Harendra Coomar Mookerjee
Harendra Coomar Mookherjee | |
|---|---|
| 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 Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British Raj |
| Died | 7 August 1956 (aged 68) Calcutta, West Bengal, India |
| Occupation | Politician, Educationalist, Activist and Member of Indian National Congress |
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.
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.