Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan


Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
2nd President of India
In office
13 May 1962 – 13 May 1967
Prime MinisterJawaharlal Nehru
Gulzarilal Nanda (Acting)
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Gulzarilal Nanda (Acting)
Indira Gandhi
Vice PresidentZakir Hussain
Preceded byRajendra Prasad
Succeeded byZakir Hussain
1st Vice-President of India
In office
13 May 1952 – 12 May 1962
PresidentRajendra Prasad
Prime MinisterJawaharlal Nehru
Succeeded byZakir Hussain
Personal details
Born(1888-09-05)5 September 1888
Thiruttani, Madras Presidency, British India
(now in Tiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu), India
Died17 April 1975(1975-04-17) (aged 86)
Madras (now Chennai, Tamil Nadu), India
Political partyIndependent
Spouse(s)Sivakamu
Children5 daughters (including Sumitra, Shakuntla & Rukmini Kasturi)
1 son (Sarvepalli Gopal)
Alma materUniversity of Madras
Profession
Awards Bharat Ratna (in 1954)

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (Sarvepalli Radhakrishnayya;[additional citation(s) needed] 5 September 1888 – 17 April 1975) was an Indian philosopher and politician.[1]

  1. "Radhakrishnan, Sarvepalli [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]". iep.utm.edu. 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2011.

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