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{{Short description|Indian journalist (1824 – 1861)}}

'''Harish Chandra Mukherjee''' ( 24 July 1824 – 16 June 1861) was an Indian journalist. He was the editor of the ''[[Hindoo Patriot]]'' weekly.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Harish Chandra Mukherjee (The Indigo Movement) |url=http://indianculture.gov.in/node/2827526 |access-date=2023-12-14 |website=INDIAN CULTURE |language=en |archive-date=2023-12-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214110909/https://indianculture.gov.in/node/2827526 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Biography==
Mukherjee was born in 1824 in [[Bhowanipore]] near Calcutta. He was the younger of the two sons of his father, Ram Dhun Mukerji, by his third wife, Rukhhini Debi, and was brought up in the house of his maternal uncles. After studying in the Union School where he was admitted as a charity boy, he left school at the age of fourteen in search of employment.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-08-05 |title=IIMC Dhenkanal celebrates Odia Journalism Day |url=https://orissadiary.com/iimc-dhenkanal-celebrates-odia-journalism-day/ |access-date=2023-12-14 |website=Odisha Diary |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-12-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214111328/https://orissadiary.com/iimc-dhenkanal-celebrates-odia-journalism-day/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Ray |first=Srikanta |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QMwBAAAAMAAJ&dq=Harish+Chandra+Mukherjee&pg=PA75 |title=Bengal Celebreties |date=1906 |publisher=City Book Society |language=en |access-date=2023-12-14 |archive-date=2023-12-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214111430/https://books.google.com/books?id=QMwBAAAAMAAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA75&dq=Harish+Chandra+Mukherjee&hl=en |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Works ==
He started his career by writing bills, letters, petitions, and translating Bengali documents to English.<ref>{{cite web |title=Harish Chandra Mukherjee – A Less Known Liberal |url=https://indianliberals.in/content/harish-chandra-mukherjee-a-less-known-liberal/ |website=Indian Liberals |access-date=14 December 2023 |archive-date=14 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214110309/https://indianliberals.in/content/harish-chandra-mukherjee-a-less-known-liberal/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1848, he was selected to join in the office of the Military Auditor General. He was promoted from clerk to Assistant Military Auditor. In 1852, when he became a member of the [[British Indian Association]], he read all the Regulation Laws in order to be able to carry on discussions on that subject with other members.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-16 |title=Harish Chandra Mukherjee death anniversary: Lesser-known facts about the patriot who fought for indigo cultivators |url=http://www.news9live.com/knowledge/harish-chandra-mukherjee-death-anniversary-lesser-known-facts-about-the-patriot-who-fought-for-indigo-cultivators-176768 |access-date=2023-12-14 |website=News9live |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-12-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214110926/https://www.news9live.com/knowledge/harish-chandra-mukherjee-death-anniversary-lesser-known-facts-about-the-patriot-who-fought-for-indigo-cultivators-176768 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=India |first=The Hans |date=2019-09-17 |title=CCVA chief visits National Institute of Design |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/andhra-pradesh/ccva-chief-visits-national-institute-of-design--564737 |access-date=2023-12-14 |website=thehansindia.com |language=en |archive-date=2023-12-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214111344/https://www.thehansindia.com/andhra-pradesh/ccva-chief-visits-national-institute-of-design--564737 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Harish Chandra began his journalism by writing to the Hindu Intelligencer and to the Englishman. In 1853, three brothers, Srinath Ghose, Girish Chunder Ghose and Khetna Chunder Ghose, started a newspaper called the ''[[Hindoo Patriot]]'', which was issued under their joint editorship. They were assisted by Harish Chandra who later began editing the newspaper.<ref name="RepInd">{{cite book |last1=Pillai |first1=G. P. |title=Representative Indians |date=1897 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5GYoAAAAYAAJ |access-date=14 December 2023}}{{source-attribution}}</ref>

Harish Chandra edited the Hindoo Patriot. He supported the issue of widow remarriage and criticised the annexation policy of [[Lord Dalhousie]]. He defended the policy of [[Lord Canning]] during the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]]. During the [[Indigo revolt]] of 1859, he stood by the side of the [[Ryot|ryots]], and exposed the oppression and high-handedness of the planters. His strong advocacy of the cause led to the appointment of the Indigo Commission to enquire into the grievances of the people. He was an important witness examined before the Commission, and he gave evidence in support of his position. In
1860, the Indigo planters instituted civil and criminal suits against him and immediately after his sudden death at the age of thirty-six, they succeeded in obtaining a decree.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mahotsav |first=Amrit |title=The Hindu Patriot |url=https://amritmahotsav.nic.in/district-reopsitory-detail.htm?11190 |access-date=2023-12-14 |website=Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Ministry of Culture, Government of India |language=English |archive-date=2023-12-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214114011/https://amritmahotsav.nic.in/district-reopsitory-detail.htm?11190 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Chattopadhyaya |first=Kanai Lal |date=1973 |title=The Struggle of Indigo-Peasants in Bengal and the Role of Harish Chandra Mukerjee |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44138711 |journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |volume=34 |pages=169–174 |jstor=44138711 |issn=2249-1937 |access-date=2023-12-14 |archive-date=2023-12-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214111251/https://www.jstor.org/stable/44138711 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:1824 births]]
[[Category:1861 deaths]]
[[Category:Journalists from British India]]
[[Category:Journalists from West Bengal]]

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