Kamal Mukrji, 01-07-1933/25-02-1987, was a cartographer and teacher of geography and social sciences. He then became principal of several schools. He later became assistant director of education. He also became the director of the Directorate for the Elimination of Illiteracy.
Kamal is the third child of Gokul-Chand Mukherjee and the second child of Khairiya Ayub Ghayub. His father, Gokul-Chandy, was a native of India and a soldier in the British army. He came to Iraq during World War I and later settled in Sulaymaniyah. He left the military and never returned. He had married twice before marrying Khairiya Khanum. He and his first wife lived together a short time and died. He and his second wife had a daughter named Sabiha. They later divorced. Mukherjee's third wife was Khairiya Khanum, who had only one daughter and son, Shukriya (1931–2018) and Kamal (1933–1987). Both were born in Sulaymaniyah in Sabunkaran neighborhood. His exact date of birth is unknown, but his civil status is recorded as 01-07-1933.
Kamal Mukrjicompleted his primary education in Sulaymaniyah. He graduated from Sulaymaniyah Boys High School. He then entered the College of Education, Department of Geography, Baghdad University, which was known as the Higher Teachers' House. He graduated from the college in 1959.
After graduating from college, he was re-employed as a teacher at Sulaymaniyah Boys High School. He then became a teacher at the Boys' Shorsh School. Later, on suspicion of political activities with the Kazhik Association; He was exiled to Basra, where he was appointed a teacher at the Al-Nizal school. He was then transferred to the Qaladze Boys' School in Qaladze. He was then returned to Sulaymaniyah for the Boys' Shorsh School and later for the Boys' National School as a teacher.
In 1966, he became the assistant principal of Sulaymaniyah Boys High School. The following year he worked two concurrent jobs. While teaching at the Watani Boys' School, he also became the director of the Sulaymaniyah Boys' Evening School . From 1970–1973, he became assistant director of the Watan School . In 1973 and 1974, he became the director of both Watan and Sarchnar boys' School.
Since 1974, he has been an expert in the field of illiteracy eradication in the Sulaymaniyah Education Directorate. The following year he became Assistant Director of Education for the Elimination of Illiteracy. In 1977, he became director of the Directorate for the Elimination of Illiteracy. Karim Zand was his assistant. Along with his work to eradicate illiteracy, he became an educational and administrative expert.
His health has deteriorated since the early 1980s. He was sent out of Iraq for treatment on behalf of the government. Since 1984, due to poor health, he has requested to remain only as an educational observer. So he became a social studies education specialist.
Due to the nature of his work, he visited many villages and towns in Sulaymaniyah province to supervise schools. During his working trip, he recorded the necessary geographical maps, names of all places and their altitude. He went home and recorded that information on several map drafts. After nearly eight years of working on the secret map, he died and the map was left incomplete. The map contains the names of many villages and places that were destroyed and erased by the Ba'ath regime. The map image is 58cm by 55cm.
Kamal Mukrji was fluent in four languages: Arabic, Kurdish, Turkish and English. He lived in Sulaymaniyah all his life. He has traveled to Lebanon and Egypt several times for his work. On 21-11-1965, he married Mrs. Ate Faraj Mahmood. They had ten children.
Kamal Mukrji had heart disease. He went to Switzerland for surgery. There he underwent successful surgery. In February 1987, however, his heart condition deteriorated again. Although he visits the Sulaymaniyah Teaching Hospital on his own; He died two days later, on 25-02-1987, in the same hospital. He was buried in Sulaymaniyah , near his father's grave. At the time of his death, he did not yet know that his wife was pregnant with his last child.[1]