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A commemorative postage stamp on V.V. Giri was released by the Indian Posts and Telegraphs Department in 1974. [93] [94] The National Labour Institute was renamed in honour of V.V. Giri in 1995. [95] V.V. Giri's hometown of Berhampur in Odisha has a major road, a secondary training school and a big market that are named after him. [96]
V. V. Giri: 483: 71.45%: Won Independent – Mohammad Habib: 193 28.55% Lost 1969: Independent – Gopal Swarup Pathak: Unopposed: Won 1974: Indian National Congress – B. D. Jatti: 521: 78.70%: Won Jharkhand Party – Niral Enem Horo: 141 21.30% Lost 1979: Independent – Mohammad Hidayatullah: Unopposed: Won 1984: Indian National Congress ...
Even as a brooding Indira Gandhi left for Bangalore, a fresh opening presented itself. The Vice-President V V Giri announced that he would contest the presidential elections as an independent candidate. Mrs Gandhi knew that before she could support Giri against her own party's nominee, she would have to regain the initiative within the party.
V. V. 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 V. V. Giri by defeating six other candidates. Retired upon completion of tenure in 1974. First vice president to not get elected as president.
In a closely fought election held on 16 August 1969, V V Giri emerged victorious, winning 48.01 per cent of the first preference votes and subsequently getting a majority on counting the second preference votes. In the final tally, Giri had 420,077 votes against the quota of 418,169 votes required to be elected president and Reddy had 405,427 ...
Varahagiri Venkata Giri: Mohammad Habib: Party Independent: Independent: Home state Orissa: Uttar Pradesh: Electoral vote 483: 193 Percentage 71.45%: 28.55%
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]
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 ...