Nihar Mukherjee Politician

Nihar Mukherjee was the General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) [SUCI(C)]. He is a founder member of the party and became the General Secretary after the death of Shibdas Ghosh in 1976. He was also the Editor-in-Chief of the Proletarian Era, the official newspaper of the organization.His early political career was as a leader of the Anushilan Samiti. He was jailed during the Quit India movement. Nihar Mukherjee died of cardiac arrest on 18 February 2010 in Kolkata. The party held a massive memorial meeting on 3 March 2010 to mourn the death of Nihar Mukherjee in the Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata.

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Nihar Mukherjee
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1920
Birth place
Dhaka , British Raj
Religion
Atheism
Date of deathFebruary 18, 2010
Place of death
India , Kolkata , West Bengal
Residence
India , Kolkata , West Bengal

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Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
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