Gopal Swarup Pathak

Gopal Swarup Pathak
गोपाल स्वरूप पाठक
Vice President of India
In office 31 August 1969 – 30 August 1974
President	Varahagiri Venkata Giri
Prime Minister	Indira Gandhi
Preceded by	Varahagiri Venkata Giri
Succeeded by	Basappa Danappa Jatti
Governor of Karnataka
In office 13 May 1967 – 31 August 1969
Chief Minister	Siddavanahalli Nijalingappa Veerendra Patil
Preceded by	Varahagiri Venkata Giri
Succeeded by	Dharma Vira
Personal details
Born	26 February 1896 Bareilly, United Provinces, British India (now in Uttar Pradesh, India)
Died	4 October 1982 (aged 86)
Political party	Independent
Alma mater	Allahabad University

Gopal Swarup Pathak (24 February 1896 – 4 October 1982) was the fourth Vice President of India from August 1969 to August 1974.

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 two 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". 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.

External links

• Archived 11 February 2002 at the Wayback Machine.