1. Kanak Mukherjee was a communist and is regarded as a pioneer of the women's movement in West Bengal.
11 Facts About Kanak Mukherjee
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Kanak Mukherjee was a Central Committee member of Communist Party of India.
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Kanak Mukherjee was the founder of the All India Democratic Women's Association.
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Kanak Mukherjee was born in December 1921 in Jessore district of undivided India.
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Kanak Mukherjee passed matriculation examination in 1937, came to Calcutta and took admission in the Bethune College under the University of Calcutta.
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Kanak Mukherjee was the Convener of Bengal Women's Sub-Committee of CPI.
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Kanak Mukherjee was a member of CPI West Bengal State Committee from 1978 to 1998 and a member of CPI Central Committee from 1989 to 1998.
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Kanak Mukherjee worked as a Party Whole-timer for some time.
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In 1941 Kanak Dasgupta married Saroj Mukherjee who was a Communist leader.
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Kanak Mukherjee was elected twice to the Rajya Sabha from 1978 to 1990.
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Kanak Mukherjee died in Kolkata after being ill for days on 9 March 2005.