also resigned his judgeship on the Calcutta High Court and resumed his private practice of law. While arguing a case in Patna the following year, Mukherjee died suddenly on 25 May 1924, a month before his sixtieth birthday. His body was returned to Kolkata and cremated at a funeral service which drew crowds of mourners. Recognition and legacy Mukherjee was a polyglot learned in Pali, French and Russian. Apart from his fellowships and memberships in several international academic bodies, he was recognised by an award of the title of Saraswati in 1910 from pandits in Nabadwip, followed by that of Shastravachaspati in 1912 from the Dhaka Saraswat Samaj, Sambudhagama Chakravarty in 1914 and Bharat Martanda in 1920. Mukherjee was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Star of India (CSI) in June 1909, and knighted in December 1911. In his lifetime, he was appointed to numerous academic societies: Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society (FRAS, 1885) Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE, 1886; Member: 1885) Member of the Bedford Association for the Improvement of Geometrical Teaching (1886) Fellow of the Physical Society of London (FPSL, 1887) Fellow of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society (1888) Membre de la Société mathématique de France (1888) Member of the Circolo Matematico di Palermo (1890) Membre de la Société française de physique (1890) Member of the Royal Irish Academy (MRIA, 1893) Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (AMS, 1900) The Government of India issued a stamp in 1964 to commemorate Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee for his contribution to education. The epitaph beneath his marble bust at the Ashutosh Museum of Arts at the University of Calcutta reads: References 1864 births 1924 deaths Bengali Hindus Bengali scientists 20th-century Bengalis 19th-century Bengalis Presidency University, Kolkata alumni University of Calcutta alumni Bengali mathematicians Brahmos Scholars from Kolkata Fellows of learned societies of India Indian mathematicians 19th-century Indian mathematicians Indian educational theorists 20th-century Indian mathematicians 20th-century Indian educational theorists Knights Bachelor Companions of the Order of the Star of India Indian Knights Bachelor Vice Chancellors of the University of Calcutta Founders of Indian schools and colleges Indian lawyers 19th-century Indian lawyers 20th-century Indian lawyers Indian barristers Presidents of The Asiatic Society Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Members of the Royal Irish Academy Academic staff of the University of Calcutta Educationists from India Indian academics West Bengal academics Indian scientists Indian scholars 19th-century Indian scholars 20th-century Indian