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Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
President of India from to
"Radhakrishnan" redirects here. For other people with this name, see Radhakrishnan (name).
In this Telugu name, the surname is Sarvepalli.
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| In office 13 May – 13 May | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vice President | Zakir Husain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Rajendra Prasad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Zakir Husain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 13 May – 12 May | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| President | Rajendra Prasad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Jawaharlal Nehru | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Office established | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Zakir Husain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 12 July – 12 May | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | K. P. S. Menon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Preceded by | Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Amarnath Jha | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | ()5 September Thiruttani, Madras Presidency, British India (present-day Tamil Nadu, India)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 17 April () (aged86) Madras, Tamil Nadu, India (present-day Chennai) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political par • An accomplished scholar, author, teacher, and philosopher statesman, Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (b–d) was the second President of India from to Radhakrishnan was born in Tirutani, Andhra Pradesh into a Brahmin family. He had his early education at Tirupati and Vellore. He graduated from Madras Christian College () and also finished his Masters from the same college (). He started his distinguished career in teaching bygd joining the Department of Philosophy at Madras Presidency College () and then as a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Mysore (), after two years he joined the University of Calcutta (). In , Radhakrishnan took up the prestigious George V Chair in Philosophy at Calcutta University. He was invited to Oxford to give the Upton Lectures, published in as The Hindu View of Life, and in Radhakrishnan delivered the Hibbert Lectures, later published under the title An Idealist View of Life. Radhakrishnan was knighted in , the same year he bec • - Travels of the President - Travels - Department History
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