Career in Law
Mukherjee dabbled in politics while practicing law, but gave it up when he was appointed as a judge of the Bengal High Court in 1904. He approached different people to raise funds for the establishment of the Calcutta University College of Science, which became the foremost institute of scientific education and research in the country. In 1906 he was appointed Vice Chancellor of Calcutta University. He died in 1924 near Patna high court, after being defeated by the Shia Bihari Barrister Syed Hasan Imam, one time president of the Congress party and descendent of the private tutor of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.
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