Nehru was opposed in this by the right-wing Congressmen Sardar Patel, Dr. Rajendra Prasad and Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari.

On the outbreak of World War II Patel supported Nehru's decision to withdraw the Congress from central and provincial legislatures, contrary to Gandhi's advice, as well as an initiative by senior leader Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari to offer Congress's full support to Britain if it promised Indian independence at the end of the war and install a democratic government right away.

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pt: Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari

* Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari, Governor General of Independent India ( 1948 – 1950 ), Bharat Ratna ( 1954 )

The Sovereigns took this opportunity to strengthen the monarchy, they paid official visits to Marshal Josip Broz Tito in Belgrade, Presidents Luigi Einaudi of Italy in Rome, Theodor Heuss of West Germany, and Bechara El Khoury of Lebanon, Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia, Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari of India, King George VI of the United Kingdom, and the United States as guest of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

It was coined by Indian statesman Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari, who firmly opposed it for its potential for political corruption and economic stagnation and founded the Swatantra Party to oppose these practices.

* Bali Chakravarthi, who was granted the boon by Vishnu that he can have his desire fulfilled of being the next Indra, before merging with Vishnu.

He was popularly known as " Viswa Nata Chakravarthi.

Ranna later became a poet in the court of Chakravarthi Tailapa II and also continued during the rule of his successor Satyasraya in the Western Chalukya court.

Some of his prominent films are Tenali Rama Krishna, Kalidasu, Devadasu, Mayabazar, Missamma, Dr. Chakravarthi, Ardhangi, Muga Manasulu, Dasara Bullodu, Prem Nagar and Premabhishekam.

The episodes were later collected and published as Chakravarthi Thirumagan, a book which won Rajaji the 1958 Sahitya Academy award in Tamil language.

In doubles, she partnered with fellow Indian Rushmi Chakravarthi, losing in the semifinals to Australians Anastasia Rodionova and Sally Peers.

Mirza and Chakravarthi beat fellow Indians Poojashree Venkatesha and Nirupama Sanjeev to win the bronze medal.

The Chola king having heard of this talented bard, summoned him to his court and honoured him with the title Kavi Chakravarthi or The Emperor of Poets.

There is a shrine of Gajendra Varadar There is a shrine for Rama ( an avatar of Vishnu ), known here as Chakravarthi Thirumagan. He is seen here with his consort Sita Piratti, brother Lakshmana and devotee Hanuman.

Mountbatten was soon replaced by C. Rajagopalachari, the only ethnic Indian to hold the office of Governor-General.

Rajagopalachari was the last Governor-General of India.

Rajagopalachari, Governor-General of India, at his desk in Delhi, 1948

C. Rajagopalachari became the only Indian Governor-General.

Explaining his choice, Gandhi said, “ Next to air and water, salt is perhaps the greatest necessity of life .” In contrast to the other leaders, the prominent Congress statesman and future Governor-General of India, C. Rajagopalachari, understood Gandhi's viewpoint.

While Gandhi marched along India's west coast, his close associate C. Rajagopalachari, who would later become independent India's first Governor-General, did a salt march in parallel on the east coast.

On August 8, 1949 the first and last Governor-General of India, C. Rajagopalachari, laid the foundation stone.

* Died: Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, 94, Indian freedom-fighter ; last Governor-General of India ( 1948 – 50 )

The first governor general of independent India, Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, said " Vivekananda saved Hinduism, saved India.

While Nehru, Rajagopalachari and Maulana Azad initially criticised Gandhi's proposal for an all-out campaign of civil disobedience to force the British to Quit India, Patel was its most fervent supporter.

George VI continued to hold the title King of India for two years during the short Governor-Generalships of Lord Mountbatten and of C. Rajagopalachari, until India became a republic on 26 January 1950.

Rajagopalachari is a popular name in use amongst the Iyengar community of South India

Shah Mahmud is entertained by the government of India and a tribute to Indo-Afghan relations is paid by Chhakravarthi Rajagopalachari, Indian home minister.

The area was converted into a township in 1949, and named Ulhasnagar by the then Governor-general of India, C. Rajagopalachari ( literally ' city of joy '; ulhas = joy ; nagar = city ).

In 1946, during Jamia ’ s silver jubilee celebration, one could see the crisis that India had to face in the following year: Mr. Mohammad Ali Jinnah, and Liaquat Ali Khan were on one side of Dr. Zakir Husain, the vice chancellor, on the dias ; Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Asaf Ali and Sir Rajagopalachari were on the other side.

The Swatantra Party ( swatantra meaning ' free ' or ' independent ' in Sanskrit ) was a classical liberal political party in India founded by Chakravarti Rajagopalachari and N. G. Ranga in August 1959.

Gandhi's maternal grandfather was C. Rajagopalachari, free India's first Head of State, the first Indian Governor General of independent India and one of the foremost fighters for Indian independence.

In 2002 he received the Sahitya Akademi ( India ’ s National Academy of Letters ) Award for his Rajaji: A Life, a biography of Chakravarti Rajagopalachari ( 1878-1972 ), his maternal grandfather and a leading figure in India ’ s freedom movement, who became the first Indian Governor General, 1948-50.

Condolences were also offered by C. Rajagopalachari, Zakir Hussain, the then President of India, The Hindu, The Times of India, Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi and K. Kamaraj.

Commandur Rajagopalachari Rangachari ( 14 April 1916, Mammandur, British India – 9 October 1993, Madras ) was a fast bowler who represented India in Test cricket.

His cremation in Sonapur in Bombay, was attended by a one million strong crowd including Prime Minister Nehru, Rajagopalachari, President Prasad.

Chakravarti Rajagopalachari ( Cakravartī Rācakōpālācārī ) ( 10 December 1878 – 25 December 1972 ), informally called Rajaji or C. R., was an Indian lawyer, independence activist, politician, writer and statesman.

It was during his first, a one-year term handed out in 1922 for seditious libel, that Krishnamurthy first met veteran Congress leader C. Rajagopalachari, and T. Sadasivam.

This wing was so large that the first Indian governor-general, Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, opted to live the smaller guest wing, a tradition that has since been followed by subsequent presidents.

While Governor, he took the highly criticized decision to invite politician C. Rajagopalachari to form a Congress government in the state despite the fact that the Indian National Congress did not have a majority and Rajagopalachari was not an elected member of the assembly as he had not participated in the elections.

His maternal grandfather was C. Rajagopalachari ( Rajaji ).

According to the summary by C. Rajagopalachari, she resorted to penance and received a garland of blue lotuses from Lord Subramanya and it was foretold that anyone wearing the garland would become the cause of Bhishma's death.

According to summary by C. Rajagopalachari, she resorted to penance and received a garland of blue lotuses from Lord Subramanya and it was foretold that anyone wearing the garland would become Bhishma's enemy.

At the time, Congress's leader Jawaharlal Nehru was a democratic socialist whose sentiments were widely admired by the rank and file of the CSP, but they objected to his apparent unwillingness to act decisively in favour of democratic socialism or to renounce his dependence upon the conservative Hindu wing of the party represented by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel or C. Rajagopalachari.

The other two alternative political solutions suggested by Andhra leaders i. e., making Chennai as joint capital of Andhra and Madras States or bifurcating the City allowing the areas north of the river Cooum going to Andhra and areas south of the said river going to Madras states did not find favour with Tamils or central leaders. Sri C. Rajagopalachari, the then chief minister of Madras province who was a very powerful and influential politician did not support Chennai being transferred to Andhra State.

He believed in a strong opposition, so along with Chakravarti Rajagopalachari he founded the Swatantra Party, which was right-wing in its politics, pro-business, pro-free market economy and private property rights.