Third Lok Sabha
What position did Hirendranath Mukherjee take between Apr 1964 and Jun 1966?
Hirendranath Mukherjee Hirendranath Mukhopadhyay ( 23 November 1907 – 30 July 2004 ) , also known as Hiren Mukerjee , was an Indian politician , lawyer and academic . He was a member of the Communist Party of India having joined in 1936 when it was still illegal . He 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 . He suffered an electoral reverse when he lost to Pratap Chandra Chunder in 1977 after the CPI supported Emergency . He was awarded the second highest civilian honour Padma Vibhushan by Government of India in 1991 , earlier he was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1990 . He was a profound and passionate orator in English and Bengali , and his natural eloquence was marked by a surpassing erudition and encyclopaedic memory . His speeches were also marked by a full-throated delivery , an impeccable Oxonian pronunciation in English and his Calcutta idiom and intonation in Bengali . He was one of the most remarkable parliamentary speakers in India for all time . Early life and education . Born in Calcutta ( now Kolkata ) to Sachindra Nath Mukerjee , he studied at Taltala High School and received B.A . and M.A . degrees in History from Presidency College , Calcutta , then affiliated with the University of Calcutta . Thereafter he completed his higher education with B . Litt . ( Oxon ) from St Catherines College , Oxford and Barrister-at-Law ( Comm. ) from Lincolns Inn , London . Career . Hiren Mukerjee started his career as an educator , eventually serving as a senior lecturer in History and Politics , Andhra University , 1934–35 , lecturer in History and Political Philosophy , Calcutta University , 1940—44 , and remained the Head of the Department of History , Surendranath College , Calcutta from 1936 to 1962 . He joined the Communist Party of India in 1936 . Conversion to communism came somewhat earlier , while studying at Oxford and training to be a Barrister at Law in the United Kingdom . He was Member , All India Congress Committee ( A.I.C.C. ) , 1938–39 ; Member of Executive Committee , Bengal Provincial Congress Committee , 1938–39 ; Joint Secretary , Bengal Committee , Congress Socialist Party , 1938 ; President , Bengal Provincial Students Conference , 1936 ; Founder Member , All India Progressive Writers Association , 1936 ; President , All India Students Conference , Nagpur , 1940 ; Editor Indo-Soviet Journal , Calcutta , 1941–45 ; Chairman , Indian Peoples Theatre Association ( IPTA ) Conference , Bombay , 1943 ; Founder Member , Friends of Soviet Union , and Joint Secretary , 1944–52 ; Joint Editor , Calcutta Weekly Notes ( Law Journal ) , 1945–52 ; Member , Bengal Committee , Communist Party of India , 1947–49 ; President , Bengal Motion Pictures Employees Union since 1946 ; Vice-President , Bengal Provincial Trade Union Congress , 1948–49 . Suffered imprisonment without trial twice – in 1948 and 1949 . He won five consecutive elections from the Calcutta North East constituency in 1952 , 1957 , 1962 , 1967 and 1971 . He was elected to the first elected Parliament of independent India ( 1952–57 ) from a Calcutta constituency which returned him five times repeatedly till 1977 ( Member , First Lok Sabha , 1952–57 ; Second Lok Sabha 1957–62 ; Third Lok Sabha , 1962–67 ; Fourth Lok Sabha , 1967–70 and Fifth Lok Sabha , 1971–77 ) . He was the leader of CPI group , 1964 – 67 . Deputy Leader , 1952 – 64 , 1967 – 71 . Member , Public Accounts Committee , 1969–70 and 1973–74 ; Chairman , Public Accounts Committee , 1975–76 and 1976–77 ; Member , Indian Delegation to the Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference ( 1959 ) in Australia , Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference ( 1972 ) in Italy , Yaounde , Cameroon ( W . Africa ) , April 1972 , and Rome , September 1972 . He was also the honorary Adviser , Parliament Library and Bureau of Parliamentary Studies and Training , 1978–82 ; and Honorary Advisor to the Speaker of Lok Sabha , 1978–82 . He was invited to International Teach-In by Toronto University , Canada ( 1966 ) ; 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 . In spite of political preoccupation , he was known as an eminent academic . He received honorary degree of D.Litt . from Andhra University , Calcutta University , Kalyani University , North Bengal University and Rabindra Bharati University . He was awarded Soviet Land Nehru Prize in 1978 ; and was the recipient of Vidyasagar Award ( 1992 ) and Nazrul Award ( 2000 ) from the Government of West Bengal and Advaita Mallavarmana Award from the Government of Tripura ( 2002 ) , Maulana Azad Award by the Muslim Cultural Association and Muzaffar Ahmed Smriti Puraskar . He was awarded Padma Bhushan in 1990 and Padma Vibhushan in 1991 by the President of India for his lifelong services . He was a writer of numerous articles in both English and Bengali over seven decades ; author of nearly 50 published books . Hiren Mukerjee was a writer in two languages , English and Bengali , and commanded a distinctive and inimitable style in both . Despite the profundity of style and content he could introduce a charming lightheartedness and exuberance , his vocabulary ranging from the classical to the colloquial , and his references being wide , eclectic and polymathic . He was also an active epistoler , and replied to every correspondent , always writing in his own hand till his last days . Less known perhaps was his amazing command of Sanskrit , from which he quoted aptly and abundantly in his speeches and writings if the occasion demanded , his phenomenal memory coming to his aid . Some of his published books are – An Introduction to Socialism , Under Marxs Banner , Marx , Great October , India and the Future , Credo : Some Socialist Affirmations , India and Parliament , Indias Struggle for Freedom , Studies of Rabindranath Tagore , Gandhiji , Jawaharlal Nehru , Subhas Chandra Bose and Swami Vivekananda . Voluminous writings in Bengali include an impressive and significant book of reminiscences , Tari Hote Teer ( From the Boat to the Shore ) and collection of selected articles in two volumes . Notwithstanding his shining qualities and often fiery eloquence , in personal demeanour Hiren Mukerjee was a quiet and unassuming personality , even to the point of shyness . He died in Kolkata on 30 July 2004 at the age of 96 . Hailed as the Communist Rishi ( ref . Sri Gopal Gandhis obituary in The Hindu dated 1 August 2004 ) , Hirendra Nath Mukerjee left lasting impression on our national life . Appropriately , the Parliament of India instituted the Professor Hiren Mukerjee Memorial Parliamentary Lecture from 2008 ( Hiren Mukerjees birth centenary year ) . The lecture was the first of its kind in the history of Indian Parliament and indeed a tribute to one of the greatest parliamentarians India has produced . Held in the Central Hall of Parliament , the first four Memorial Lectures were delivered by Nobel-Laureate Professor Amartya Sen ( 2008 ) , Nobel Laureate economist/banker Md Yunus ( 2009 ) , eminent economist Prof . Jagdish Bhagwati ( 2010 ) and the Prime Minister of Bhutan , H . E . Lyonchen Jigmi Y . Thinley ( 2012 ) . The Lok Sabha Secretariat also produced a publication entitled Hiren Mukerjee in Parliament compiling some of his important speeches in the Lok Sabha spanning 25 years . External links . - Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website