Check List of Presidents of India<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n <\/p>\n
1. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan<\/h2>\n
Tenure:<\/strong> 13th May 1952 \u2013 12th May 1962 for 10 years
\nParty:<\/strong> Independent
\nSarvepalli Radhakrishnan was an eminent philosopher and a scholar who served as the first Vice-President of Independent India from 1952 to 1962. He served on this post for a period of two consecutive terms. While being a Vice-President of India, he was awarded with a Bharat Ratna Award in 1954. He eventually became the second President of India in 1962.<\/p>\n2. Zakir Husain<\/h2>\n
Tenure:<\/strong> 13th May 1962 \u2013 12th May 1967 for 5 years
\nParty:<\/strong> Independent
\nZakir Husain was appointed as the Vice-President of India in 1962. This was a historical moment as he was the only Muslim to occupy such an eminent position at that time. He held this designation for a complete five year term, after which he was elected as the third President of India on May 13, 1967. He was the one who led the establishment of National Muslim University at Aligarh in October 1920.<\/p>\n3. Varahagiri Venkata Giri<\/h2>\n
Tenure:<\/strong> 13th May 1967 \u2013 3rd May 1969 for 2 years
\nParty:<\/strong> Independent
\nVarahagiri Venkata Giri was elected as the third Vice-President of India on 13th May 1967. Varahagiri Venkata Giri remained in the office for a period of two years till 3rd May 1969 as he was elevated to the office of Acting President after the demise of the then President, Zakir Husain on the same date. As he was desirous of contesting the Presidential elections, Varahagiri Venkata Giri resigned from the post of Acting President on 20 July 1969. On 24th August 1969, he was sworn in as the President of India. Giri played a significant role in the trade union movement of India. He not only fought for the rights of the labor force but also improved their conditions. The nationalization of 14 banks and insurance companies was initiated at the time when he was serving as the Vice-President of India.<\/p>\n4. Gopal Swarup Pathak<\/h2>\n
Tenure:<\/strong> 31st August 1969 \u2013 30th August 1974 for 5 years
\nParty:<\/strong> Independent
\nGopal Swarup Pathak served as the fourth Vice-President of India from August 1969 to August 1974. He was the only Indian Vice-President who did not serve as the President of India. He was also the Chancellor of Mysore University, Bangalore University, and Karnataka University.<\/p>\n5. Basappa Danappa Jatti<\/h2>\n
Tenure:<\/strong> 31st August 1974 \u2013 30th August 1979 for 5 years
\nParty:<\/strong> Indian National Congress
\nB.D. Jatti was the fifth Indian Vice-President who served in the office for a period of five years from 1974 to1979. He was also appointed as an Acting President of India from February 11 to July 25 in 1977. Jatti began his career as a member of Municipality and ended up serving the country’s second-highest office.<\/p>\n6. Mohammad Hidayatullah<\/h2>\n
Tenure:<\/strong> 31st August 1979 \u2013 30th August 1984 for 5 years
\nParty:<\/strong> Independent
\nMohammad Hidayatullah was appointed as the sixth Vice-President of India and served from 31st August 1969 – 30th August 1974, completing a full tenure of his service. Hidayatullah also served as the eleventh Chief Justice of India from 25 February 1968 to 16 December 1970. He became the Acting President of India twice, i.e. from 20th July 1969 to 24th August 1969 and from 6th October 1982 to 31st October 1982.<\/p>\n7. Ramaswamy Venkataraman<\/h2>\n
Tenure:<\/strong> 31st August 1984 \u2013 24th July 1987 for 3 years
\nParty:<\/strong> Indian National Congress
\nRamaswamy Venkataraman was appointed as the seventh Vice-President of India in 1987. He only served in this post for a period of three years as he was elected as the eighth Indian President in 1987. He was a lawyer by profession, Indian independence activist by spirit, and a Union Minister.<\/p>\n8. Shankar Dayal Sharma<\/h2>\n
Tenure:<\/strong> 3rd September 1987 – 24th July 1992 for 5 years
\nParty:<\/strong> Indian National Congress
\nShankar Dayal Sharma was sworn-in as the eighth Vice-President of India in 1987 under the Presidency of Ramaswamy Venkataraman. After completing his full five year term, he was appointed as the President of India in 1992. During his political career, he served as the Chief Minister of Bhopal for a period of about four years; Cabinet Minister for eleven years; President of Indian National Congress from 1975 to 1974; and finally, the Union Minister of Communications from 1974-77.<\/p>\n9. K. R. Narayanan<\/h2>\n
Tenure:<\/strong> 21st August 1992 \u2013 24th July 1997 for 5 years
\nParty:<\/strong> Indian National Congress
\nKocheril Raman Narayanan was elected as the ninth Vice-President of India on 21st August 1992, when the proposition of his name was made by the then former Prime Minister V. P. Singh. He was unanimously elected to this post. When his term of appointment as the Vice-President was completed, he was elected to the Presidential post in 1997. He cracked the glass ceiling by becoming the first Dalit to be honored with such a high and prestigious position.<\/p>\n10. Krishan Kant<\/h2>\n
Tenure:<\/strong> 21st August 1997 \u2013 27th July 2002 for 5 years
\nParty:<\/strong> Janata Dal
\nKrishan Kant served as the tenth Vice-President of India from 21st August 1997 until his death in 2002. His election to the Vice-President post was made by the Parliament as the result of a coalition between the Indian National Congress and United Front. Prior to this designation, he served as the Governor of Andhra Pradesh for a period of seven years.<\/p>\n11. Bhairon Singh Shekhawat<\/h2>\n
Tenure:<\/strong> 19th August 2002 \u2013 21st July 2007 for 5 years
\nParty:<\/strong> Bharatiya Janata Party
\nBhairon Singh Shekhawat became the eleventh Vice-President of India in 2002 following the death of the then President Krishan Kant. He was elected to this post by the electoral college for a five year term. In July 2007, he resigned from the post of Vice-President subsequent to his losing the presidential elections to Pratibha Patil.<\/p>\n12. Mohammad Hamid Ansari<\/h2>\n
Tenure:<\/strong> 11th August 2007 \u2013 11th August 2017 for 10 years
\nParty:<\/strong> Indian National Congress
\nMohammad Hamid Ansari served as a Vice-President of India for a period of 10 years in a row. He was appointed in 2007. He has also been an Indian ambassador and an ex-chairman of the Rajya Sabha. After Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, he is the longest-serving Vice-President of the country. In 2017, he also became the first Vice-President who has served under three presidents.<\/p>\n13. M. Venkaiah Naidu<\/h2>\n
Tenure:<\/strong> From 11th August 2017 – 11th August 2022
\nParty:<\/strong> Bharatiya Janata Party
\nMuppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu served as the 13th Vice-President of India till 11 August 2022. Prior to this, he was working as the Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Urban Development, and Information and Broadcasting in the Modi cabinet. He also served as the national president of Bharatiya Janata Party from 2002 to 2004.<\/p>\n14. Jagdeep Dhankar<\/h2>\n
Tenure:<\/strong> 11th August 2022 – Incumbent<\/p>\nParty:<\/strong> Bhartiya Janata Party<\/p>\nJagdeep Dhankhar is now serving as vice president of India. <\/span>He <\/span>began serving in <\/span>August 2022. He <\/span>was <\/span>West Bengal’s governor <\/span>before assuming the office <\/span>of <\/span>Vice President. <\/span>Dhankhar is a <\/span>prominent <\/span>Supreme Court of India <\/span>counsel <\/span>and an <\/span>erstwhile <\/span>member of parliament. He has also functioned<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>as a <\/span>member of the National Human Rights Commission <\/span>as <\/span>well <\/span>as the <\/span>Chairman <\/span>of the Bar Association of India. Additionally, <\/span>Dhankhar has <\/span>participated <\/span>actively in several social and cultural <\/span>groups <\/span>and has <\/span>won numerous prizes <\/span>for his <\/span>achievements.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092a\u0922\u093c\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f \u092f\u0939\u093e\u0902 \u0915\u094d\u0932\u093f\u0915 \u0915\u0930\u0947\u0902 The Vice-President of India is the second topmost constitutional post in the Government of India after the President. As per the Article 65 of the Indian Constitution, the Vice-President carries out the functions of the President in case of removal, resignation, death or the inability of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14975,"featured_media":129568,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8,11315],"tags":[6641,52,7260,9872],"class_list":{"0":"post-78702","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-government","8":"category-history","9":"category-india","10":"tag-central-government-roles","11":"tag-india","12":"tag-indian-presidents","13":"tag-vice-presidents-of-india"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14975"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78702"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":129569,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78702\/revisions\/129569"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}