Harendra Coomar Mookherjee | |
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| 3rd Governor of West Bengal | |
| In office 1 November 1951 – 7 August 1956 | |
| Preceded by | Kailash Nath Katju |
| Succeeded by | Phani Bhusan Chakravartti (acting) |
| Vice President of Constituent Assembly of India | |
| President | Rajendra Prasad |
| Preceded by | Office Established |
| Chairman of Minorities Sub-Committee | |
| Leader | Vallabhbhai Patel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 October 1887 |
| Died | 7 August 1956 (aged 68) |
Harendra Coomar Mookherjee (3 October 1887 – 7 August 1956), also spelt as H.C. Mukherjee, was the Vice-President of the Constituent Assembly of India for drafting the Constitution of India before Partition of India, and the third Governor of West Bengal after India became a republic with partition into India and Pakistan.[1][2][3]
He was an educationalist, prominent Christian leader of Bengal, and was the chairman of the Minority rights committee and Provincial constitution committee of the Constituent Assembly—consisting of indirectly elected representatives to draft the Constitution of India, including for provinces of present Pakistan and Bangladesh (then East Bengal) – the assembly considered only Muslims and Sikhs as religious minorities – after India became republic, the same Constituent Assembly became the first Parliament of India in 1947.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
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The Vice President of the Constituent Assembly was Professor Harendra Coomar Mookherjee, former Vice-Chancellor of Calcutta University and a prominent Christian from Bengal who also served as the Chairman of the Minorities Committee of the Constituent Assembly. He was appointed Governor of West Bengal after India became a republic.
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Represented Bengal. Was vice-president of the assembly and member of the minority rights sub-committee and provincial constitution committee. Went on to become governor of Bengal.
- ^ "Forgotten fathers of the Constitution". zeenews.india.com. 26 January 2010. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
H C Mookerjee: A representative of Bengal apart from being the former Vice-Chancellor of Calcutta University and a prominent Christian
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he sole exception for a while was West Bengal's devoutly Christian rajyapal, Harendra Coomar Mookerjee, whose attire occasioned merriment in the school where no one followed his Biblical references.
- ^ "Reservations for Muslims". drthchowdary.net. Archived from the original on 7 January 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
H.C.Mookerjee, speaking on behalf of the Christian community
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