Career
He was also the secretary of the West Bengal state committee of the Communist party. As a student at the age of thirteen, Mukherjee joined the Indian freedom movement, joining the Indian National Congress party in 1924. He joined the Communist Party of India in 1931 and went to work for them full-time in 1938.
In 1941, Saroj Mukherjee married Kanak Dasgupta, who was also a Communist leader.
Mukherjee was the editor of the Bengali daily Swadhinata from 1956 to 1962. Later, he was the first editor and publisher of Consumer price index(M)"s newspaper Ganashakti, which position he held until his death.
