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Varahagiri Venkata Giri (pronunciation ⓘ; 10 August 1894 – 24 June 1980), better known as V. V. Giri was an Indian politician and activist who served as the president of India from 24 August 1969 to 24 August 1974. He also served as the vice president of India from 13 May 1967 to 3 May 1969.
Varahagiri Venkata Giri: 401,515 420,077: Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy: 313,548 405,427 Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh: 112,769 Eliminated Chandradatt Senani 5,814 Gurcharan Kaur: 940 Rajabhoj Pandurang Nathuji 831 Babu Lal Mag 576 Chowdhry Hari Ram 125 Manovihari Aniruddh Sharma 125 Khubi Ram 94 Bhagmal — Krishna Kumar Chatterjee — Santosh Singh ...
The 1969 Indian vice presidential election was held on 30 August 1969.Gopal Swarup Pathak won the election to become the fourth vice president of India. [1] The election was occurred since the sitting VP, Varahagiri Venkata Giri resigned to contest the presidential election after the death of incumbent President Zakir Husain.
V. V. Giri became the acting president in 1969 after Zakir Husain died in office. Giri was elected president a few months later. He remains the only person to have held office both as a president and acting president. Rajendra Prasad, the first president of India, is the only person to have held office for two terms. [5]
Following the death of Zakir Husain in 1969, Varahagiri Venkata Giri resigned from the post of vice president to contest the presidential election and got elected. [7] Out of 14 vice presidents, six of them later went on to become the president. [7] Krishan Kant has been the only one to die during his tenure. [8] M.
Then Vice President of India Mr. V. V. Giri became the acting President. Later, Giri resigned from both offices as acting president and Vice-President to become a candidate in the 1969 Presidential Election. Hidayatullah then served as the President of India for a short period from 20 July to 24 August.
Varahagiri Venkata Giri: Mohammad Habib: Party Independent: Independent: Home state Orissa: Uttar Pradesh: Electoral vote 483: 193 Percentage 71.45%: 28.55%
Varahagiri Venkata Giri Independent. Elected President. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed INC. The Election Commission of India held indirect sixth presidential elections of India ...