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Biography of Vengalil Krishnan Krishna Menon
Name: Vengalil Krishnan Krishna Menon
Birth Date: May 3, 1896
Death Date: October 6, 1974
Place of Birth: Calicut, India
Nationality: Indian
Gender: Male
Occupations: politician
Vengalil Krishnan Krishna Menon
Vengalil Krishnan Krishna Menon (1896-1974) was an Indian lawyer, publicist, ambassador, foreign policy advisor, and member of India's Parliament. He was also one of the most influential men in India as the principal aide to Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in foreign policy.Krishna Menon was born on May 3, 1896, near Calicut in what is now the southern Indian state of Kerala. His father was a lawyer. After receiving a bachelor's degree at Madras Presidency College, Menon worked in the Indian Boy Scout movement for 4 years. In 1924 he left for England, where he remained for over a quarter century, ultimately serving there between 1947 and 1952 as India's high commissioner (ambassador).In England, Menon studied at the London School of Economics (LSE), where he took a bachelor of science degree with honors and a master of science degree. He was profoundly influenced at LSE by the neo-Marxist thought of Professor Harold Laski, whose interpretation of …showed first 150 words…
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…showed last 150 words…constituency. Here too he received the support of the left Communists. His publicly stated views were always consistent with those which he had maintained during the peak of his career.Menon was often described as being a man of great strength, personality, and ambition. He spent his entire life serving his country. Menon died on October 6, 1974, in New Delhi, India. Further Reading Two biographies of Menon are Emil Lengyel, Krishna Menon (1962), and T. J. S. George, Krishna Menon (1964). The best statement of Menon's ideas is in the extensive transcribed interview by Michael Brecher, India and World Politics: Krishna Menon's View of the World (1968); Brecher's brief analysis of Menon's views covers the ground incisively. Additional information regarding V.K. Krishna Menon can be found in the article "Speech by Dr. Shanker Dayal Sharma President of India at the Birth Centenary Celebration of Shri V.K. Krishna Menon in the Central Hall.
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