Mukunda Behari Mullick (1888–1974) was an

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lawyer, reformer, professor and politician.

Career

He enrolled as a lawyer in 1914 at

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and worked as lecturer of

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and part-time lecturer of law at University of Calcutta. In 1912 he founded Bengal Namasudra Association and held many conferences to mobilize

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s of Bengal under one umbrella. In 1925 he formed the Bengal Depressed Classes Association and was chosen as its first president. In 1929 both organisations formed a joint delegation and gave oral evidence to Simon Commission regarding their support to the commission. He fought 1921 and 1925 elections from Khulna constituency as independent candidate but lost. Then he was nominated as member of

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and re-elected in 1937 elections then became minister of Cooperative Credit & Rural Indebtedness in first A.K Fazlul Haq 's govt. In 1942 he became Chairman of Coal Mines Stowing Board. He voted in favour of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar in 1946 Indian general elections. In 1942 Mullick founded Bengal Scheduled Castes Party with his brother Pulinda Behari Mullick and it created two factions among Dalits, another being led by

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of Bengal Scheduled Caste League.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mullick, Mukunda Behari 1888 births 1974 deaths Indian lawyers Bengal MLAs 1937–1945 People from Bagerhat District Bengal MLAs 1946–1947 West Bengal MLAs 1947–1951 Academic staff of the University of Calcutta