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Dharmendra Pratap Singh Rajput (born 1983) is an Indian who is among the tallest living people at 2.46 m (8 ft 1 in). [1] [2] He currently lives in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. [3] [4] He is currently listed as the tallest man in India by The Limca Book of Records.
The election of the President of India is an indirect election in which electoral college consisting of the elected members of both houses of parliament (M.P.s), the elected members of the state legislative assemblies (Vidhan Sabhas) of all states and the elected members of the legislative assemblies (MLAs) of union territories with legislatures, i.e., National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi ...
Vice President of India. Minister of Defence. 25 July 1987 25 July 1992 5 years Raghunandan Swarup Pathak: 1987: Shankar Dayal Sharma: 9 Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918–1999) Madhya Pradesh: Vice President of India. Governor of Maharashtra. 25 July 1992 25 July 1997 5 years M. H. Kania: 1992: K. R. Narayanan: 10 K. R. Narayanan (1920–2005 ...
The Rajya Sabha, also known as the Council of States, is the upper house of India's Parliament. Candidates are not elected directly by the citizens but by the members of legislative assemblies and up to 13 can be nominated by the President of India for their contributions to art, literature, science, and social services. Members of the ...
The election was fought between two major candidates, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam and Lakshmi Sahgal. [1] Kalam was backed by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and its National Democratic Alliance. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Telugu Desam Party and Bahujan Samaj Party also supported his candidature. [2]
Following Husain's death, and Vice President V.V. Giri's resignation to contest the presidential election, Hidayatullah served as Acting President during 20 July 1969 – 24 August 1969. [68] [69] Husain was chosen as the Congress party's candidate to succeed Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan as the President of India in the presidential election of 1967.
Franklin Pierce went on to serve in the Mexican-American war, and upon his return home, they lived a quiet life in Concord, New Hampshire, before the Democratic Party named Franklin their ...
The election of a new president became a contest between the Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and the old guard of the Congress Party known as the Syndicate. [64] The All India Congress Committee decided to support Neelam Sanjiva Reddy as the presidential candidate, disregarding the Prime Minister's opposition. [65]