C. Rajagopalachari

Rajagopalachari is one of those figures whose biography reads like several lives compressed into one. Lawyer, linguist, translator, composer, writer, independence activist, and the last Governor-General of India, capped by the Bharat Ratna and a Sahitya Akademi Award. What moves me most is that he wielded language and the pen rather than the sword, shaping a nation through intellect and persuasion across nearly a century of life. In an age that rewards noise, his quiet, scholarly authority feels almost radical. He is exactly the kind of mind I think deserves to be remembered and revisited.

Name (English)

C. Rajagopalachari

Name (Japanese)

チャクラヴァルティー・ラージャゴーパーラーチャーリー

Reading

ちゃくらゔぁるてぃー・らーじゃごーぱーらーちゃーりー

Born

December 10, 1878 – December 25, 1972

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Tiger

Origin

Thorapalli, Krishnagiri district, India

Occupation

lawyer / linguist / translator / composer / writer

University

Bangalore University

Awards & achievements

• 1958 Sahitya Akademi Award
• 1954 Bharat Ratna
• honorary doctor of the University of Calcutta

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C.%20Rajagopalachari
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%82%B4%E3%83%BC%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q378404

Tags

• Krishnagiri district
• lawyer
• linguist
• translator

Last updated

2026-06-17

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