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	'''Sripati Chandrasekhar''' (22 November 1918, Rajahmundry - 14 June 2001 San Diego, ~~Calif.~~) was a well-known Indian demographer, economist, sociologist, and scholar who as published extensively on [[demographics]], especially related to India.<ref>{{cite ~~web~~\|title=The Papers of Dr. Sripati Chandrasekhar\|url=http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/prv/summary/v043/43.1brownlee.html}}</ref>		'''Sripati Chandrasekhar''' (22 November 1918, Rajahmundry - 14 June 2001 San Diego, California) was a well-known Indian demographer, economist, sociologist, and scholar who has published extensively on [[demographics]], especially related to India.<ref>{{cite journal\|title=The Papers of Dr. Sripati Chandrasekhar\|year=2004\|doi=10.1353/prv.2004.0005\|url=http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/prv/summary/v043/43.1brownlee.html\|last1=Brownlee\|first1=Kimberly\|last2=Johnson\|first2=Daniel M. (Daniel Milo)\|journal=Population Review\|volume=43\|s2cid=153848394}}</ref>

	Chandrasekhar attended Vorhees High School in Vellore, India~~, and~~ [[Madras Presidency College]], from where he graduated with a B.A. and M.A. in economics. In 1944 he earned a Ph.D. in Sociology from [[New York University]].		Chandrasekhar attended Vorhees High School in Vellore India which was a Protestant Christian school.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://voorheesschool.org/school-history/\|title=SCHOOL HISTORY – Voorhees School \| Vellore}}</ref> Later he attended [[Madras Presidency College]], from where he graduated with a B.A. and M.A. in economics. In 1944 he earned a Ph.D. in Sociology from [[New York University]].

	In April 1964, Chandrasekhar was elected to the upper house of the Indian parliament. He was appointed Minister of Health and [[Family Planning]] by [[Prime Minister]] [[Indira Gandhi]] in 1967.		Sripati married Ann Downes, an American [[Quaker]] from New Jersey in a wedding officiated by protestant unitarian John Haynes Holmes in 1947.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.utoledo.edu/library/canaday/HTML_findingaids/MSS-189.html\|title=Sripati Chandrasekhar Papers, MSS-189}}</ref><ref>Wedding Photographs, 1947 (Box 34, Folder 53). Sripati Chandrasekhar Papers, 1879-2001, MSS-189. Ward M. Canaday Center for Special Collections. The University of Toledo Libraries.</ref> In April 1964, Chandrasekhar was elected to the upper house of the Indian parliament. He was appointed Minister of Health and [[Family Planning]] by [[Prime Minister]] [[Indira Gandhi]] in 1967.

	Chandresekhar was deeply concerned by the growing Indian population and advocated a variety of [[population control]] measures such as [[Sterilisation (medicine)\|sterilization]], [[abortion]], and [[abstinance\|abstinence]]. He faced criticism from traditional sectors of society, for example when he advocated that Indians begin eating [[beef]], in contravention of [[Hindu]] tradition.<ref>{{Cite news\|title=Foe of Overpopulation: Sripati Chandrasekhar\|date=31 March 1967\|newspaper=New York Times\|page=15}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/23/world/sripati-chandrasekhar-indian-demographer-dies-at-83.html?pagewanted=2&src=pm \|title=Sripati Chandrasekhar, Indian Demographer, Dies at 83 \|author=Douglas Martin \|newspaper=New York Times \|date=23 June 2001 }}</ref>		Chandresekhar was deeply concerned by the growing Indian population and advocated a variety of [[population control]] measures such as [[Sterilisation (medicine)\|sterilization]], [[abortion]], and [[abstinance\|abstinence]]. He faced criticism from traditional sectors of society, for example when he advocated that Indians begin eating [[beef]], in contravention of [[Hindu]] tradition.<ref>{{Cite news\|title=Foe of Overpopulation: Sripati Chandrasekhar\|date=31 March 1967\|newspaper=New York Times\|page=15}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/23/world/sripati-chandrasekhar-indian-demographer-dies-at-83.html?pagewanted=2&src=pm \|title=Sripati Chandrasekhar, Indian Demographer, Dies at 83 \|author=Douglas Martin \|newspaper=New York Times \|date=23 June 2001 }}</ref> He also traveled through communist China studying its population and social and economic trends.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.utoledo.edu/library/canaday/HTML_findingaids/MSS-189.html\|title=Sripati Chandrasekhar Papers, MSS-189}}</ref>

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'''Sripati Chandrasekhar''' (22 November 1918, Rajahmundry - 14 June 2001 San Diego, Calif.) was a well-known Indian demographer, economist, sociologist, and scholar who as published extensively on [[demographics]], especially related to India.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Papers of Dr. Sripati Chandrasekhar|url=http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/prv/summary/v043/43.1brownlee.html}}</ref>

Chandrasekhar attended Vorhees High School in Vellore, India, and [[Madras Presidency College]], from where he graduated with a B.A. and M.A. in economics. In 1944 he earned a Ph.D. in Sociology from [[New York University]].

In April 1964, Chandrasekhar was elected to the upper house of the Indian parliament. He was appointed Minister of Health and [[Family Planning]] by [[Prime Minister]] [[Indira Gandhi]] in 1967.

Chandresekhar was deeply concerned by the growing Indian population and advocated a variety of [[population control]] measures such as [[Sterilisation (medicine)|sterilization]], [[abortion]], and [[abstinance|abstinence]]. He faced criticism from traditional sectors of society, for example when he advocated that Indians begin eating [[beef]], in contravention of [[Hindu]] tradition.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Foe of Overpopulation: Sripati Chandrasekhar|date=31 March 1967|newspaper=New York Times|page=15}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/23/world/sripati-chandrasekhar-indian-demographer-dies-at-83.html?pagewanted=2&src=pm |title=Sripati Chandrasekhar, Indian Demographer, Dies at 83 |author=Douglas Martin |newspaper=New York Times |date=23 June 2001 }}</ref>

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