Image: The first Indian Governor General of India, C. R. Rajagopalachari, had a Gandhian air and was very popular (cropped)

Description: The first Indian Governor General of India, C. R. Rajagopalachari, had a Gandhian air and was very popular; a news photo, 1948, with *the original caption* Source: ebay, Apr. 2009 Full Caption reads: F01096329 -- WATCH YOUR CREDIT..INTERNATIONAL NEWS PHOTOS SLUG (RAJAGOPALACHARI) "C.R."---THE PRIDE OF INDIA MYSORE, INIDA [sic]....SINCE THE DEATH OF GHANDI MUCH OF INDIA'S ADULATION GOES TO THE FIRST INDIAN GOVERNOR GENERAL OF INDIA, CHAKPAVARTI RAJAGOPALACHA RAJAGOPALACHARI, WHO IS MORE GENERALLY REFERRED TO AS "C.R." OR "RAJAJI" AT MOST. DURING HIS RECENT TOUR OF SOUTH INDIA, HUGE CROWDS TURNED TURNE [sic] OUT TO GREET HIM AND MANY OF THE WOMEN TOOK GOLD NECKLACES FROM THEIR PERSON AND PUT THEM OVER THE NECK OF THEIR LOVED "C.R." SUCH A TRANSFER IS PICTURED HERE. THIS WAS A GESTURE THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN MADE TO MAHATMA GHANDI. THIS PICTURE WAS MADE IN MYSORE, THE MOST PROGRESSIVE OF INDIA'S STATES. IT WAS AT BANGALORE, CAPITAL OF MYSORE, THAT RAJAJI RECEIVED HIS COLLEGE EDUCATION.
Title: The first Indian Governor General of India, C. R. Rajagopalachari, had a Gandhian air and was very popular (cropped)
Credit: http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1900_1999/partition/rajaji/rajaji.html
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