Nihar Mukherjee (1920–2010) was an Indian politician who served as General Secretary of the

Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) The Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) or SUCI(C), previously called the Socialist Unity Centre of India and "Socialist Unity Centre", is an anti-revisionist Marxist-Leninist communist party in India. The party was founded by Shibda ...

(SUCI (C)). ''

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'' He was a founding member of the party in 1948 and became the General Secretary after the death of

Shibdas Ghosh Shibdas Ghosh (5 August 1923 – 5 August 1976) was an Indian communist politician. He was involved in the Communism in India, Communist movement in India for several decades. He was also the founding general secretary of Socialist Unity ...

in 1976. He was also the Editor-in-Chief of the '' Proletarian Era'', the official newspaper of the organization. During Mukherjee's early political career, he was a leader of the

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. MESSAGE OF CONDOLENCE ON THE PASSING OF COMRADE NIHAR MUKHERJEE

' He was jailed during the

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movement. Nihar Mukherjee died of cardiac arrest on 18 February 2010 in Kolkata.''SUCI General Secretary Nihar Mukherjee demised, Malayala Manorama, 20 February 2010, Page 9'' The party held a massive memorial meeting on 3 March 2010 to mourn the death of Nihar Mukherjee in the Netaji Indoor Stadium,

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