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Vice President of India: 3 May 1969 20 July 1969 78 days – – Acting Mohammad Hidayatullah (1905–1992) Chhattisgarh: Chief Justice of India: 20 July 1969 24 August 1969 35 days – – 4 V. V. Giri (1894–1980) Odisha: Vice President of India. Governor of Kerala. 24 August 1969 24 August 1974 5 years Mohammad Hidayatullah: 1969: Gopal ...
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (13 May 1905 – 11 February 1977) was an Indian lawyer and politician who served as the fifth president of India from 1974 to 1977.. Born in Delhi, Ahmed studied in Delhi and Cambridge and was called to the bar from the Inner Temple, London in 1928.
He also served as the third vice president of India from 13 May 1967 to 3 May 1969. He was the first president to be elected as an independent candidate. [3] He was succeeded by Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed as president in 1974. [4] After the end of his full term, Giri was honoured by the Government of India with the Bharat Ratna in 1975. Giri died on ...
The Election Commission of India held indirect sixth presidential elections of India on 17 August 1974. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, from Assam with 765,587 votes won over his nearest rival Tridib Chaudhuri, from West Bengal who got 189,196 votes.
September 1970 State visit [11] France: Paris: November 1970 Funeral of Charles de Gaulle [11] Soviet Union: Moscow: 20 October 1970 State visit: Gandhi made a brief stop-over at Moscow on 20 October, en route to the U. N. Assembly Session, in New York. [11] United States: New York City: 14–24 October 1970 UN General Assembly [11]
The Indian government's chief legal adviser, Attorney-General for India, is appointed by the president of India under Article 76(1) and holds office during the pleasure of the president. If the president considers a question of law or a matter of public importance has arisen, they can also ask for the advisory opinion of the supreme court per ...
24 August 1974 Independent: I. Gandhi 5 Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905–1977) 1974: 24 August 1974 11 February 1977 (died in office.) Indian National Congress: I. Gandhi – Basappa Danappa Jatti (1912–2002) – 11 February 1977 25 July 1977 Indian National Congress: I. Gandhi Desai: 6 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913–1996) 1977: 25 July 1977 25 ...
1 April – Government campaign to save the tiger from extinction. 24 April – Verdict of Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala pronounced. Supreme Court of India upholds basic structure doctrine. [1] [2] Chipko movement in Garhwal division against logging under the leadership of Chandi Prasad Bhatt. [3] [4]