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Vengalil Krishnan Krishna Menon (3 May 1896 – 6 October 1974) was an Indian academic, independence activist, politician, lawyer, and statesman. [1][2] During his time, Menon contributed to the Indian independence movement and India's foreign relations.
Vappala Pangunni Menon CSI CIE (30 September 1893 – 31 December 1965) was an Indian civil servant who served as Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of the States, under Sardar Patel.
VP Menon's 37-year-long career as a bureaucrat spanned India's struggle for freedom. India was on the cusp of freedom from British rule in 1947 and Vappala Pangunni Menon was completely...
V.K. Krishna Menon was an Indian nationalist and champion of India’s anticolonialism and neutralism. After studying at the London School of Economics, Menon was called to the bar at the Middle Temple. He became an ardent socialist and served as a Labour member of the St. Pancras Borough Council.
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Feb 29, 2020 · He not only knew Menon as his boss during his tenure in India, but also subsequently recorded an extensive series of interviews with Menon about the period in which he played a vital role.
Nov 29, 2019 · Vengalil Krishnan Krishna Menon is best remembered today as the Defence Minister who lost the 1962 India-China war. But in the course of his long and varied career as a lawyer, an expat freedom-fighter, an ambassador and a minister; Menon's complex reputation frequently preceded him even as it dogged him.
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Dec 10, 2019 · To introduce one of India’s “most compelling, consequential and controversial political personalities”, Jairam Ramesh collects all the names attributed to V.K. Krishna Menon through the years:...
