Nihar Mukherjee was the General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) [SUCI(C)]. He is a founder member of the party and became the General Secretary after the death of Shibdas Ghosh

Shibdas Ghosh

Shibdas Ghosh was an Indian communist politician. He was the founding general secretary of Socialist Unity Centre of India.Ghosh was born in the Dhaka District of British India, to a lower middle class family...

 in 1976. He was also the Editor-in-Chief of the Proletarian Era

Proletarian Era

Proletarian Era is the official newspaper of the Socialist Unity Centre of India . It is published from Kolkata in English, with online editions. Shibdas Ghosh founded the newspaper. Nihar Mukherjee was its editor from 1976 to 2010...

, the official newspaper of the organization.
His early political career was as a leader of the Anushilan Samiti

Anushilan Samiti

Anushilan Samiti was an armed anti-British organisation in Bengal and the principal secret revolutionary organisation operating in the region in the opening years of the 20th century. This association, like its offshoot the Jugantar, operated under the guise of suburban fitness club...

. He was jailed during the Quit India movement. Nihar Mukherjee died of cardiac arrest on 18 February 2010 in Kolkata. The party held a massive memorial meeting on 3 March 2010 to mourn the death of Nihar Mukherjee in the Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

Kolkata

Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...

.