Biswanath Mukherjee (politician)

{{Short description|Indian politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Biswanath Mukherjee

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1915|4|17}}

| birth_place = Tamluk, Bengal Presidency, British India

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1991|10|16|1915|4|17}}

| death_place = Calcutta, West Bengal, India

| nationality = Indian

| office = Cabinet Minister, Government of West Bengal

| 2blankname = Ministry

| 2namedata = Minister, Irrigation, Water Investigation & Development Department, Government of West Bengal

| term_start = 1982

| term_end = 1987

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| successor =

| office1 = Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly

| term_start1 = 1977

| term_end1 = 1987

| constituency1 = Tamluk

| predecessor1 = Ajoy Mukherjee

| successor1 = Surajit Saran Bagchi

| office2 = Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly

| term_start2 = 1971

| term_end2 = 1977

| constituency2 = Midnapore

| predecessor2 = Kamakhya Charan Ghosh

| successor2 = Bankim Behari Pal

| party = Communist Party of India

| spouse = Geeta Mukherjee

| relatives = Madhumita Jana (grandchild)

| children = 1 son (deceased in 1949)
Bhagabat Jana (adopted)

| residence = Bow Bazar, Kolkata

| alma_mater = Vidyasagar College B.A.

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Biswanath Mukherjee (17 April 1915 – 16 October 1991) was an Indian politician and leader of Communist Party of India. He was elected as a Member of Legislative Assembly in 1971 from Midnapore Constituency and 1977 and 1982 from Tamluk Constituency.{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}

He started his political career as a student; he was one of the founder leaders of All India Students' Federation in Bengal. He was the Joint Secretary of AISF.{{cite book | last=Gupta | first=Susmita Sen | title=Radical Politics in Meghalaya: Problems and Prospects | publisher=Kalpaz Publications | year=2009 | isbn=978-81-7835-742-3 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2ks02QzhnAMC&pg=PA19 | page=19}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.aisf.org.in/historic-contributions.php|title=HISTORIC CONTRIBUTION|website= AISF Official}}

He was married to Geeta Mukherjee on 8 November 1942.{{cite web|title=Biographical Sketch Member of Parliament 13th Lok Sabha|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=258|access-date=8 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308132029/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=258|archive-date=8 March 2014|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/other/obituary/article30253621.ece|title=A committed fighter|website=frontline.thehindu.com}}