Dhurjatiprasad Mukhopadhyay

Dhurjati Prasad Mukhopadhyay was born on 5 October 1894. He was an Indian professor and sociologist. He was known for works and lectures focused on sociology and Marxism.

His Fathers name was Bhupatinath Mukherjee and his mother’s name was Elokeshi Devi. He lived in his maternal uncle’s house at Chatra near Sreerampur in the district of Hoogli in the Bengal Presidency during British rule in India.

In 1912 Mukerji passed Intermediate from Ripon College now Surendranath College at Calcutta and obtained a Master’s in History in 1918 and a Master’s in Economics in 1920 from the University of Calcutta.

A collection of his essays, ‘Redefining Humanism’ was published by Srobona Munshi which was well received in the academic circle and helped establish Prof. Mukerji’s image as one of the top intellectuals of modern India.