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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-awa mw-list-item"><a href="https://awa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4_%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF_%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%80" title="भारत कय उपराष्ट्रपति कय सूची – Awadhi" lang="awa" hreflang="awa" data-title="भारत कय उपराष्ट्रपति कय सूची" data-language-autonym="अवधी" data-language-local-name="Awadhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>अवधी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B7%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%8D%E0%A7%B0%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE" title="ভারতের উপরাষ্ট্ৰপতিদের তালিকা – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ভারতের উপরাষ্ট্ৰপতিদের তালিকা" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA_%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B1%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3%E2%80%8C%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1_%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AF" title="فهرست معاونان رئیس‌جمهور هند – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="فهرست معاونان رئیس‌جمهور هند" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%AD%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%A4%E0%AA%A8%E0%AA%BE_%E0%AA%89%E0%AA%AA%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%B7%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%9F%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%AA%E0%AA%A4%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%93%E0%AA%A8%E0%AB%80_%E0%AA%AF%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%A6%E0%AB%80" title="ભારતના ઉપરાષ્ટ્રપતિઓની યાદી – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="ભારતના ઉપરાષ્ટ્રપતિઓની યાદી" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%82_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%80" title="भारत के उपराष्ट्रपतियों की सूची – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="भारत के उपराष्ट्रपतियों की सूची" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daftar_Wakil_Presiden_India" title="Daftar Wakil Presiden India – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Daftar Wakil Presiden India" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%AD%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%A4%E0%B2%A6_%E0%B2%89%E0%B2%AA_%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B7%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%9F%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%AA%E0%B2%A4%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%97%E0%B2%B3_%E0%B2%AA%E0%B2%9F%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%9F%E0%B2%BF" title="ಭಾರತದ ಉಪ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರಪತಿಗಳ ಪಟ್ಟಿ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಭಾರತದ ಉಪ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರಪತಿಗಳ ಪಟ್ಟಿ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%95_%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%95_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%80" title="भारतक उपराष्ट्रपतिसभक सूची – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="भारतक उपराष्ट्रपतिसभक सूची" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%87%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%86_%E0%B4%89%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B7%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%86_%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95" title="ഇന്ത്യയുടെ ഉപരാഷ്ട്രപതിമാരുടെ പട്ടിക – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ഇന്ത്യയുടെ ഉപരാഷ്ട്രപതിമാരുടെ പട്ടിക" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80" title="भारताच्या उपराष्ट्रपतींची यादी – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="भारताच्या उपराष्ट्रपतींची यादी" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senarai_Naib_Presiden_India" title="Senarai Naib Presiden India – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Senarai Naib Presiden India" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%80" title="भारतका उपराष्ट्रपतिहरूको सूची – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="भारतका उपराष्ट्रपतिहरूको सूची" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_over_Indias_visepresidenter" title="Liste over Indias visepresidenter – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Liste over Indias visepresidenter" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AD%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%A4_%E0%A8%A6%E0%A9%87_%E0%A8%89%E0%A8%AA-%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BC%E0%A8%9F%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%AA%E0%A8%A4%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%86%E0%A8%82_%E0%A8%A6%E0%A9%80_%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%82%E0%A8%9A%E0%A9%80" title="ਭਾਰਤ ਦੇ ਉਪ-ਰਾਸ਼ਟਰਪਤੀਆਂ ਦੀ ਸੂਚੀ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਭਾਰਤ ਦੇ ਉਪ-ਰਾਸ਼ਟਰਪਤੀਆਂ ਦੀ ਸੂਚੀ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DA%BE%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%AF%DB%92_%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%A8_%D8%B5%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%DA%BA_%D8%AF%DB%8C_%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%B9" title="بھارت دے نائب صدراں دی لسٹ – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="بھارت دے نائب صدراں دی لسٹ" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru badge-Q17506997 badge-featuredlist mw-list-item" title="featured list badge"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BA_%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B5-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%98%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B8" title="Список вице-президентов Индии – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Список вице-президентов Индии" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa mw-list-item"><a href="https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%83" title="भारतस्य उपराष्ट्रपतयः – Sanskrit" lang="sa" hreflang="sa" data-title="भारतस्य उपराष्ट्रपतयः" data-language-autonym="संस्कृतम्" data-language-local-name="Sanskrit" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>संस्कृतम्</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_vice_presidents_of_India" title="List of vice presidents of India – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="List of vice presidents of India" 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href="/wiki/Rahul_Gandhi" title="Rahul Gandhi">Rahul Gandhi</a> (<a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a>)</li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Secretary_General_of_the_Lok_Sabha" title="Secretary General of the Lok Sabha">Secretary General</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li>Utpal Kumar Singh</li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:lightblue; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_current_members_of_the_Rajya_Sabha" title="List of current members of the Rajya Sabha">Members</a>)</div></dt></dl> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_India" title="Vice President of India">Chairman</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jagdeep_Dhankhar" title="Jagdeep Dhankhar">Jagdeep Dhankhar</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Chairperson_of_the_Rajya_Sabha" title="Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha">Deputy Speaker</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harivansh_Narayan_Singh" title="Harivansh Narayan Singh">Harivansh Narayan Singh</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_House_(Rajya_Sabha)" class="mw-redirect" title="Leader of the House (Rajya Sabha)">Leader of the House</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jagat_Prakash_Nadda" class="mw-redirect" title="Jagat Prakash Nadda">Jagat Prakash Nadda</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a>)</li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_in_Rajya_Sabha" title="Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha">Leader of the Opposition</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mallikarjun_Kharge" title="Mallikarjun Kharge">Mallikarjun Kharge</a> (<a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a>)</li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Secretary_General_of_the_Rajya_Sabha" title="Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha">Secretary General</a></b></li></ul> 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Murugan">L. 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Vice_President_Shri_Jagdeep_Dhankar.jpg/117px-Vice_President_Shri_Jagdeep_Dhankar.jpg" decoding="async" width="117" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Vice_President_Shri_Jagdeep_Dhankar.jpg/176px-Vice_President_Shri_Jagdeep_Dhankar.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Vice_President_Shri_Jagdeep_Dhankar.jpg/234px-Vice_President_Shri_Jagdeep_Dhankar.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2432" data-file-height="3648" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption"><div><ul><li>Top left: <a href="/wiki/Sarvepalli_Radhakrishnan" title="Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan">Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan</a> was the first and longest-serving vice president of India.</li><li>Top right: <a href="/wiki/V._V._Giri" title="V. V. Giri">V. V. Giri</a> was the first vice president to serve as acting president upon demise of the president.</li><li>Bottom left: <a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Hamid_Ansari" title="Mohammad Hamid Ansari">Mohammad Hamid Ansari</a> was the longest-serving vice president and only vice president to serve under two presidents.</li><li>Bottom right: <a href="/wiki/Jagdeep_Dhankhar" title="Jagdeep Dhankhar">Jagdeep Dhankhar</a> is the current vice president.</li></ul></div></div></div></div></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Vice_president_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice president of India">vice president of India</a> is the second highest constitutional office in the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">government of India</a> after the <a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">president</a>. In accordance with Article 63 of the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_India" title="Constitution of India">Constitution of India</a>, the vice president discharges the functions of the president when a contingency arises due to the resignation, removal, death, impeachment or the inability of the president to discharge their functions. They are also the <i><a href="/wiki/Ex_officio" class="mw-redirect" title="Ex officio">ex officio</a></i> chairperson of the <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a>, the upper house of the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_India" title="Parliament of India">Parliament of India</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nn_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nn-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The vice president is elected by an electoral college consisting of all members of both houses of the Parliament in accordance with the system of <a href="/wiki/Proportional_representation" title="Proportional representation">proportional representation</a> by means of the <a href="/wiki/Single_transferable_vote" title="Single transferable vote">single transferable vote</a> via a secret ballot conducted by the <a href="/wiki/Election_Commission_of_India" title="Election Commission of India">Election Commission of India</a>. Once elected the vice president continues in office for a five-year term, but can continue in office irrespective of the expiry of the term, until a successor assumes office.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They can be removed by a resolution passed by an effective majority in the Rajya Sabha.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They are responsible for the protection of the rights and privileges of the members of the Council of States. They also decide whether a bill introduced in the Rajya Sabha is a financial bill.<sup id="cite_ref-nn_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nn-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There have been 14 vice presidents since the inception of the post in 1950. The first vice president of India, <a href="/wiki/Sarvepalli_Radhakrishnan" title="Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan">Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan</a>, took oath at <a href="/wiki/Rashtrapati_Bhavan" title="Rashtrapati Bhavan">Rashtrapati Bhavan</a> on 13 May 1952.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He later served as the president.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the death of <a href="/wiki/Zakir_Husain_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Zakir Husain (politician)">Zakir Husain</a> in 1969, <a href="/wiki/Varahagiri_Venkata_Giri" class="mw-redirect" title="Varahagiri Venkata Giri">Varahagiri Venkata Giri</a> resigned from the post of vice president to contest the presidential election and got elected.<sup id="cite_ref-it_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-it-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Out of 14 vice presidents, six of them later went on to become the president.<sup id="cite_ref-it_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-it-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Krishan_Kant" title="Krishan Kant">Krishan Kant</a> has been the only one to die during his tenure.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/M._Venkaiah_Naidu" class="mw-redirect" title="M. Venkaiah Naidu">M. Venkaiah Naidu</a><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is the first vice president to be born after <a href="/wiki/Independent_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent India">Independent India</a> is formed. </p><p>On 11 August <a href="/wiki/2022_Indian_vice-presidential_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2022 Indian vice-presidential election">2022</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jagdeep_Dhankhar" title="Jagdeep Dhankhar">Jagdeep Dhankhar</a> took office as the vice president.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List">List</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_vice_presidents_of_India&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: List"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This list is numbered based on vice presidents elected after winning an Indian vice presidential election. The vice president of India does not represent any political party. The colors used in the table indicate the following: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <dl><dt>Legend</dt></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#2E8B57"> </span> Vice President was a candidate of the <a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal" title="Janata Dal">Janata Dal</a> (JD) (1)</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#DCDCDC"> </span> Vice President was a candidate of the <a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> (IND) (5)</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#FF9933"> </span> Vice President was a candidate of the <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> (BJP) (3)</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#00BFFF"> </span> Vice President was a candidate of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> (INC) (5)</div> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <dl><dt>Key</dt></dl> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1041539562">.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}</style><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_RESRES"><a href="#ref_RESRES"><b><sup>RES</sup></b></a></span> Resigned</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_††"><a href="#ref_††"><b><sup>†</sup></b></a></span> Died in office</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <table class="wikitable" style="line-height:1.4em; text-align:center"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2"># </th> <th>Portrait </th> <th style="width:14em">Name<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Lifespan)</span> </th> <th style="width:7em">Home state </th> <th colspan="2">Term of office<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Duration in years and days</span> </th> <th style="width:5em">Mandate </th> <th style="width:20em">Prior positions held </th> <th style="width:7em">Party </th> <th style="width:10em">President<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Tenure)</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4" bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <th rowspan="4">1 </th> <td rowspan="4"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Photograph_of_Sarvepalli_Radhakrishnan_presented_to_First_Lady_Jacqueline_Kennedy_in_1962.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Photograph_of_Sarvepalli_Radhakrishnan_presented_to_First_Lady_Jacqueline_Kennedy_in_1962.jpg/100px-Photograph_of_Sarvepalli_Radhakrishnan_presented_to_First_Lady_Jacqueline_Kennedy_in_1962.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Photograph_of_Sarvepalli_Radhakrishnan_presented_to_First_Lady_Jacqueline_Kennedy_in_1962.jpg/150px-Photograph_of_Sarvepalli_Radhakrishnan_presented_to_First_Lady_Jacqueline_Kennedy_in_1962.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Photograph_of_Sarvepalli_Radhakrishnan_presented_to_First_Lady_Jacqueline_Kennedy_in_1962.jpg/200px-Photograph_of_Sarvepalli_Radhakrishnan_presented_to_First_Lady_Jacqueline_Kennedy_in_1962.jpg 2x" data-file-width="770" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4"><b><a href="/wiki/Sarvepalli_Radhakrishnan" title="Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan">Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1888–1975)</span> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">13 May</span><br />1952 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">13 May</span><br />1957 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1952_Indian_vice_presidential_election" title="1952 Indian vice presidential election">1952</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Unopposed)</span> </td> <td rowspan="3" align="left" style="background:#eaecf0; font-size:95%"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vice-Chancellor_of_Banaras_Hindu_University" title="Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University">Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1939–1948)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ambassadors_of_India_to_Russia" title="List of ambassadors of India to Russia">Ambassador to the Soviet Union</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1949–1952)</span></li></ul> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> </td> <th rowspan="4" style="font-weight:normal"><b><a href="/wiki/Rajendra_Prasad" title="Rajendra Prasad">Rajendra Prasad</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(26 Jan. 1950 – <br />13 May. 1962)</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">13 May</span><br />1957 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">13 May</span><br />1962 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/1957_Indian_vice_presidential_election" title="1957 Indian vice presidential election">1957</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Unopposed)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal">10 years, 0 days </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" align="left" style="font-size:95%">Educationist and former diplomat. Elected as the first vice president of India on 13 May 1952 following the creation of the position and also became the first <i>ex-officio</i> Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a>. Re-elected for a second term in 1957 and continued to serve in office until being elected as the President in 1962. </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <th rowspan="3">2 </th> <td rowspan="3"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Zakir_Husain,_2nd_Vice_President_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Zakir_Husain%2C_2nd_Vice_President_of_India.jpg/100px-Zakir_Husain%2C_2nd_Vice_President_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Zakir_Husain%2C_2nd_Vice_President_of_India.jpg/150px-Zakir_Husain%2C_2nd_Vice_President_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Zakir_Husain%2C_2nd_Vice_President_of_India.jpg/200px-Zakir_Husain%2C_2nd_Vice_President_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="996" data-file-height="1245" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3"><b><a href="/wiki/Zakir_Husain" title="Zakir Husain">Zakir Husain</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1897–1969)</span> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh" title="Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">13 May</span><br />1962 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">13 May</span><br />1967 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/1962_Indian_vice_presidential_election" title="1962 Indian vice presidential election">1962</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(95.3%)</span> </td> <td rowspan="2" align="left" style="background:#eaecf0; font-size:95%"> <ul><li>Vice-Chancellor of <a href="/wiki/Aligarh_Muslim_University" title="Aligarh Muslim University">Aligarh Muslim University</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1948–1956)</span></li> <li>Nominated Member, <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1952–1957)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Bihar" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Bihar">Governor of Bihar</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1957–1962)</span></li></ul> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <th rowspan="3" style="font-weight:normal"><b><a href="/wiki/Sarvepalli_Radhakrishnan" title="Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan">Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(13 May. 1962 –<br />13 May. 1967)</span> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal">5 years, 0 days </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" align="left" style="font-size:95%">Educationist and former governor of Bihar. Elected as the second vice president in the 1962 election defeating <a href="/wiki/N._C._Samantsinhar" title="N. C. Samantsinhar">N. C. Samantsinhar</a>. First Muslim to be elected as vice president. Received the <a href="/wiki/Bharat_Ratna" title="Bharat Ratna">Bharat Ratna</a> during vice presidency in 1963 and briefly served as Acting President in 1965 during the period of President Radhakrishnan's visit to United Kingdom to perform cataract surgery and during that period, imposed <a href="/wiki/President%27s_rule" title="President's rule">President's rule</a> in Kerala. Relinquished office after being elected president in 1967. </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <th rowspan="3">3 </th> <td rowspan="3"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Varahagiri_Venkata_Giri,_3rd_Vice_President_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Varahagiri_Venkata_Giri%2C_3rd_Vice_President_of_India.jpg/100px-Varahagiri_Venkata_Giri%2C_3rd_Vice_President_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Varahagiri_Venkata_Giri%2C_3rd_Vice_President_of_India.jpg/150px-Varahagiri_Venkata_Giri%2C_3rd_Vice_President_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Varahagiri_Venkata_Giri%2C_3rd_Vice_President_of_India.jpg/200px-Varahagiri_Venkata_Giri%2C_3rd_Vice_President_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="996" data-file-height="1245" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3"><b><a href="/wiki/V._V._Giri" title="V. V. Giri">V. V. Giri</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1894–1980)</span> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Odisha" title="Odisha">Odisha</a> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">13 May</span><br />1967 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">3 May</span><br />1969<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_RESRES"><a href="#endnote_RESRES">[RES]</a></sup> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/1967_Indian_vice_presidential_election" title="1967 Indian vice presidential election">1967</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(71.45%)</span> </td> <td rowspan="2" align="left" style="background:#eaecf0; font-size:95%"> <ul><li>Member, <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Legislative_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperial Legislative Assembly">Imperial Legislative Assembly</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1935–1937)</span></li> <li>Minister of Labour and Industry, <a href="/wiki/Madras_Presidency" title="Madras Presidency">Madras Presidency</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1937–1939)</span></li> <li>High Commissioner to Ceylon <span style="font-size:85%;">(1947–1951)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Labour_and_Employment_(India)" title="Ministry of Labour and Employment (India)">Union Minister of Labour</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1952–1957)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Uttar_Pradesh" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Uttar Pradesh">Governor of Uttar Pradesh</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1957–1960)</span>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Kerala" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Kerala">Kerala</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1960–1965)</span> and <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Karnataka" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Karnataka">Karnataka</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1965–1967)</span></li></ul> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <th rowspan="3" style="font-weight:normal"><b><a href="/wiki/Zakir_Husain" title="Zakir Husain">Zakir Husain</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(13 May. 1967 – <br />3 May. 1969)</span> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal">1 year, 355 days </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" align="left" style="font-size:95%">Labour leader, former union minister and former governor. Elected as the third vice president in the 1967 election defeating <a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Habib" title="Mohammad Habib">Mohammad Habib</a>. Became Acting President following the death of President <a href="/wiki/Zakir_Husain" title="Zakir Husain">Zakir Husain</a> on 3 May 1969 and thereupon resigned from the vice presidency. First vice president to not complete full term in office. </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="11"><i>Position vacant</i> (3 May 1969 – 31 August 1969) </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <th rowspan="3">4 </th> <td rowspan="3"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gopal_Swarup_Pathak1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Gopal_Swarup_Pathak1.jpg/100px-Gopal_Swarup_Pathak1.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Gopal_Swarup_Pathak1.jpg/150px-Gopal_Swarup_Pathak1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/Gopal_Swarup_Pathak1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="171" data-file-height="212" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3"><b><a href="/wiki/Gopal_Swarup_Pathak" title="Gopal Swarup Pathak">Gopal Swarup Pathak</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1896–1982)</span> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">31 August</span><br />1969 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">31 August</span><br />1974 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/1969_Indian_vice_presidential_election" title="1969 Indian vice presidential election">1969</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(52.7%)</span> </td> <td rowspan="2" align="left" style="background:#eaecf0; font-size:95%"> <ul><li>Judge, <a href="/wiki/Allahabad_High_Court" title="Allahabad High Court">Allahabad High Court</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1945–1946)</span></li> <li>Member, <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1960–1966)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Law_and_Justice_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Law and Justice (India)">Union Minister of Law</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1966–1967)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Karnataka" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Karnataka">Governor of Mysore</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1967–1969)</span></li></ul> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <th rowspan="2" style="font-weight:normal"><b><a href="/wiki/V._V._Giri" title="V. V. Giri">V. V. Giri</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(24 Aug. 1969 – <br />24 Aug. 1974)</span> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal">5 years, 0 days </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" align="left" style="font-size:95%">Former union minister and governor. Elected as the fourth vice president in 1969 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of his predecessor V. V. Giri by defeating six other candidates. Retired upon completion of tenure in 1974. First vice president to not get elected as president. </td> <th rowspan="2" style="font-weight:normal"><b><a href="/wiki/Fakhruddin_Ali_Ahmed" title="Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed">Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(24 Aug. 1974 – <br />11 Feb. 1977)</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <th rowspan="3">5 </th> <td rowspan="3"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Basappa_Danappa_Jatti,_5th_Vice_President_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Basappa_Danappa_Jatti%2C_5th_Vice_President_of_India.jpg/100px-Basappa_Danappa_Jatti%2C_5th_Vice_President_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Basappa_Danappa_Jatti%2C_5th_Vice_President_of_India.jpg/150px-Basappa_Danappa_Jatti%2C_5th_Vice_President_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Basappa_Danappa_Jatti%2C_5th_Vice_President_of_India.jpg/200px-Basappa_Danappa_Jatti%2C_5th_Vice_President_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="996" data-file-height="1245" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3"><b><a href="/wiki/B._D._Jatti" title="B. D. Jatti">B. D. Jatti</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1912–2002)</span> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">31 August</span><br />1974 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">31 August</span><br />1979 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/1974_Indian_vice_presidential_election" title="1974 Indian vice presidential election">1974</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(78.7%)</span> </td> <td rowspan="2" align="left" style="background:#eaecf0; font-size:95%"> <ul><li>Chief Minister of <a href="/wiki/Mysore_State" title="Mysore State">Mysore State</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1958–1962)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lieutenant_governors_of_Puducherry" title="List of lieutenant governors of Puducherry">Lieutenant Governor of Pondicherry</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1968–1972)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Orissa" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Orissa">Governor of Orissa</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1972–1974)</span></li></ul> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal">5 years, 0 days </th> <th style="font-weight:normal"><i><b>Self</b></i><br />(acting)<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(11 Feb. 1977  – <br />25 Jul. 1977)</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" align="left" style="font-size:95%">Former chief minister of Mysore and former governor. Elected as the fifth vice president in 1974 defeating his nearest rival <a href="/wiki/Niral_Enem_Horo" title="Niral Enem Horo">Niral Enem Horo</a>. Became Acting President on 11 February 1977 following the demise of president <a href="/wiki/Fakhruddin_Ali_Ahmed" title="Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed">Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed</a> and served in the acting capacity till the election of <a href="/wiki/Neelam_Sanjiva_Reddy" title="Neelam Sanjiva Reddy">Neelam Sanjiva Reddy</a> in July 1977. Retired as vice president upon completion of tenure in 1979. </td> <th rowspan="3" style="font-weight:normal"><b><a href="/wiki/Neelam_Sanjiva_Reddy" title="Neelam Sanjiva Reddy">Neelam Sanjiva Reddy</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(25 Jul. 1977 – <br />25 Jul. 1982)</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <th rowspan="3">6 </th> <td rowspan="3"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mohammad_Hidayatullah,_6th_Vice_President_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Mohammad_Hidayatullah%2C_6th_Vice_President_of_India.jpg/100px-Mohammad_Hidayatullah%2C_6th_Vice_President_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Mohammad_Hidayatullah%2C_6th_Vice_President_of_India.jpg/150px-Mohammad_Hidayatullah%2C_6th_Vice_President_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Mohammad_Hidayatullah%2C_6th_Vice_President_of_India.jpg/200px-Mohammad_Hidayatullah%2C_6th_Vice_President_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="996" data-file-height="1245" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3"><b><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Hidayatullah" title="Mohammad Hidayatullah">Mohammad Hidayatullah</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1905–1992)</span> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">31 August</span><br />1979 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">31 August</span><br />1984 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/1979_Indian_vice_presidential_election" title="1979 Indian vice presidential election">1979</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Unopposed)</span> </td> <td rowspan="2" align="left" style="background:#eaecf0; font-size:95%"> <ul><li>Chief Justice, <a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh_High_Court#Nagpur_High_Court" title="Madhya Pradesh High Court">Nagpur High Court</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1954–1956)</span></li> <li>Chief Justice, <a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh_High_Court" title="Madhya Pradesh High Court">Madhya Pradesh High Court</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1956–1958)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_former_judges_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_India" title="List of former judges of the Supreme Court of India">Judge, Supreme Court of India</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1958–1968)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_India" title="Chief Justice of India">Chief Justice of India</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1968–1970)</span></li> <li>Acting <a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">President of India</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1969)</span></li></ul> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal">5 years, 0 days </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" align="left" style="font-size:95%">Former chief justice of the Supreme Court and former acting president. Elected unopposed as the sixth vice president in 1979 and became the only individual to have served on the top three constitutional positions in the nation, i.e. the President, Vice President and Chief Justice. Briefly acted as Acting President in 1982 during the period of medical absence of President Zail Singh. Retired as vice president upon completion of tenure in 1984. </td> <th rowspan="4" style="font-weight:normal"><b><a href="/wiki/Zail_Singh" title="Zail Singh">Giani Zail Singh</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(25 Jul. 1982 – <br />25 Jul. 1987)</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <th rowspan="3">7 </th> <td rowspan="3"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ramaswamy_Venkataraman_(2012_stamp_of_India)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Ramaswamy_Venkataraman_%282012_stamp_of_India%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Ramaswamy_Venkataraman_%282012_stamp_of_India%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Ramaswamy_Venkataraman_%282012_stamp_of_India%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Ramaswamy_Venkataraman_%282012_stamp_of_India%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Ramaswamy_Venkataraman_%282012_stamp_of_India%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Ramaswamy_Venkataraman_%282012_stamp_of_India%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="518" data-file-height="633" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3"><b><a href="/wiki/Ramaswamy_Venkataraman" title="Ramaswamy Venkataraman">Ramaswamy Venkataraman</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1910–2009)</span> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">31 August</span><br />1984 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">24 July</span><br />1987<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_RESRES"><a href="#endnote_RESRES">[RES]</a></sup> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/1984_Indian_vice_presidential_election" title="1984 Indian vice presidential election">1984</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(71.05%)</span> </td> <td rowspan="2" align="left" style="background:#eaecf0; font-size:95%"> <ul><li>Member, <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1952–1957)</span></li> <li>Minister of Industries, Labour, Co-operation, etc., <a href="/wiki/Madras_State" title="Madras State">Madras State</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1957–1967)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Finance_(India)" title="Minister of Finance (India)">Union Minister of Finance</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1980–1982)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Home_Affairs_(India)" title="Minister of Home Affairs (India)">Union Minister of Home Affairs</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1982)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Defence_(India)" title="Minister of Defence (India)">Union Minister of Defence</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1982–1984)</span></li></ul> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal">2 years, 327 days </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" align="left" style="font-size:95%">Former union minister. Elected as the seventh vice president in 1984 after defeating <a href="/wiki/B._C._Kamble" title="B. C. Kamble">B. C. Kamble</a> in the vice presidential election. As vice president, he played important role in being deputed for president on making diplomatic visits and acting as a mediator for then prime minister <a href="/wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi" title="Rajiv Gandhi">Rajiv Gandhi</a> and president <a href="/wiki/Zail_Singh" title="Zail Singh">Zail Singh</a>. Resigned from the vice presidency on the eve of assuming office as the President on 25 July 1987. </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="11"><i>Position vacant</i> (25 July 1987 – 3 September 1987) </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <th rowspan="3">8 </th> <td rowspan="3"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shri_Shankar_Dayal_Sharma.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Shri_Shankar_Dayal_Sharma.jpg/100px-Shri_Shankar_Dayal_Sharma.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Shri_Shankar_Dayal_Sharma.jpg/150px-Shri_Shankar_Dayal_Sharma.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Shri_Shankar_Dayal_Sharma.jpg/200px-Shri_Shankar_Dayal_Sharma.jpg 2x" data-file-width="340" data-file-height="477" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3"><b><a href="/wiki/Shankar_Dayal_Sharma" title="Shankar Dayal Sharma">Shankar Dayal Sharma</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1918–1999)</span> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">3 September</span><br />1987 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">24 July</span><br />1992<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_RESRES"><a href="#endnote_RESRES">[RES]</a></sup> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/1987_Indian_vice_presidential_election" title="1987 Indian vice presidential election">1987</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Unopposed)</span> </td> <td rowspan="2" align="left" style="background:#eaecf0; font-size:95%"> <ul><li>Chief Minister of <a href="/wiki/Bhopal_State" title="Bhopal State">Bhopal State</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1952–1956)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Indian_National_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="President of the Indian National Congress">National President, Indian National Congress</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1972–1974)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Communications_(India)" title="Ministry of Communications (India)">Union Minister of Communications</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1974–1977)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Andhra_Pradesh" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Andhra Pradesh">Governor of Andhra Pradesh</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1984–1985)</span>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Punjab_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Punjab (India)">Punjab</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1985)</span>, and <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Maharashtra" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1985–1987)</span></li></ul> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <th rowspan="3" style="font-weight:normal"><b><a href="/wiki/Ramaswamy_Venkataraman" title="Ramaswamy Venkataraman">Ramaswamy Venkataraman</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(25 Jul. 1987 – <br />25 Jul. 1992)</span> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal">4 years, 325 days </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" align="left" style="font-size:95%">Former union minister. Elected unopposed as the eighth vice president in 1987 to fill the vacancy caused by the election of then vice president Ramasamy Venkataraman as the President. Offered to resign in 1988 after his decision, as <i>ex-officio</i> Chairman of Rajya Sabha, to admit a discussion in the house of the purported extravagance of the then governor of Andhra Pradesh was vociferously objected to by members of the government and several ministers of the council of ministers led the protests against his ruling. In 1991, he was offered the presidency of Congress Party and later the premiership after the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, both offers were declined by him. He resigned as the vice president in 1992 after being elected as the President. </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="11"><i>Position vacant</i> (25 July 1992 – 21 August 1992) </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <th rowspan="3">9 </th> <td rowspan="3"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:President_Clinton_with_Indian_president_K._R._Narayanan_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/President_Clinton_with_Indian_president_K._R._Narayanan_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-President_Clinton_with_Indian_president_K._R._Narayanan_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/President_Clinton_with_Indian_president_K._R._Narayanan_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-President_Clinton_with_Indian_president_K._R._Narayanan_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/President_Clinton_with_Indian_president_K._R._Narayanan_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-President_Clinton_with_Indian_president_K._R._Narayanan_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="469" data-file-height="641" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3"><b><a href="/wiki/K._R._Narayanan" title="K. R. Narayanan">K. R. Narayanan</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1920–2005)</span> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">21 August</span><br />1992 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">24 July</span><br />1997<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_RESRES"><a href="#endnote_RESRES">[RES]</a></sup> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/1992_Indian_vice_presidential_election" title="1992 Indian vice presidential election">1992</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(99.86%)</span> </td> <td rowspan="2" align="left" style="background:#eaecf0; font-size:95%"> <ul><li>Ambassador of <a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand">Thailand</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1967–1969)</span> and <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1973–1975)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_External_Affairs_(India)" title="Ministry of External Affairs (India)">Secretary (East), Ministry of External Affairs</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1975–1976)</span></li> <li>Ambassador to <a href="/wiki/China%E2%80%93India_relations" title="China–India relations">China</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1976–1978)</span> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_ambassadors_of_India_to_the_United_States" title="List of ambassadors of India to the United States">the United States</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1980–1984)</span></li> <li>Member, <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1984–1992)</span></li> <li>Union Minister of State, <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Planning_(India)" title="Ministry of Planning (India)">Planning</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1985)</span>, <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_External_Affairs_(India)" title="Ministry of External Affairs (India)">External Affairs</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1985–1986)</span>, <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Science_and_Technology_(India)" title="Ministry of Science and Technology (India)">Science and Technology</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1986–1989)</span></li></ul> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <th rowspan="3" style="font-weight:normal"><b><a href="/wiki/Shankar_Dayal_Sharma" title="Shankar Dayal Sharma">Shankar Dayal Sharma</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(25 Jul. 1992 – <br />25 Jul. 1997)</span> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal">4 years, 337 days </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" align="left" style="font-size:95%">Former diplomat and former union minister. Elected as the ninth vice president in 1992 defeating his rival candidate <a href="/wiki/Kaka_Joginder_Singh" title="Kaka Joginder Singh">Kaka Joginder Singh</a>. First Dalit vice president of India. Resigned from the vice presidency in 1997 after being elected as the President. </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="11"><i>Position vacant</i> (25 July 1997 – 21 August 1997) </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#2E8B57"> </td> <th rowspan="3">10 </th> <td rowspan="3"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Krishan_Kant,_10th_Vice_President_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Krishan_Kant%2C_10th_Vice_President_of_India.jpg/100px-Krishan_Kant%2C_10th_Vice_President_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Krishan_Kant%2C_10th_Vice_President_of_India.jpg/150px-Krishan_Kant%2C_10th_Vice_President_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Krishan_Kant%2C_10th_Vice_President_of_India.jpg/200px-Krishan_Kant%2C_10th_Vice_President_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="996" data-file-height="1245" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3"><b><a href="/wiki/Krishan_Kant" title="Krishan Kant">Krishan Kant</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1927–2002)</span> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Punjab,_India" title="Punjab, India">Punjab</a> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">21 August</span><br />1997 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">27 July</span><br />2002<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_††"><a href="#endnote_††">[†]</a></sup> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/1997_Indian_vice_presidential_election" title="1997 Indian vice presidential election">1997</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(61.76%)</span> </td> <td rowspan="2" align="left" style="background:#eaecf0; font-size:95%"> <ul><li>Member, <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1966–1977)</span></li> <li>Member, <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1977–1980)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Andhra_Pradesh" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Andhra Pradesh">Governor of Andhra Pradesh</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1990–1997)</span> and <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Tamil_Nadu" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1996–1997)</span></li></ul> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal" title="Janata Dal">Janata Dal</a> </td> <th rowspan="3" style="font-weight:normal"><b><a href="/wiki/K._R._Narayanan" title="K. R. Narayanan">K. R. Narayanan</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(25 Jul. 1997 – <br />25 Jul. 2002)</span> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal">4 years, 340 days </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" align="left" style="font-size:95%">Former parliamentarian and former governor. Elected as the tenth vice president in 1997 defeating his rival candidate <a href="/wiki/Surjit_Singh_Barnala" title="Surjit Singh Barnala">Surjit Singh Barnala</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Shiromani_Akali_Dal" title="Shiromani Akali Dal">Shiromani Akali Dal</a>. While serving as vice-president during the <a href="/wiki/2001_Indian_Parliament_attack" title="2001 Indian Parliament attack">2001 Parliament attack</a>, terrorists used fake labels to gain access to the premises and they crashed into his car. Died in office on 27 July 2002, becoming the first and only vice president to die in office. </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="11"><i>Position vacant</i> (27 July 2002 – 19 August 2002) </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <th rowspan="3">11 </th> <td rowspan="3"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Vice_President_Shri_Bhairon_Singh_Shekhawat_in_a_Traditional_Rajasthani_Turban_during_a_book_release_function_in_New_Delhi_on_January_27,_2004.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/The_Vice_President_Shri_Bhairon_Singh_Shekhawat_in_a_Traditional_Rajasthani_Turban_during_a_book_release_function_in_New_Delhi_on_January_27%2C_2004.jpg/100px-The_Vice_President_Shri_Bhairon_Singh_Shekhawat_in_a_Traditional_Rajasthani_Turban_during_a_book_release_function_in_New_Delhi_on_January_27%2C_2004.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/The_Vice_President_Shri_Bhairon_Singh_Shekhawat_in_a_Traditional_Rajasthani_Turban_during_a_book_release_function_in_New_Delhi_on_January_27%2C_2004.jpg/150px-The_Vice_President_Shri_Bhairon_Singh_Shekhawat_in_a_Traditional_Rajasthani_Turban_during_a_book_release_function_in_New_Delhi_on_January_27%2C_2004.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/The_Vice_President_Shri_Bhairon_Singh_Shekhawat_in_a_Traditional_Rajasthani_Turban_during_a_book_release_function_in_New_Delhi_on_January_27%2C_2004.jpg/200px-The_Vice_President_Shri_Bhairon_Singh_Shekhawat_in_a_Traditional_Rajasthani_Turban_during_a_book_release_function_in_New_Delhi_on_January_27%2C_2004.jpg 2x" data-file-width="594" data-file-height="822" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3"><b><a href="/wiki/Bhairon_Singh_Shekhawat" title="Bhairon Singh Shekhawat">Bhairon Singh Shekhawat</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1925–2010)</span> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Rajasthan" title="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">19 August</span><br />2002 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">21 July</span><br />2007<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_RESRES"><a href="#endnote_RESRES">[RES]</a></sup> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/2002_Indian_vice_presidential_election" title="2002 Indian vice presidential election">2002</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(59.82%)</span> </td> <td rowspan="2" align="left" style="background:#eaecf0; font-size:95%"> <ul><li>Member, <a href="/wiki/Rajasthan_Legislative_Assembly" title="Rajasthan Legislative Assembly">Rajasthan Legislative Assembly</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1952–1972, 1977–1998)</span></li> <li>Member, <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1973–1977)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Rajasthan" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Minister of Rajasthan">Chief Minister of Rajasthan</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1977–1980, 1990–1992, 1993–1998)</span></li> <li>Leader of Opposition, <a href="/wiki/Rajasthan_Legislative_Assembly" title="Rajasthan Legislative Assembly">Rajasthan Legislative Assembly</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1980–1985, 1998–2002)</span></li></ul> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <th rowspan="3" style="font-weight:normal"><b><a href="/wiki/A._P._J._Abdul_Kalam" title="A. P. J. Abdul Kalam">A. P. J. Abdul Kalam</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(25 Jul. 2002 – <br />25 Jul. 2007)</span> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal">4 years, 334 days </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" align="left" style="font-size:95%">Former chief minister of Rajasthan. Elected as the eleventh vice president in 2002 defeating his rival candidate <a href="/wiki/Sushilkumar_Shinde" title="Sushilkumar Shinde">Sushilkumar Shinde</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a>. First-ever <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> to be elected as vice president. Nominated as the opposition candidate against <a href="/wiki/Pratibha_Patil" title="Pratibha Patil">Pratibha Patil</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2007_Indian_presidential_election" title="2007 Indian presidential election">2007 presidential election</a> in which he was defeated. Resigned from the vice presidency on 21 July 2007 after being defeated in the presidential election. </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="11"><i>Position vacant</i> (21 July 2007 – 11 August 2007) </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="6" bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <th rowspan="6">12 </th> <td rowspan="6"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Shri_Mohammed_Hamid_Ansari,_The_Vice_President_of_India,_2014.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Official_portrait_of_Shri_Mohammed_Hamid_Ansari%2C_The_Vice_President_of_India%2C_2014.jpg/100px-Official_portrait_of_Shri_Mohammed_Hamid_Ansari%2C_The_Vice_President_of_India%2C_2014.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Official_portrait_of_Shri_Mohammed_Hamid_Ansari%2C_The_Vice_President_of_India%2C_2014.jpg/150px-Official_portrait_of_Shri_Mohammed_Hamid_Ansari%2C_The_Vice_President_of_India%2C_2014.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Official_portrait_of_Shri_Mohammed_Hamid_Ansari%2C_The_Vice_President_of_India%2C_2014.jpg/200px-Official_portrait_of_Shri_Mohammed_Hamid_Ansari%2C_The_Vice_President_of_India%2C_2014.jpg 2x" data-file-width="432" data-file-height="576" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="6"><b><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Hamid_Ansari" title="Mohammad Hamid Ansari">Mohammad Hamid Ansari</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1937)</span> </td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">11 August</span><br />2007 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">11 August</span><br />2012 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/2007_Indian_vice_presidential_election" title="2007 Indian vice presidential election">2007</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(60.50%)</span> </td> <td rowspan="5" align="left" style="background:#eaecf0; font-size:95%"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ambassadors_of_India_to_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of ambassadors of India to the United Arab Emirates">Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1976–1980)</span></li> <li>High Commissioner to <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1985–1989)</span></li> <li>Ambassador to <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1989–1990)</span>, <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1990–1992)</span>, <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1995–1999)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Permanent_Representative_of_India_to_the_United_Nations" title="Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations">Permanent Representative to the United Nations</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1993–1995)</span></li> <li>Vice-Chancellor, <a href="/wiki/Aligarh_Muslim_University" title="Aligarh Muslim University">Aligarh Muslim University</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2000–2002)</span></li> <li>Chairman, <a href="/wiki/National_Commission_for_Minorities" title="National Commission for Minorities">National Commission for Minorities</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2006–2007)</span></li></ul> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <th style="font-weight:normal"><b><a href="/wiki/Pratibha_Patil" title="Pratibha Patil">Pratibha Patil</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(25 Jul. 2007 – <br />25 Jul. 2012)</span> </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2" style="font-weight:normal"><b><a href="/wiki/Pranab_Mukherjee" title="Pranab Mukherjee">Pranab Mukherjee</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(25 Jul. 2012 – <br />25 Jul. 2017)</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">11 August</span><br />2012 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">11 August</span><br />2017 </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/2012_Indian_vice_presidential_election" title="2012 Indian vice presidential election">2012</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(67.31%)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal"><b><a href="/wiki/Ram_Nath_Kovind" title="Ram Nath Kovind">Ram Nath Kovind</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(25 Jul. 2017 – <br />25 Jul. 2022)</span> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal">10 years, 0 days </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" align="left" style="font-size:95%">Former diplomat. Elected as the twelfth vice president in 2007 defeating his rival candidates <a href="/wiki/Najma_Heptulla" title="Najma Heptulla">Najma Heptulla</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rasheed_Masood" title="Rasheed Masood">Rasheed Masood</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Samajwadi_Party" title="Samajwadi Party">Samajwadi Party</a>. Re-elected to office for a second term in 2012 by defeating his rival candidate <a href="/wiki/Jaswant_Singh" title="Jaswant Singh">Jaswant Singh</a> of the Bharatiya Janata Party. First and only vice president since <a href="/wiki/Sarvepalli_Radhakrishnan" title="Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan">Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan</a> to be re-elected to office and the longest-serving vice president. Retired from office upon completion of tenure on 11 August 2017, becoming the first vice president to serve under three presidents. </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <th rowspan="3">13 </th> <td rowspan="3"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Venkaiah_Naidu_official_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Venkaiah_Naidu_official_portrait.jpg/100px-Venkaiah_Naidu_official_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Venkaiah_Naidu_official_portrait.jpg/150px-Venkaiah_Naidu_official_portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Venkaiah_Naidu_official_portrait.jpg/200px-Venkaiah_Naidu_official_portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="672" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3"><b><a href="/wiki/Muppavarapu_Venkaiah_Naidu" class="mw-redirect" title="Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu">Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1948)</span> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh" title="Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">11 August</span><br />2017 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">11 August</span><br />2022 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/2017_Indian_vice_presidential_election" title="2017 Indian vice presidential election">2017</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(67.89%)</span> </td> <td rowspan="2" align="left" style="background:#eaecf0; font-size:95%"> <ul><li>Member, <a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh_Legislative_Assembly" title="Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly">Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1978–1985)</span></li> <li>State President, <a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh" title="Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a> <a href="/wiki/BJP" class="mw-redirect" title="BJP">BJP</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1988–93)</span></li> <li>Member, <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1998–2016, 2016–2017)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Rural_Development_(India)" title="Ministry of Rural Development (India)">Union Minister of Rural Development</a><span style="font-size:85%;">(2000–2002)</span>, <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Housing_and_Urban_Affairs" title="Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs">Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2014–2017)</span>, <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Parliamentary_Affairs_(India)" title="Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (India)">Parliamentary Affairs</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2014–2016)</span>, and <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)" title="Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)">Information and Broadcasting</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2016–2017)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Bharatiya_Janata_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="President of the Bharatiya Janata Party">National President, Bharatiya Janata Party</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2002–2004)</span></li></ul> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal">5 years, 0 days </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" align="left" style="font-size:95%">Former union minister and parliamentarian. Elected as the thirteenth vice president in 2017 defeating his rival candidate <a href="/wiki/Gopalkrishna_Gandhi" title="Gopalkrishna Gandhi">Gopalkrishna Gandhi</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a>. First vice president to be born after independence. Made several state visits during tenure as vice president and received the Commander of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Order_of_the_Green_Crescent&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Order of the Green Crescent (page does not exist)">Order of the Green Crescent</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordre_du_Croissant_vert" class="extiw" title="fr:Ordre du Croissant vert">fr</a>]</span> of the <a href="/wiki/Comoros" title="Comoros">Comoros</a> during his visit to the Comoros in 2019. Tenure also marked by the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_India" title="COVID-19 pandemic in India">COVID-19 pandemic</a>. Retired from office upon completion of tenure in 2022. </td> <th rowspan="4" style="font-weight:normal"><b><a href="/wiki/Droupadi_Murmu" title="Droupadi Murmu">Droupadi Murmu</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(25 Jul. 2022 – <br />present)</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <th rowspan="3">14 </th> <td rowspan="3"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shri_Jagdeep_Dhankhar_official_portrait_(2)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Shri_Jagdeep_Dhankhar_official_portrait_%282%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Shri_Jagdeep_Dhankhar_official_portrait_%282%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Shri_Jagdeep_Dhankhar_official_portrait_%282%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Shri_Jagdeep_Dhankhar_official_portrait_%282%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Shri_Jagdeep_Dhankhar_official_portrait_%282%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Shri_Jagdeep_Dhankhar_official_portrait_%282%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1302" data-file-height="1608" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3"><b><a href="/wiki/Jagdeep_Dhankhar" title="Jagdeep Dhankhar">Jagdeep Dhankhar</a></b><br /><small>(born 1951)</small> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Rajasthan" title="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">11 August</span><br />2022 </td> <td>Incumbent </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/2022_Indian_vice_presidential_election" title="2022 Indian vice presidential election">2022</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(74.37%)</span> </td> <td rowspan="2" align="left" style="background:#eaecf0; font-size:95%"> <ul><li>Member, <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1989–1991)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Parliamentary_Affairs_(India)" title="Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (India)">Union Minister of State, Parliamentary Affairs</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1990–1991)</span></li> <li>Member, <a href="/wiki/Rajasthan_Legislative_Assembly" title="Rajasthan Legislative Assembly">Rajasthan Legislative Assembly</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1993–1998)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_West_Bengal" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of West Bengal">Governor of West Bengal</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2019–2022)</span></li></ul> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="font-size:90%; font-weight:normal">2 years, 189 days </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" align="left" style="font-size:95%">Former union minister, parliamentarian and governor. Elected as the fourteenth vice president in 2022 defeating his rival candidate <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Alva" title="Margaret Alva">Margaret Alva</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a>. First vice president to be born after India's becoming a republic in 1950. Currently serving in office. </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Statistics">Statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_vice_presidents_of_India&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="PieChartTemplate thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px"> <div class="mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white;margin:auto;position:relative;width:200px;height:200px;overflow:hidden;border-radius:100px;border:1px solid black;transform:scaleX(-1)rotate(-90deg)"> <div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:0; top:0; border-width:0 200px 200px 0; border-color:#FF9933; z-index:-1"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 22.808293906245px; border-left-color:#2E8B57"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:#2E8B57"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:#2E8B57"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;right:100px; top:100px; border-width:97.489194727899px 22.267844783585px 0 0; border-top-color:#00BFFF"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:#00BFFF"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;right:100px; top:0; border-width:0 79.734123800461px 100px 0; border-right-color:#DCDCDC"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;right:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 100px 0;border-color:#DCDCDC"></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"> <p>Representation of vice presidents by party of candidacy </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#DCDCDC; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> Independent (35.713%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> Indian National Congress (35.713%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#2E8B57; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> Janata Dal (7.143%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FF9933; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> Bharatiya Janata Party (21.431%)</div> </div> </div></div> <dl><dt>Timeline</dt></dl> <div class="timeline-wrapper"><map name="timeline_81bj9oqtkezvkv6o6v32tb8my16loun"><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Jagdeep_Dhankhar" coords="660,242,751,266" title="Jagdeep Dhankhar" alt="Jagdeep Dhankhar" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Venkaiah_Naidu" coords="637,223,709,247" title="Venkaiah Naidu" alt="Venkaiah Naidu" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Mohammad_Hamid_Ansari" coords="593,205,671,229" title="Mohammad Hamid Ansari" alt="Mohammad Hamid Ansari" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Bhairon_Singh_Shekhawat" coords="503,186,602,210" title="Bhairon Singh Shekhawat" alt="Bhairon Singh Shekhawat" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Krishan_Kant" coords="459,167,524,191" title="Krishan Kant" alt="Krishan Kant" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/K._R._Narayanan" coords="414,149,513,173" title="K. 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Giri" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Zakir_Husain_(politician)" coords="146,19,224,43" title="Zakir Husain (politician)" alt="Zakir Husain (politician)" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Sarvepalli_Radhakrishnan" coords="102,0,227,24" title="Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan" alt="Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan" /></map><img usemap="#timeline_81bj9oqtkezvkv6o6v32tb8my16loun" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/timeline/81bj9oqtkezvkv6o6v32tb8my16loun.png" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_vice_presidents_of_India&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">President of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_India" title="Vice President of India">Vice President of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Prime Minister of India">Prime Minister of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Deputy Prime Minister of India">Deputy Prime Minister of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_India" title="List of presidents of India">List of presidents of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_India" title="List of prime ministers of India">List of prime ministers of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spouse_of_the_Vice_President_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Spouse of the Vice President of India">Spouse of the Vice President of India</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_vice_presidents_of_India&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span 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