Kalipada Mukherjee

He is the hero of the heroic age of New Bengal. Neither Kalipada's confidence in himself or his country's faith in him has ever belied itself. His impulses are generous, motives upright and conscience unerring.

Mr. Kalipada Mukherjee was born in 1901. He was brought up in a placid atmosphere of an orthodox Hindu family. He was successful in emancipating himself from the influences of his early training. His father was an eminent Orientalist and a renowned lawyer. Intended by him for the Bar he attained distinction in politics.

Mr. Mukherjee was educated at the St. Xavier's College and interested himself in student movements. At the Calcutta Congress he worked as the Volunteers Captain, This afforded him an opportunity to come into a living contact with the political leaders. To their inspiration he owed his patriotic feelings. Then he was elected a delegate to the Nagpur Students Conference.

In 1920 he made a debut into politics which made his career an eventful tale. In 1922 he was imprisoned and after his release he was elected the Assistant Secretary of the Central Calcutta Congress Committee. Very soon he became a member of the B.P.C.C and of the Executive Council. When Bengal was ravaged by floods he organised relief work in the devastated areas. Under the able guidance of Sjt Subash Chandra Bose he carried on propaganda work in the villages. In 1930 he participated in the C.D movement and was sentenced to six months imprisonment.

In 1932 he was arrested under the lawless law, the Criminal Law Amendment Act.. For four years he was clapped in various jails as a detune. Few months ago he was released conditionally. He is not permitted to go to of Calcutta. His movements are strictly guarded. His wings are clipped. He can only hop but cannot aspire to fly.

He is connected with the working of many educational and philanthropic institutions like Metropolitan Institutions, Ramakrishna Ananth Bhandar and Brati Balak movement. He is elected to the A.I.C.C and is at present an office bearer of the B.P.C.C

He is a brave soldier who is determined to slay the Goliath of Slavery. At the din of the battle he snorts like a war horse. When the time for actuality comes he plunges into the fray. He is an intrepid man. Action and not solitude; active life and not philosophical self contentment that is dear to him.

K.L. Kamat/Kamat's Potpourri

Kalipada Mukjerjee