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Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

President of India from 1962 to 1967

"Radhakrishnan" redirects here. For other people with this name, see Radhakrishnan (name).

In this Telugu name, the surname is Sarvepalli.

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

Official Portrait, 1962

In office
13 May 1962 – 13 May 1967
Prime Minister
Vice PresidentZakir Husain
Preceded byRajendra Prasad
Succeeded byZakir Husain
In office
13 May 1952 – 12 May 1962
PresidentRajendra Prasad
Prime MinisterJawaharlal Nehru
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byZakir Husain
In office
12 July 1949 – 12 May 1952
Preceded byVijaya Lakshmi Pandit
Succeeded byK. P. S. Menon
In office
1939–1948
Preceded byPandit Madan Mohan Malaviya
Succeeded byAmarnath Jha
Born(1888-09-05)5 September 1888
Thiruttani, Madras Presidency, British India
(present-day Tamil Nadu, India)[1]
Died17 April 1975(1975-04-17) (aged 86)
Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
(present-day Chennai)
Political partyIndependent

Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Biography: Early Life, Career and Achievements

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was a great Indian philosopher, a patriotic politician and a statesman who had dedicated much of his life to enriching Indian education and Indian philosophy. He was born on 5th September 1888 at Tiruttani in Tamil Nadu although his family belonged to the Telugu-speaking Brahmin community. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan’s father was a subordinate revenue clerk Sarvepalli Veeraswami while his mother’s name was Seethamma. He was born second of the three children in his family and got married to his wife Sivakamu at the age of 16 and they have 6 issues.

Education and Academic Career

Radhakrishnan studied at K. V. High School in Tiruttani and Hermannsburg Evangelical Lutheran Mission School, Studied B. A and M.A. at Madras Christian College in the year 1906. In his early academic writings, he directed some of his academic attention to defending Indian philosophy especially Vedanta against critics concerning their ethical structure.

He started teaching at Madras Presidency College in

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