Radhakamal mukherjee biography of mahatma gandhi
Radhakamal Mukerjee (7 December –24 August ) was an Indian social scientist who was Professor of Economics and Sociology and Vice-Chancellor of the..
The book contains some of the ideas of Professor Radhakamal Mukherjee, who was one of the few multidisciplinarians of the twentieth century.
Radhakamal Mukerjee
Indian thinker and social scientist
Radhakamal Mukerjee (7 December 1889–24 August 1968) was an Indian social scientist who was Professor of Economics and Sociology and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lucknow.
Mukerjee played an important and constructive role in the Indian independence movement. He was a 1962 recipient of the third highest Indian civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan.[1]
Early life and education
Mukerjee was the son of a barrister in Baharampur, West Bengal, a city located some 185 km north of Kolkata.
He grew up in a household with a scholarly focus and a library devoted to history, literature, the law and Sanskrit texts. After attending Krishnanagar College, he gained an academic scholarship to Presidency College, under the University of Calcutta.
He earned his PhD in 1920 from University of Calcutta.[2]
He earned his honours degrees in English and History.[3]
Academic career
He was Profe