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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Ajoy Mukherjee<br />
| image = Stamp of India - 2002 - Colnect 158282 - Tamralipta Jatiya Sarkar - Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee.jpeg<br />
| image_size = 200px<br />
| caption = Ajoy Mukherjee commemorated on Indian postage in 2002<br />
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| order1 = 3rd<br />
| office1 = Chief Minister of West Bengal<br />
| term_start1 = 1 March 1967<br />
| term_end1 = 21 November 1967<br />
| predecessor1 = [[Prafulla Chandra Sen]]<br />
| successor1 = [[Prafulla Chandra Ghosh]]<br />
| term_start2 = 25 February 1969<br />
| term_end2 = 30 July 1970<br />
| predecessor2 = [[President's rule]]<br />
| successor2 = [[President's rule]]<br />
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| term_start3 = 2 April 1971<br />
| term_end3 = 28 June 1971<br />
| predecessor3 = [[President's rule]]<br />
| successor3 = [[President's rule]]<br />
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| office4 = [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly|Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term_start4 = 1951<br />
| term_end4 = 1967<br />
| constituency4 = [[Tamluk (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Tamluk]]<br />
| predecessor4 = ''Constituency established''<br />
| successor4 = Ajoy Malakar<br />
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| constituency5 = [[Arambagh Assembly constituency|Arambagh]]<br />
| term_start5 = 1967<br />
| term_end5 = 1968<br />
| predecessor5 = ''Constituency established''<br />
| successor5 = [[Prafulla Chandra Sen]]<br />
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| term_start6 = 1969<br />
| term_end6 = 1977<br />
| predecessor6 = Ajoy Malakar<br />
| successor6 = [[Biswanath Mukherjee]]<br />
| constituency6 = [[Tamluk (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Tamluk]]<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1901|04|15}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Tamluk]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]] (present-day [[West Bengal]], [[India]])<br />
| residence = <br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1986|05|27|df=yes|1901|04|15}}<br />
| death_place = [[Calcutta]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]<br />
| party = [[Indian National Congress (R)]] | otherparty= [[Bangla Congress]]<br /> [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
| awards = [[Padma Vibhushan]] (1977)<br />
| alma_mater = [[Tamluk Hamilton High School]]<br />
| spouse = <br />
| website = <br />
}}<br />
'''Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee''' (15 April 1901 – 27 May 1986) was an Indian independence activist and politician who served three short terms as the [[Chief Minister of West Bengal]]. He hailed from [[Tamluk]], [[Purba Medinipur district]], West Bengal.<br />
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==Life and career==<br />
Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee, born in [[Tamluk]], West Bengal, India in 1901, was one of the leaders of [[Tamralipta Jatiya Sarkar]] (Tamrlipta National Government), which came into effect on 17 December 1942 during the [[Quit India Movement]], a programme of civil disobedience launched in India in 1942. He was greatly influenced by [[Swami Vivekananda]]. Earlier a member of the [[Indian National Congress]], he later founded the [[Bangla Congress]], which co-governed with the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] in two [[United Front (1967)|United Front]] governments in 1967-1971. He held the chief ministerial position in both these governments, from March to November 1967, and again from February 1969 to March 1970.<br />
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In the year 1967 Ajoy Mukherjee defeated [[Prafulla Chandra Sen]], another Gandhian, at Arambagh assembly constituency and became chief minister of West Bengal after Sen. Architect of Ajoy Mukherjee's victory at Arambagh was Narayan Ch Ghosh, the then students leader at Arambagh. Narayan Ghosh accompanied Ajoy Mukherjee in a boat for several days to see several flood affected areas in Arambagh & Ghatal subdivision in 1968. People of flood affected areas were enthused by Ajoy Mukherjee for his tireless move to stand for them.<br />
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In 1971, Ajoy Mukherjee with some of his closed colleagues, viz. [[Pranab Mukherjee]] etc., joined [[Indian National Congress (R)]] leaving [[Sushil Kumar Dhara|Sushil Dhara]] – his long term associate. He was offered ministerial post at Centre by Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]], but Ajoy Mukherjee declined, citing his age and health condition and recommended Pranab Mukherjee for the post, who became State Minister in the Indian Cabinet.<br />
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He was awarded the [[Padma Vibhushan]] award in 1977 from [[Government of India]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://india.gov.in/myindia/padmavibhushan_awards_list1.php?start=140 | title = Padm Bibhusan Awardees| access-date = 2008-07-30 | work =My Indian, My Pride | publisher = India.gov.in}}</ref><br />
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His brother [[Biswanath Mukherjee (politician)|Biswanath Mukherjee]] & sister-in-law [[Geeta Mukherjee]] were both members of the [[Communist Party of India]]. Ajoy's niece Kalyani (daughter of another brother) was married to [[Mohan Kumaramangalam]] and was the mother of [[Rangarajan Kumaramangalam]] and [[Lalitha Kumaramangalam]].<br />
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Mukherjee died on 27 May 1986 in Calcutta.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{cite web|url=http://www.parabaas.com/translation/database/reviews/brSumanta.html|title=THE NAXALITES: THROUGH THE EYES OF THE POLICE: Book review |author= Sumanta Banerjee|work=Parabaas Inc.|access-date=2014-11-30}}<br />
*{{cite journal|jstor=312891|title=Land and Power: The Marxist Conquest of Rural Bengal|first=Arild Engelsen|last=Ruud|date=1 January 1994|doi=10.1017/s0026749x00012440|journal=Modern Asian Studies|volume=28|issue=2|pages=357–380|s2cid=146540200 }}<br />
* [https://archive.today/20130218104518/http://www.smritisoudha.in/]<br />
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|title=[[Chief Minister of West Bengal]]<br />
|years=25 February 1969 – 19 March 1970<br />
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