Late Shri Amitabh Chatterjee

  Shri Amitabh Chatterjee, grandson of Sri Ashutosh Mookerjee and nephew of Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee passed away on 29th January 2010 at Kolkata. He was 81 years old. He was the son of Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee’s youngest sister Mrs. Ramala Devi. According to the information made available by Mr. Justice Chittatosh Mookerjee, President, Ashutosh Memorial Institute. Shri Amitabh Chatterjee had uniformly brilliant educational career. He was educated at Mitra Institution Bhowanipur, Presidency College and Shibpur Government Engineering College. He stood fourth among the first ten in the Matriculation Examination of Calcutta University. He obtained first class in the B.E. (Electrical) Examination. He served as an Engineer in the D.V.C. He obtained French Government Scholarship and underwent training in France. He left D.V.C. and joined Indian Aluminum Co. and held several senior posts in the Company. He underwent managerial training for Senior Executives in Switzerland and Canada.
  He was closely connected with many educational, cultural and Social Institutions. He had been for many years Secretary of Mitra Institution (the school where Syama Prasad Mookerjee had his initial education). He was the treasurer of Ashutosh Mookerjee Memorial Institute (located at 77, Ashutosh Mookerjee Road, ancestral home of Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee). He had helped to establish photo gallery museum of Syama Prasad Mookerjee. He was closely associated with the publication of the diary and papers of Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee. A number of R.S.S. and B.J.P. leaders and workers had interactions with him. He was in close contact with Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee Research Foundation and helped them obtain valuable material about Dr. Mookerjee.

Shri Amitabh Chatterjee (left) welcoming Shri Suresh ji Soni and  Shri Shiv Raj Singh Chauhan in the house of  Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee at Kolkata.

A condolence meeting was held at the premises of Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee Research Foundation, New Delhi where rich tributes were paid to the departed soul.

Shri Bal Apte, President of the Foundation (SPMRF) and National Vice President, BJP said that the nation has lost one of the brilliant and dedicated exponent of nationalism and an ardent devotee of the great heritage and ideological stream represented by Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee. Shri Kidar Nath Sahni, former Governor and former President, SPMRF described his meetings with Shri Amitabh Chatterjee during SPMRF seminars in Kolkata as most cordial and illuminating. Shri Tarun Vijay, Director SPMRF, said that he had the opportunity to meet   Late Shri Chatterjee many a time in his home and also in his office and every time we went there, he welcomed with warmth and friendliness offering all the help. He said that Late Shri Chatterjee would always be known as an affable scholar who had all the historical points about Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee’s illustrious life on his fingertips. He, along with Prof. Reena Bhaduri, Secy. Ashutosh Mookerjee Memorial Institute and Mr. Justice Chittatosh Mookerjee, President of the Institute had briefed about the history of the house and many lesser known facts about the life of Dr. Mookerjee to stalwarts like Shri K.S.Sudarshan the then RSS Sarsanghchalak, Shri Suresh Soni, Sah Sarkaryawah, RSS , Shri Rajnath Singh, the then BJP President and Shri Shiv Raj Singh Chauhan, Chief Minister, Madhya Pradesh, while they visited the historical house at 77 Ashutosh Mookerjee Road.  Late Amitabh Chatterjee has left behind his wife Smt. Sadhana Devi and two sons Shri Arunabh Chatterjee and Shri Abhirup Chatterjee.

Shri Amitabh Chatterjee (second from left) with (l to r) Shri Bansi Lal Soni, Shri K.S.Sudarshan (the then Sarsanghchalak, RSS), Justice Chittatosh Mookerjee and Shri Ranendranath Bandopadhyaya, Sanghchalak, Kolkata RSS.	Shri Amitabh Chatterjee (extreme right) with Shri Rajnath Singh, the then BJP President and Maj. Gen.(retd.) B.C.Khanduri, the then C.M., Uttarakhand.

 

Condolences can be sent at his residence:
28, Indra Roy Road,
Bhowani Pur, Kolkata,
700025 Tel no--033-24751636
Or to
Mr. Justice Chittatosh Mookerjee
President, Ashutosh Memorial Institute
77, Ashutosh Mookerjee Road
Kolkata