Sarvepalli Gopal
Sarvepalli Gopal,
సర్వేపల్లి గోపాల్ |
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| Born |
23 April 1923(1923-04-23)
Madras, India |
| Died |
20 April 2002(2002-04-20) (aged 78)
Chennai [formerly Madras], India |
| Occupation |
Historian |
| Nationality |
India |
| Subjects |
Indian history |
Sarvepalli Gopal (Telugu: సర్వేపల్లి గోపాల్) (23 April 1923 – 20 April 2002) was a well known Indian historian.[1]
Background and education
He was born in a Niyogi Telugu Brahmin family. He was the son of Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, India's first Vice-President [1952-1962] and second President [1962-1967].
He completed his graduation at Presidency College, Madras, and D.Phil. in Indian history at Oxford University.
Career
Academic
He was a Director in the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, and worked closely with Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Subsequently, he was a Reader in Indian History at St. Antony's College, Oxford. When the new Jawaharlal Nehru University was founded by then Prime Minister, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, he was appointed as a Professor of History at the Centre for Historical Studies, which he helped in setting up.[2]
Administrative
He was also Chairman of the National Book Trust, New Delhi in the 1970s.
Ideology
He remained at the forefront of the anti-communal struggle through the 1960s and 1970s and then again after the rise of the BJP to power in the 1990s.
Personal
Sarvepalli Gopal was married to Kaveri/Indira Ramaswami in 1949.
Awards
In 1999 he was awarded the Padma Vibhushan for his contributions to Indian history.[3]
Publications
Books
- History of Humanity: Scientific and Cultural Development, Vol. 7: The Twentieth Century, (Paris: UNESCO, Routledge, 2008) (co-author Tichvinskii, Sergei Leonidovich)
- Jawaharlal Nehru: A Biography, (Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2004)
- The Essential Writings of Jawaharlal Nehru, (New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2003) (co-author Uma Iyengar)
- Anatomy of Confrontation: The Babri Masjid Ramjanmabhumi Issue, (New Delhi: Viking, 1991)
- Radhakrishnan: A Biography, (Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1992)
- Economy, Society and Development:Essays and Reflections in Honour of Malcolm Adesheshiah, (New Delhi: Sage, 1991) (co-authors Kurien, C.T., E.R. Prabhakar)
- Jawaharlal Nehru: An Anthology, (Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1983)
- Selected Works of Jawaharlal Nehru, (New Delhi: Orient Longman, 1972–82) (co-authors Chalapatti Rau, M., Sharada Prasad, H.Y., Nanda, B.R.)
- British Policy in India, 1858-1905, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1965)
- Modern India, (London: Historical Association, 1967)
- The Viceroyalty of Lord Irwin, 1926-1931, (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1957)
- The Viceroyalty of Lord Ripon, 1880-1884, (London: Oxford University Press, 1957)
- The Permanent Settlement in Bengal and its Result, (London, G.Allen and Unwin, 1949)
References
| Persondata |
| Name |
Gopal, Sarvapalli |
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| Date of birth |
23 April 1923 |
| Place of birth |
Madras, India |
| Date of death |
20 April 2002 |
| Place of death |
Chennai [formerly Madras], India |