About Phani Bhusan Chakravartti
Lived 1898 – 1981 (aged 82–83). Phani Bhusan Chakravartti was an Indian judge.
Phani Bhushan Chakravartti (1898 – 8 May 1981) was the first Indian Bengali permanent Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court and was an acting governor of West Bengal.
Career Chakravartti was born in British India in Dhaka. Before joining the Calcutta High Court, he worked as a professor of English at Jagannath College and Ripon College, Calcutta (1920–1926). In 1945 he was named as a judge of the Calcutta High Court. Chakravartti succeeded Sir Arthur Trevor Harries as the Chief Justice of the court in 1952. After the sudden demise of Dr. Harendra Coomar Mookerjee in August 1956, he also took charge as acting Governor of West Bengal for three months. Chakravartti retired as a judge in 1958.
Writings Chakravartti wrote a book named Morning Blossoms.
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Indian judge
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Phani Bhusan Chakravartti was born in 1898 in Dhaka.
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Phani Bhusan Chakravartti died on 8 May 1981.
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