Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, popularly known as "Rajaji" or "C. R.", was a great patriot, astute politician, incisive thinker, and one of the greatest statesman. A close associate of Mahatma Gandhi, he was an ardent freedom fighter. In his capacity successively as Chief Minister of Madras, Governor of West Bengal, Home Minister and the first Indian Governor General of India he rendered yeoman service to the country and left an indelible impress on our contemporary life.
Rajaji's books on Marcus Aurelius, the Bhagavad Gita and the Upanishads are popular. But in Mahabharata he displays his inimitable flair for telling stories and applying their moral to the needs of modern times. The stories were originally written in Tamil and rendered into English, mainly by Rajaji himself. To have preserved the beauty and spirit of the great original in refined and simple English is an achievement of the highest order.
Rajaji passed away in 1972 at the age of 94.
*as it is written at the back cover of Rajaji's English rendered Mahabharata published by The Bhavan, 1985.
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