Satyabrata Mookherjee ( bn, সত্যব্রত মুখার্জী; 8 May 1932 – 3 March 2023) was an Indian Union

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and the president of BJP's West Bengal state unit from 2008 before being replaced by Rahul Sinha in October 2009. He was minister of state for Chemicals and Fertilizers (September 2000 – June 2002) and later for Commerce and Industry (July 2002 – October 2003) in

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ministry.

Career

Mookherjee was born on 8 May 1932 in

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(now Bangladesh), he was educated at

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. He did his

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from

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and also pursued further studies at the

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in London. Mookherjee being a

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, was an

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before being elected, in 1999, to the

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from

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as a candidate of

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Personal life and death

Mookherjee was the nephew of

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, Speaker of West Bengal. Mookherjee died on 3 March 2023, at age 90 in

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References

1932 births 2023 deaths Indian barristers 20th-century Indian lawyers People from Sylhet District Politicians from Sylhet Division University of Calcutta alumni India MPs 1999–2004 Lok Sabha members from West Bengal National Democratic Alliance candidates in the 2014 Indian general election Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from West Bengal People from Nadia district Members of Lincoln's Inn Senior Advocates in India {{WestBengal-BJP-politician-stub