Gopal Swarup Pathak

Gopal Swarup Pathak (24 February 1896 – 4 October 1982) was the fourth Vice President of India from August 1969 to August 1974. He was the first Indian Vice President not to succeed his superior as President, something all three of his predecessor did.

Gopal Swarup Pathak
4th Vice President of India
In office
31 August 1969 – 30 August 1974
PresidentVarahagiri Venkata Giri
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
Prime MinisterIndira Gandhi
Preceded byVarahagiri Venkata Giri
Succeeded byBasappa Danappa Jatti
Governor of Karnataka
In office
13 May 1967 – 31 August 1969
Chief MinisterSiddavanahalli Nijalingappa
Veerendra Patil
Preceded byVarahagiri Venkata Giri
Succeeded byDharma Vira
Personal details
Born(1896-02-26)26 February 1896
Bareilly, North-Western Provinces, British India
(now in Uttar Pradesh, India)
Died4 October 1982(1982-10-04) (aged 86)
Political partyIndependent
Alma materAllahabad University

Life

Born on 26 February 1896 at Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh, 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 three judges from India to have been on the International Court of Justice in The Hague (the other being Nagendra Singh who served as its President from 1985 to 1988).[4]

References
  1. "He is Proud Past Alumni Allahabad University" Archived 7 July 2012 at Archive.today. Allahabad university Alumni Association web page say
  2. " Internet Archive of Proud Past Alumni"
  3. "" Internet Archive of Proud Past Alumni"
  4. Nagendra Singh, Judge At the World Court, 74 New York Times, 13 December 1988.
Political offices
Preceded by
Varahagiri Venkata Giri		 Governor of Karnataka
1967–1969		 Succeeded by
Dharma Vira
Vice-President of India
1969–1974		 Succeeded by
Basappa Danappa Jatti


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