Sarvepalli Gopal

Sarvepalli Gopal (23 April 1923 – 20 April 2002) was a well-known Indian historian. He was the son of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, the first Vice-President and the second President of India. He was the author of the Radhakrishnan: A Biography and Jawaharlal Nehru: A Biography.

Early life and education Sarvepalli Gopal was born in Madras, India, on 23 April 1923 into a middle-class family. He was the only son of S. Radhakrishnan, the first vice-president and second president of independent India, and Sivakamu. He had five sisters. In the 1970s, he was a Chairman of the National Book Trust, New Delhi.

Death Gopal died due to kidney failure in Chennai on 20 April 2002, three days before his 79th birthday.

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, 1953) The Permanent Settlement in Bengal and its Result, (London, G.Allen and Unwin, 1949)