biography
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Radhakrishnan, Sir Sarvepalli
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pronunciation:
[rahdakrishnan]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1888–1975)
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| biography:
| Indian philosopher, statesman, and president (1962–7), born in Tiruttani, Chennai (formerly Madras), SE India. He studied at Madras, taught at Mysore and Calcutta universities, and became professor of Eastern religions and ethics at Oxford (1936–52). In 1946 he was chief Indian delegate to UNESCO, becoming its chairman in 1949. A member of the Indian Assembly in 1947, he was Indian ambassador to the Soviet Union (1949), vice-president of India (1952–62), then president. In 1975 he received the Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion. He was knighted in 1931. |
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