Radhakrishnan, Sarvepalli
- Radhakrishnan, Sarvepalli
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▪ president of India
born Sept. 5, 1888, Tiruttani, India
died April 16, 1975, Madras
scholar and statesman who was president of India from 1962 to 1967. He served as professor of philosophy at Mysore (1918–21) and Calcutta (1921–31; 1937–41) universities and as vice chancellor of Andhra University (1931–36). He was professor of Eastern religions and ethics at the University of Oxford (1936–52) and vice chancellor of Benares Hindu University (1939–48),
India. From 1953 to 1962 he was chancellor of the University of Delhi.
Radhakrishnan led the Indian delegation to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (
UNESCO; 1946–52) and was elected chairman of UNESCO's executive board (1948–49). From 1949 to 1952 he served as Indian ambassador to the Soviet Union. On his return to India in 1952 he was elected vice president, and on May 11, 1962, he was elected president, succeeding Rajendra Prasad, who was the first president of independent India. He retired from politics five years later.
Radhakrishnan's written works include
Indian Philosophy, 2 vol. (1923–27),
The Philosophy of the Upanishads (1924),
An Idealist View of Life (1932),
Eastern Religions and Western Thought (1939), and
East and West: Some Reflections (1955). In his lectures and books he tried to interpret Indian thought for Westerners.
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Universalium.
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