[4] He was jailed during the Quit India movement. Nihar Mukherjee died of cardiac arrest on 18 February 2010 in Kolkata.[5] The party held a massive memorial meeting on 3 March 2010 to mourn the death of Nihar Mukherjee in the Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata.

References

  1. Jayalalithaa burnt in effigy The Hindu
  2. "A Brief Introduction to the Socialist Unity Centre of India". Archived from the original on 29 March 2008. Retrieved 29 March 2008.
  3. "Proletarian Era". Archived from the original on 29 March 2008. Retrieved 29 March 2008.
  4. MESSAGE OF CONDOLENCE ON THE PASSING OF COMRADE NIHAR MUKHERJEE [1]
  5. SUCI General Secretary Nihar Mukherjee demised, Malayala Manorama, 20 February 2010, Page 9