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 |
| Died | 7 August 1956 (aged 68) |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Alma mater | University of Calcutta |
| Occupation | Politician, Educationalist, Activist |
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 sub-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.