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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Kanak Mukherjee
| native_name = কনক মুখোপাধ্যায়
| native_name_lang = bn
| image = Kanak Mukherjee (Dasgupta).jpg
| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| spouse = [[Saroj Mukherjee]]
| birth_date = {{birth date|1921|12|30|df=y}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2005|3|9|1921|12|30|df=y}}
| citizenship = Indian
| otherparty = [[All India Democratic Women's Association]]
| birth_name = Kanak Dasgupta
}}

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'''Kanak Mukherjee''' (''[[Birth name#Maiden and married names|née]]'' '''Dasgupta'''; 1921 – 2005) was a communist and is regarded as a pioneer of Women's movement in West Bengal.<ref name="A Pioneer Of The Women’s Movement">{{cite web|title=A Pioneer Of The Women's Movement|url=http://pd.cpim.org/2005/0320/03202005_kanakdi-2.htm|website=pd.cpim.org|access-date=29 March 2012}}</ref> She was a Central Committee member of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]. She was the founder of the [[All India Democratic Women's Association]].<ref name="Remembering Kanak Mukherjee">{{cite web|title=Remembering Kanak Mukherjee|url=http://www.sacw.net/Wmov/OnKakanDi10032005.html|website=www.sacw.net|access-date=29 March 2012}}</ref> She also contributed in the field of literature.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Samsad Bengali Charitabidhan (Vol. 2)|publisher=Sishu Sahitya Samsad|year=1996|isbn=978-81-7955-292-6|editor-last=Basu|editor-first=Anjali|location=Kolkata|pages=76}}</ref>

==Early life==
Kanak Mukherjee was born in December 1921 in [[Jessore (city)|Jessore]] district of undivided [[India]]. Satish Chandra Dasgupta, her father was an eminent lawyer. Her mother was Molina Devi. She passed matriculation examination in 1937, came to [[Kolkata|Calcutta]] and took admission in the [[Bethune College]] under the [[University of Calcutta]]. Already since studying in class 8, she had come in contact with Communist leaders in Jessore like Krishna Binod Ray, Sukumar Mitra, Shantimoy Ghosh. After coming to Calcutta she worked in All India Students Federation. She joined [[Communist Party of India]] in 1938.<ref name=":0" />

==Later life==
She was the Convener of Bengal Women's Sub-Committee of CPI. When the part was divided in 1964, she joined CPI(M). She was a member of CPI(M) West Bengal State Committee from 1978 to 1998 and a member of CPI(M) Central Committee from 1989 to 1998. In 1943, she joined the first Party Congress of CPI at Bombay as a representative. She worked as a Party Whole-timer for some time. In 1941 Kanak Dasgupta married [[Saroj Mukherjee]] who was also a [[Communist]] leader.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ganashakti.tripod.com/archive/saroj.htm|title=Remembrance:saroj|website=ganashakti.tripod.com|access-date=2020-04-01}}</ref> She was elected twice (in [[1978 Indian Rajya Sabha elections|1978]] and [[1984 Indian Rajya Sabha elections|1984]]) to the [[Rajya Sabha]] (upper house of Indian Parliament) from 1978 to 1990.<ref name=":0" />

In 1942-43 famine in Bengal, she worked as a leader of the Bangiyo Mahila Atmaraksha Samity. At the same time she became an activist of women's movement. Later she became a leader of the Ganatantrik Mahila Samity, she also helped to found this organization.<ref name="A Pioneer Of The Women’s Movement" /> From 1957 to 1967, she was the editor of "Ghare-Baire" magazine. In 1968, she was the founder-editor of "Eksathe" magazine.<ref name=":0" />

She graduated with B.A. degree and taught in a school for sometime. From 1967 to 1981, she was a Professor of English in [[Women's College, Kolkata|Calcutta Women's College]]. In 1998 she was awarded the title of "Bhubanmohini Dasi" award by [[University of Calcutta|Calcutta University]] for her contribution in the field of literature.<ref name=":0" />

She died on 9 March 2005.<ref name="Remembering Kanak Mukherjee" />

==See also==
*[[Saroj Mukherjee]]
*[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]

==References==
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[[Category:Women in West Bengal politics]]
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