Ruler · 1878 – 1972

C. Rajagopalachari

Lived 1878 – 1972; composer, politician, writer. Governor-General of India of Dominion of India, 1948 – 1950.

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Lived: 1878 – 1972; 94 years
In office: 2 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Dominion of India
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

Governor-General of India

Dominion of India · the 6th of 6 dated reigns · 1904 – 1950

2 before

Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell1943 – 1947

Lord Mountbatten1947 – 1948

George VI1947 – 1950

C. Rajagopalachari1948 – 1950

left alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1948 – 1950 · 2 years · came to it aged 70

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1950; they died in 1972

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