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| Sir Sar⋅ve⋅pal⋅li [suhr-vuh-puhl-ee] , 1888–1975, president of India 1962–67. |
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
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.
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