Biswanath Mukherjee (politician)

Biswanath Mukherjee
Biswanath Mukherjee
Cabinet Minister, Government of West Bengal
	In office; 1982–1987
Ministry	Minister, Irrigation, Water Investigation & Development Department, Government of West Bengal
Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	In office; 1977–1987
Preceded by	Ajoy Mukherjee
Succeeded by	Surajit Saran Bagchi
Constituency	Tamluk
Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	In office; 1971–1977
Preceded by	Kamakhya Charan Ghosh
Succeeded by	Bankim Behari Pal
Constituency	Midnapore
Personal details
Born	17 April 1915; Tamluk, East Midnapore
Died	16 October 1991 (aged 76); Kolkata, India
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Communist Party of India
Spouse(s)	Geeta Mukherjee
Children	One Son (deceased in 1949); Bhagabat Jana (adopted)
Relatives	Madhumita Jana (grandchild)
Residence	Bow Bazar, Kolkata
Alma mater	Vidyasagar College B.A.

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Biswanath Mukherjee was an Indian politician and leader of Communist Party of India. He was elected as Member of Legislative Assembly in 1971 from Midnapore Constituency and 1977 and 1982 from Tamluk Constituency.^[1]^[2]

He started his political career as a student; he was the one of the founder leaders of All India Students' Federation in Bengal. He was the Joint Secretary of AISF.^[3] In 1938, students of Calcutta University refused to salute the British flag and restricted by Syama Prasad Mukherjee. He led the huge students' movement to revoke their restriction.^[4]

He was married to Geeta Mukherjee on 8 November 1942.^[5]^[6]

References[edit]

↑ "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
↑ "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
↑ Gupta, Susmita Sen (2009). Radical Politics in Meghalaya: Problems and Prospects. Kalpaz Publications. p. 19. ISBN 978-81-7835-742-3.
↑ "HISTORIC CONTRIBUTION". AISF Official.
↑ "Biographical Sketch Member of Parliament 13th Lok Sabha". Archived from the original on 8 March 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
↑ "A committed fighter". frontline.thehindu.com.

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[1] "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.

[2] "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.

[3] Gupta, Susmita Sen (2009). Radical Politics in Meghalaya: Problems and Prospects. Kalpaz Publications. p. 19. ISBN 978-81-7835-742-3.

[4] "HISTORIC CONTRIBUTION". AISF Official.

[5] "Biographical Sketch Member of Parliament 13th Lok Sabha". Archived from the original on 8 March 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2014.

[6] "A committed fighter". frontline.thehindu.com.

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