Famous People with Name Chakravarthi

Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari: was an Indian lawyer, freedom-fighter, politician, writer, statesman and leader of the Indian National Congress who served as the last Governor-General of India. He served as the Chief Minister or Premier of the Madras Presidency, Governor of West Bengal, Minister for Home Affairs of the Indian Union and Chief Minister of Madras state. He was the founder of the Swatantra Party and the first recipient of India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna. Rajaji vehemently opposed the usage of nuclear weapons and was a proponent of world peace and disarmament. He was also nicknamed the Mango of Salem.

Chakravarthi V. Narasimhan            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Chakravarthi V. Narasimhan: was a former Under Secretary-General of the United Nations, serving twenty-two years in the UN.He was appointed to the United Nations in 1956, as Executive Secretary of the U.N. Economic Commission for Asia and Far East. In 1958, he was appointed Under Secretary for Special Political Affairs in the U.N., to work directly under the U.N. Secretary General, Dag Hammarskjöld, and with Nobel laureate Ralph Bunch.