Gopal Swarup Pathak

Gopal Swarup Pathak (26 February 1896 – 4 October 1982) was the vice president of India from August 1969 to August 1974. He was the first Indian vice president not to succeed his superior as President.

Gopal Swarup Pathak
Official portrait, c. 1970
Vice President of India
In office 31 August 1969 – 30 August 1974
President	V. V. Giri Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
Prime Minister	Indira Gandhi
Preceded by	V. V. Giri
Succeeded by	B. D. Jatti
Governor of Mysore
In office 13 May 1967 – 31 August 1969
Chief Minister	S. Nijalingappa Veerendra Patil
Preceded by	V. V. Giri
Succeeded by	Dharma Vira
Personal details
Born	(1896-02-26)26 February 1896 Bareilly, North-Western Provinces, British India (now in Uttar Pradesh, India)
Died	4 October 1982(1982-10-04) (aged 86)
Political party	Independent
Alma mater	Allahabad University

Life

Born on 26 February 1896 at Bareilly in the North-Western Provinces, he studied law at Allahabad University .

Pathak being sworned as the Vice President of India, c. 1969

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 four judges from India to have been on the International Court of Justice in The Hague (the others being Nagendra Singh who served as its President from 1985 to 1988, B. N. Rau (1952–1953), and Dalveer Bhandari since 2012).^[4]