Sunil Mukherjee (16 November 1914 - 30 March 1992)[1] was an Indian politician and leader of Communist Party of India.
He was born on 16 November 1914 in the town of Bhagalpur, Bihar and Orissa Province at his maternal uncle's house.
His father Nirapada Mukherjee was a pleader, later settled down in Munger, becoming a workers’ and Congress leader.
Sunil's uncle Tarapada Mukherjee, who worked in post office and was a firm nationalist and anti-British, deeply influenced him.
After his death Sunil's father Nirapada changed completely and joined the Congress after resigning his post.
Later he became parliamentary secretary and a minister in Congress governments and fought many elections, winning all.
Sunil became a firm revolutionary and a member of Yugantar Party in 1929, when he was a student of Matric in Munger Zila School.
Illegal handbills and pamphlets were brought out from the underground press across the Ganges in north Munger from Gogri village.
There was a gun factory in Munger, where attempts were made to acquire some pistols, revolvers etc, to be sent to Calcutta.
Sunil Mukherjee attended the Congress session held in Delhi in 1932, in semi-legal conditions.
After release Sunil reached Calcutta and took admission in Rippon School in Matriculation.
Anderson was the Bengal governor and Charles Tegart the police commissioner, a terror.
He was badly beaten for days together, was put on ice slabs, nails were driven into his fingers and many other forms of tortures were applied on him.
In Patna Sunil came in contact with Ali Ashraf, the AISF leader, Jagannath Sarkar and others.
A Peasant-Worker-Student League was established in Munger in 1938, headed by Ratan Roy, one of the founders of party in Bihar.
Sunil was soon called to Bombay for 3-month training in Marxism meant for party secretaries.
With the outbreak of Second World War in September 1939, the relations between CSP and CPI reached a breaking point due to differences in interpretation.
It was held in a small house belonging to elder sister of Sunil Mukherjee at the banks of the river Ganga (the Ganges).
The meeting included some of the future famous names such as Sunil Mukherjee, Ratan Roy, Shiv Bachan Singh, Rahul Sankrityayana, Vishwanath Mathur etc.
He was sent along with 15 others from Bihar to the infamous Deoli Camp Jail in 1940 along with Ali Ashraf, Rahul, etc.
Famous Communist leaders like S. A. Dange, Ajoy Ghosh, R. D. Bhardwaj, Soli Batlivala, S. V. Ghate, Dhanwantri and others were there.
A large number of outstanding personalities joined the party during this period, such as Yogendra Sharma, Chaturanan Mishra, Bhogendra Jha, Gangadhar Das, Chandrashekhar Singh and many others.
He also worked in the TU field in Jamshedpur, Dalmianagar, Giridih etc, helping build the party.
All India Coal Workers Federation was organized with S. A. Dange as president and Sunil Mukherjee general secretary.
Sunil Mukherjee, Kedar Das and others worked very hard to restore peace.
Sunil helped the authorities to locate the centres of communal elements wherefrom they organized the riots.
Meetings of the Samyukta Vidhayak Dal used to be held at Sunil Mukherjee's residence.
It was he who conveyed the decision to make Mahamaya Pd Singh the CM: he was happy beyond words!
Sunil Mukherjee was elected secretary of Bihar CPI after Bhatinda congress (1978), from 1978 to 1984.