Mani Shankar Mukherjee
E191471
Mani Shankar Mukherjee, popularly known by his pen name Shankar, is a prominent Bengali author and former clerk whose novels often draw on his experiences in mid-20th-century Calcutta and have inspired several acclaimed Indian films.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mani Shankar Mukherjee canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1456782 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mani Shankar Mukherjee Context triple: [Jadavpur University, hasNotableAlumni, Mani Shankar Mukherjee]
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A.
Batukeshwar Dutt
Batukeshwar Dutt was an Indian revolutionary and freedom fighter known for his role in the 1929 Central Legislative Assembly bombing alongside Bhagat Singh and his subsequent imprisonment by the British.
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B.
Manmath Nath Gupta
Manmath Nath Gupta was an Indian revolutionary and writer who participated in the armed struggle against British colonial rule as a prominent member of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association.
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C.
Rajendra Lahiri
Rajendra Lahiri was an Indian revolutionary freedom fighter associated with the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association, known for his role in anti-British activities during the independence movement.
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D.
S K Banerjee
S. K. Banerjee is a distinguished scholar associated with the Delhi School of Economics, recognized for significant contributions to economic research and education in India.
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E.
Barindra Kumar Ghosh
Barindra Kumar Ghosh was an Indian revolutionary and journalist, a key figure in the early nationalist movement against British rule and the younger brother of Sri Aurobindo.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mani Shankar Mukherjee Target entity description: Mani Shankar Mukherjee, popularly known by his pen name Shankar, is a prominent Bengali author and former clerk whose novels often draw on his experiences in mid-20th-century Calcutta and have inspired several acclaimed Indian films.
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A.
Batukeshwar Dutt
Batukeshwar Dutt was an Indian revolutionary and freedom fighter known for his role in the 1929 Central Legislative Assembly bombing alongside Bhagat Singh and his subsequent imprisonment by the British.
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B.
Manmath Nath Gupta
Manmath Nath Gupta was an Indian revolutionary and writer who participated in the armed struggle against British colonial rule as a prominent member of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association.
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C.
Rajendra Lahiri
Rajendra Lahiri was an Indian revolutionary freedom fighter associated with the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association, known for his role in anti-British activities during the independence movement.
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D.
S K Banerjee
S. K. Banerjee is a distinguished scholar associated with the Delhi School of Economics, recognized for significant contributions to economic research and education in India.
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E.
Barindra Kumar Ghosh
Barindra Kumar Ghosh was an Indian revolutionary and journalist, a key figure in the early nationalist movement against British rule and the younger brother of Sri Aurobindo.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bengali author
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Indian author ⓘ novel ⓘ novel ⓘ novel ⓘ novelist ⓘ person ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Shankar ⓘ |
| author |
Mani Shankar Mukherjee
self-linksurface differs
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Mani Shankar Mukherjee self-linksurface differs ⓘ Mani Shankar Mukherjee self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | India ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Bengali people ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
realist fiction
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social novel ⓘ |
| influencedWork | Indian cinema ⓘ |
| language |
Bengali
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Bengali ⓘ Bengali ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Bengali ⓘ |
| name | Mani Shankar Mukherjee self-link ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Bengali ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depicting office and clerical culture
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depicting urban life in Calcutta ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Chowringhee Road
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surface form:
Chowringhee
Jana Aranya ⓘ Seemabaddha ⓘ |
| notableWorkTheme |
bureaucracy and corporate culture
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middle-class life in Kolkata ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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clerk ⓘ novelist ⓘ |
| penName | Shankar ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Calcutta
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Calcutta ⓘ
surface form:
Kolkata
|
| workAdaptedTo |
Chowringhee (film)
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Jana Aranya (film) ⓘ Seemabaddha (film) ⓘ film ⓘ |
| workInspiredBy | mid-20th-century Calcutta ⓘ |
| writingPeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mani Shankar Mukherjee Description of subject: Mani Shankar Mukherjee, popularly known by his pen name Shankar, is a prominent Bengali author and former clerk whose novels often draw on his experiences in mid-20th-century Calcutta and have inspired several acclaimed Indian films.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Chowringhee
subject surface form:
Seemabaddha
subject surface form:
Jana Aranya