C. Rajagopalachari, India's liberation warrior and the country's first Governor General, died in 1972 at the age of 94.
Chakravarti Rajagopalachari was a distinguished Indian politician, freedom fighter, statesman, and lawyer. He was India's last Governor-General and the first Indian to hold the position. He created the Swatantra Party and was one of the first winners of the Bharat Ratna, the nation's highest civilian honour. A keen watcher of international affairs. Rajagopalachari was hospitalised to the Government Hospital in Madras on December 17, 1972, with dehydration, uraemia, and a urinary infection. He died on December 25, 1972, at the age of 94.
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