India, Sept. 10 -- Everyone, stop what you're doing. There's a new Vice President in town. Chandrapuram Ponnusamy (CP) Radhakrishnan, 68, has been elected as the 15th Vice President of India after the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) secured victory on September 9. The former Tamil Nadu BJP chief won with 452 first-preference votes, defeating the INDIA bloc's candidate, Justice (Retd.) B. Sudershan Reddy, who polled 300. The man is no stranger to politics, but there's much more to his story than you think. Here are five things about the new Vice President of India that might surprise you.

Born on October 20, 1957, in Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu, Radhakrishnan began his political journey as a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh member at the ripe youn...