- Sarvepalli Gopal
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name = Sarvepalli Gopal,
సర్వేపల్లి గోపాల్
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deathdate = death date and age|2002|4|20|1923|4|23|df=y
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occupation = Historian
nationality = India
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subject = Indian history
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influenced =Sarvepalli Gopal (
Telugu : సర్వేపల్లి గోపాల్) (23 April 1923 –20 April 2002 ) was a well knownIndia n historian.Background
He was the son of Dr. S.Radhakrishnan, India's second President.
Education and Career
He completed his graduation at
Presidency College, Madras , andD.Phil. in Indian history atOxford University . He was aDirector in the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, and worked closely withPrime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru . Subsequently, he was a Reader in Indian History atSt. Antony's College, Oxford . When the newJawaharlal Nehru University was founded by thenPrime Minister ,Mrs. Indira Gandhi , he was appointed as a Professor of History at the Centre for Historical Studies, which he helped in setting up. He was alsoChairman of theNational Book Trust ,New Delhi in the 1970s.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.
In 1999 he was awarded the
Padma Vibhushan for his contributions to Indian history.Publications
Some of his works include a three-volume biography of
Jawaharlal Nehru , biography of his father,Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan , and "British Policy in India (1858 – 1905)", which was based on his Oxford D.Phil. thesis.References
*cite news|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mag/2003/04/27/stories/2003042700220300.htm|title=Remembering Sarvepalli Gopal|author=Ramachandra Guha|publisher=
The Hindu |date=April 27 2003 |accessdate=2006-11-03
*cite journal|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1909/19091220.htm|title=A great historian: Sarvepalli Gopal, 1923-2002|author=K. N. Panikkar |journal=Frontline|volume=19|issue=9|date=April 27 –May 12 2002 |accessdate=2006-11-03
*cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/awar1999.htm|title=Ministry of Home Affairs—Civilian Awards announced on January 26, 1999|accessdate=2006-11-03
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