Gopal Swarup Pathak (26 February 1896 – 4 October 1982) was the vice president of India from August 1969 to August 1974. He was the first Indian vice president not to succeed his superior as President.
Life
Born on 26 February 1896 at Bareilly in the North-Western Provinces, he studied law at Allahabad University .
He was the judge in Allahabad High Court 1945-46, member of Rajya Sabha 1960-66, Union Minister of Law 1966-67, Governor of Mysore state 1967–69 and Chancellor of Mysore University, Bangalore University and Karnataka University. Honored with "Proud Past Alumni" in the list of 42 members, from "Allahabad University Alumni Association", NCR, Ghaziabad (Greater Noida) Chapter 2007–2008 registered under society act 1860 with registration no. 407/2000.[1][2][3]
He died on 4 October 1982. His son R. S. Pathak was Chief Justice of India and one of the four judges from India to have been on the International Court of Justice in The Hague (the others being Nagendra Singh who served as its President from 1985 to 1988, B. N. Rau (1952–1953), and Dalveer Bhandari since 2012).[4]
References
- ^ "He is Proud Past Alumni Allahabad University" Archived 7 July 2012 at archive.today. Allahabad university Alumni Association web page say
- ^ " Internet Archive of Proud Past Alumni"
- ^ "" Internet Archive of Proud Past Alumni"
- ^ Nagendra Singh, Judge At the World Court, 74 New York Times, 13 December 1988.
External links
- Archived 11 February 2002 at the Wayback Machine
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