Radhakrishnan

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, elected President of India in 1962, stands alongside Nehru and Gandhi as one of the most eminent Indians of his time. This biography, written by his son, relies on the statesman's private papers to record his achievements as politician, professor, writer and orator.

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Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan stands alongside Nehru and Gandhi as one of the most eminent Indians of his time. He served as India's ambassador to Russia and advised, among others, Stalin, Mao, Nehru, and Indira Gandhi, and in May 1962 he became President of India. The details of his remarkable life are provided in this authoritative biography by his who has relied extensively on the Radhakrishnan papers, still privately possessed by his family, as well as on official archives within the country and abroad.