Saroj Mukherjee

Saroj Mukherjee (14 January 1911 – 9 February 1990) was an Indian freedom fighter and a member of the Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).

He was also the secretary of the West Bengal state committee of the Communist party.

While studying in Serampore College, he and Benoy Chowdhury became acquainted with Dr. Bhupendranath Datta and Communist leaders Muzaffar Ahmed and Abdul Halim.

[2] In 1941, Saroj Mukherjee married Kanak Dasgupta,[3] who was also a Communist leader.

[2] Later, he was the first editor and publisher of CPI(M)'s newspaper Ganashakti,[5] which position he held until his death.

After the death of Pramode Dasgupta in 1982, he became the West Bengal State Secretary of CPI(M).

(From left to right) Abdul Halim, Saroj Mukherjee, Muzaffar Ahmed at Bengal Provincial Conference (1938 December - 1939 January) of CPI at Chandarnagore .