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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 fourth president of India from 24 August 1969 to 24 August 1974. He also served as the third vice president of India from 13 May 1967 to 3 May 1969.
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.
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 ...
Varahagiri Venkata Giri (24 Aug. 1969 – 24 Aug. 1974) 5 years, 0 days Former union minister and governor. Elected as the fourth vice president in 1969 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of his predecessor Varahagiri Venkata Giri by defeating six other candidates. Retired upon completion of tenure in 1974.
Varahagiri Venkata Giri, more commonly known as V. V. Giri, was sworn in as the Acting President of India a few hours after the sudden death of President Zakir Husain from a heart attack. President Husain had returned to New Delhi the night before from a tour of India's eastern region and had been preparing for a scheduled checkup from his team ...
Varahagiri Venkata Giri Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed: Prime Minister: Indira Gandhi: Preceded by: Varahagiri Venkata Giri: Succeeded by: Basappa Danappa Jatti: Governor of Mysore; In office 13 May 1967 – 31 August 1969: Chief Minister: Siddavanahalli Nijalingappa Veerendra Patil: Preceded by: Varahagiri Venkata Giri: Succeeded by: Dharma Vira ...
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 (until 24 August 1974) Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (24 August 1974 – 11 February 1977) Basappa Danappa Jatti (Acting) (from 11 February 1977) Head of government: Indira Gandhi: Member party: Indian National Congress (R) Status in legislature: Majority