16 Facts About Hirendranath Mukherjee

Hirendranath Mukherjee was a member of the Communist Party of India having joined in 1936 when it was still illegal.

Hirendranath Mukherjee was elected to the Lok Sabha the lower house of the Indian Parliament from the Calcutta North East constituency in 1951,1957,1962,1967 and 1971.

Hirendranath Mukherjee suffered an electoral reverse when he lost to Pratap Chandra Chunder in 1977 after the CPI supported Emergency.

Hirendranath Mukherjee was awarded the second highest civilian honour Padma Vibhushan by Government of India in 1991, earlier he was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1990.

Hirendranath Mukherjee was a profound and passionate orator in English and Bengali, and his natural eloquence was marked by a surpassing erudition and encyclopaedic memory.

Hirendranath Mukherjee's speeches were marked by a full-throated delivery, an impeccable Oxonian pronunciation in English and his Calcutta idiom and intonation in Bengali.

Hirendranath Mukherjee was one of the most remarkable parliamentary speakers in India for all time.

Hirendranath Mukherjee joined the Communist Party of India in 1936.

Hirendranath Mukherjee won five consecutive elections from the Calcutta North East constituency in 1952,1957,1962,1967 and 1971.

Hirendranath Mukherjee was elected to the first elected Parliament of independent India from a Calcutta constituency which returned him five times repeatedly till 1977.

Hirendranath Mukherjee was invited to International Teach-In by Toronto University, Canada ; invited to lecture at German Academy, Berlin, 1967; invited to take part in International Symposium on Lenin at Alma Ata, Kazakhstan, USSR in 1969; invited to deliver lectures at many universities in India and overseas.

Hirendranath Mukherjee was awarded Soviet Land Nehru Prize in 1978; and was the recipient of Vidyasagar Award and Nazrul Award from the Government of West Bengal and Advaita Mallavarmana Award from the Government of Tripura, Maulana Azad Award by the Muslim Cultural Association and Muzaffar Ahmed Smriti Puraskar.

Hirendranath Mukherjee was awarded Padma Bhushan in 1990 and Padma Vibhushan in 1991 by the President of India for his lifelong services.

Hirendranath Mukherjee was a writer of numerous articles in both English and Bengali over seven decades; author of nearly 50 published books.

Hirendranath Mukherjee was an active epistoler, and replied to every correspondent, always writing in his own hand till his last days.

Hirendranath Mukherjee died in Kolkata on 30 July 2004 at the age of 96.