Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

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President of India academic human philosopher politician statesman writer

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was an Indian philosopher, statesman, and the second President of India, renowned for his work in comparative religion and philosophy.

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S. Radhakrishnan 2
Radhakrishnan 1
Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University 1

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instanceOf President of India ⓘ
academic ⓘ
human ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
politician ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
writer ⓘ
almaMater Madras Christian College ⓘ
awardReceived Bharat Ratna ⓘ
Order of Merit ⓘ
Templeton Prize ⓘ
child Sarvepalli Gopal ⓘ
commemoratedBy Teachers' Day in India ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship India ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1888-09-05 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1975-04-17 ⓘ
educatedAt Madras Christian College ⓘ
ethnicGroup Telugu ⓘ
surface form: Telugu people
familyName Sarvepalli ⓘ
fieldOfWork Vedanta ⓘ
surface form: Hindu philosophy

Indian philosophy ⓘ
Vedanta ⓘ
comparative religion ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
genre philosophy ⓘ
religion ⓘ
givenName Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Radhakrishnan
hasBirthday Teachers' Day in India is celebrated on his birth anniversary ⓘ
knownFor being the second President of India ⓘ
comparative study of Eastern and Western philosophy ⓘ
interpretation of Hinduism for the Western world ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
Telugu ⓘ
memberOf Rajya Sabha ⓘ
movement Advaita Vedanta ⓘ
name Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan self-link ⓘ
notableWork An Idealist View of Life ⓘ
Eastern Religions and Western Thought ⓘ
Indian philosophy ⓘ
surface form: Indian Philosophy

Recovery of Faith ⓘ
Religion and Society ⓘ
The Hindu View of Life ⓘ
Upanishads ⓘ
surface form: The Principal Upanishads
occupation author ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
politician ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
officeEnd President of India: 1967 ⓘ
Vice President of India: 1962 ⓘ
officeStart President of India: 1962 ⓘ
Vice President of India: 1952 ⓘ
placeOfBirth British India ⓘ
Madras Presidency ⓘ
Tiruttani ⓘ
placeOfDeath India ⓘ
Chennai ⓘ
surface form: Madras

Tamil Nadu ⓘ
positionHeld Ambassador of India to the Soviet Union ⓘ
Chairman of the University Grants Commission of India ⓘ
President of India ⓘ
Spalding Professor of Eastern Religions and Ethics at the University of Oxford ⓘ
Chairman of the Rajya Sabha ⓘ
surface form: Vice President of India

Vice-Chancellor ⓘ
surface form: Vice-Chancellor of Andhra University

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University
precededBy Office of the Vice President of India: none (first holder) ⓘ
Rajendra Prasad ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
spouse Sivakamu Radhakrishnan ⓘ
succeededBy Vice President of India: Zakir Husain ⓘ
Zakir Husain ⓘ
workLocation Calcutta ⓘ
Delhi ⓘ
Chennai ⓘ
surface form: Madras

Oxford ⓘ

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Chairman of the Rajya Sabha → firstHolder → Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan ⓘ
Bharat Ratna → firstRecipient → Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan ⓘ
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan → givenName → Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Radhakrishnan
University of Madras → hasNotableAlumni → Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan ⓘ
this entity surface form: S. Radhakrishnan
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan → name → Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan self-link ⓘ
Presidency College, Madras → notableAlumnus → Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan ⓘ
this entity surface form: S. Radhakrishnan
Ramdas Gandhi → notableRelative → Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan ⓘ
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan → positionHeld → Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University
Rajendra Prasad → succeededBy → Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan ⓘ