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'''Harendra Coomar Mukherjee''' (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]].<ref name="gov">{{Cite web|url=http://rulers.org/indstat4.html|title=States after 1947|access-date=29 July 2008|publisher=Rulers|year=2008|author=B. Schemmel}}</ref><ref name="R1">{{cite web |url= http://www.rishabhdara.com/faq/view.php?faq=10&question=What_was_the_Constituent_Assembly_of_India? |title= What was the Constituent Assembly of India? |quote= The Vice President of the Constituent Assembly was Professor Harendra Coomar Mookerjee, 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. |publisher= rishabhdara.com |access-date= 26 May 2012 }}</ref><ref name="R3">{{cite web |url= http://www.gktoday.in/gk/constitution-of-india/ |title= Drafting of Indian Constitution – The beginning |publisher= gktoday.in |access-date= 26 May 2012 }}</ref> | '''Harendra Coomar Mukherjee''' (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]].<ref name="gov">{{Cite web|url=http://rulers.org/indstat4.html|title=States after 1947|access-date=29 July 2008|publisher=Rulers|year=2008|author=B. Schemmel}}</ref><ref name="R1">{{cite web |url= http://www.rishabhdara.com/faq/view.php?faq=10&question=What_was_the_Constituent_Assembly_of_India? |title= What was the Constituent Assembly of India? |quote= The Vice President of the Constituent Assembly was Professor Harendra Coomar Mookerjee, 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. |publisher= rishabhdara.com |access-date= 26 May 2012 }}</ref><ref name="R3">{{cite web |url= http://www.gktoday.in/gk/constitution-of-india/ |title= Drafting of Indian Constitution – The beginning |publisher= gktoday.in |access-date= 26 May 2012 }}</ref> | ||
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.<ref name="R1"/><ref name="R3"/><ref name="R2">{{cite web |url= http://www.rediff.com/india60/2007/nov/06rishi.htm |title= The Constitution-framers India forgot |date= 6 November 2007 |quote= 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. |publisher= NY Times Co. |access-date= 26 May 2012 }}</ref><ref name="zee">{{cite web |url= http://zeenews.india.com/news/exclusive/forgotten-fathers-of-the-constitution_598978.html |title= Forgotten fathers of the Constitution |date= 26 January 2010 |quote= H C Mookerjee: A representative of Bengal apart from being the former Vice-Chancellor of Calcutta University and a prominent Christian |publisher= zeenews.india.com |access-date= 26 May 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120529125047/http://zeenews.india.com/news/exclusive/forgotten-fathers-of-the-constitution_598978.html |archive-date= 29 May 2012 |url-status= dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100612/jsp/opinion/story_12554092.jsp |date=12 June 2010|title= Threats against RI atheist teen being investigated |quote= 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.|publisher= telegraphindia.com |access-date= 26 May 2012 |location=Calcutta, India |first=Sunanda K. |last=Datta-Ray}}</ref><ref name="chow">{{cite web |url=http://www.drthchowdary.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=795&Itemid=57|title= Reservations for Muslims |quote= H.C.Mookerjee, speaking on behalf of the Christian community|publisher= drthchowdary.net |access-date= 25 May 2012 }}</ref><ref name="scrib">{{cite web |url= https://www.scribd.com/doc/28430165/Constitutional-Design |title= The Constituent Assembly |date= H.C. Mookherjee(1887–1956) – Reputed author, educationalist, Congress leader. Member of All India Christian Council and Bengal Lesislative Assembly |publisher= scribd.com |access-date= 27 May 2012 }}</ref> | 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.<ref name="R1"/><ref name="R3"/><ref name="R2">{{cite web |url= http://www.rediff.com/india60/2007/nov/06rishi.htm |title= The Constitution-framers India forgot |date= 6 November 2007 |quote= 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. |publisher= NY Times Co. |access-date= 26 May 2012 }}</ref><ref name="zee">{{cite web |url= http://zeenews.india.com/news/exclusive/forgotten-fathers-of-the-constitution_598978.html |title= Forgotten fathers of the Constitution |date= 26 January 2010 |quote= H C Mookerjee: A representative of Bengal apart from being the former Vice-Chancellor of Calcutta University and a prominent Christian |publisher= zeenews.india.com |access-date= 26 May 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120529125047/http://zeenews.india.com/news/exclusive/forgotten-fathers-of-the-constitution_598978.html |archive-date= 29 May 2012 |url-status= dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100612/jsp/opinion/story_12554092.jsp |date=12 June 2010|title= Threats against RI atheist teen being investigated |quote= 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.|publisher= telegraphindia.com |access-date= 26 May 2012 |location=Calcutta, India |first=Sunanda K. |last=Datta-Ray}}</ref><ref name="chow">{{cite web |url=http://www.drthchowdary.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=795&Itemid=57|title= Reservations for Muslims |quote= H.C.Mookerjee, speaking on behalf of the Christian community|publisher= drthchowdary.net |access-date= 25 May 2012 }}</ref><ref name="scrib">{{cite web |url= https://www.scribd.com/doc/28430165/Constitutional-Design |title= The Constituent Assembly |date= H.C. Mookherjee(1887–1956) – Reputed author, educationalist, Congress leader. Member of All India Christian Council and Bengal Lesislative Assembly |publisher= scribd.com |access-date= 27 May 2012 }}</ref> | ||