Gopal Swarup Pathak (26 February 1896 – 4 October 1982) was the fourth

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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

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in the

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, he studied law at

Allahabad University , mottoeng = "As Many Branches So Many Trees" , established = , type = Public , chancellor = Ashish Chauhan , vice_chancellor = Sangita Srivastava , head_label ...

. He was the judge in Allahabad High Court 1945-46, member of

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1960-66, Union Minister of Law 1966-67, Governor of

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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. He died on 4 October 1982. His son

R. S. Pathak Raghunandan Swarup Pathak (25 November 1924 – 17 November 2007) was the 18th Chief Justice of India. He was the son of Gopal Swarup Pathak, a former Vice President of India. He was one of the four judges from India to have been on the In ...

was

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and one of the four judges from India to have been on the

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(the others being Nagendra Singh who served as its President from 1985 to 1988,

B. N. Rau Sir Benegal Narsing Rau (26 February 1887 – 30 November 1953) was an Indian civil servant, jurist, diplomat and statesman known for his key role in drafting the Constitution of India. He was the Constitutional Advisor to Constituent Assembly ...

(1952-1953), and Dalveer Bhandari since 2012).Nagendra Singh, Judge At the World Court, 74
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'', 13 December 1988.

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* , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Pathak, Gopal 1896 births 1982 deaths University of Allahabad alumni Governors of Karnataka Judges of the Allahabad High Court People from Bareilly Vice presidents of India Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh 20th-century Indian judges Law Ministers of India Members of the Cabinet of India