Official Website - http://www.sarvepalli.com -Autobiography of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan


Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (Telugu:సర్వేపల్లి రాధాకృష్ణ,Tamil:சர்வேபள்ளி ராதாகிருஷ்ணன்), (September 5, 1888April 17, 1975), was a philosopher and statesman.



Life and career

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (Sarvepalli is his family name, and Radhakrishnan his given name) was born into a middle-class family at Tiruttani, a town in Tamil Nadu, South India, 64 km to the northwest of Madras (now known as Chennai). His mother tongue was Telugu. His early years were spent in Tiruttani, Tiruvallur and Tirupati. His primary education was in Gowdie School, Tiruvallur, and higher school education in P.M.High School, Gajulamandyam, Renigunta. He married Sivakamuamma in 1904 at age 16 in Vellore. They had five daughters and a son, Sarvepalli Gopal.[1] He graduated with a master's degree in Arts from the University of Madras.

Radhakrishnan was elected the first Vice President of India in 1952.


He was awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1954,



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