Dada Mukerjee, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Dada Mukerjee

Indian academic

Date of Birth: 16-Nov-1913

Date of Death: 10-Sep-1997

Profession: writer

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Dada Mukerjee

  • Sri Sudhir Mukerjee (16 November 1913 – 10 September 1997) was also known by the familiar name Dada, meaning elder brother in Hindi / Bengali (and with a variant spelling of last name as MukerJi).
  • A professor of Economics at Allahabad University, Uttar Pradesh, India, he is best known as a close devotee of Neem Karoli Baba (known to his devotees as Maharajji).
  • Starting 14 July 1958, when they moved into the "Red House" at #4 Church Lane, Neem Karoli resided with Mukerjee and his wife Kamala (or Didi, elder sister) during the winters.
  • This continued until Neem Karoli's death in 1973. After Neem Karoli's death, Mukerjee wrote two English-language books about him: By His Grace: A Devotee's Story, and The Near and the Dear: Stories of Neem Karoli Baba and His Devotees.
  • These works are, in part, autobiographical as well.
  • Mukerjee is also mentioned in passing in Ram Dass's book Miracle of Love: Stories about Neem Karoli Baba.Mukerjee and Jawaharlal Nehru were college classmates.
  • There is at least one existing picture of them together, which is published in By His Grace: A Devotee's Story.

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