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Radhakrishnan was born as Sarvepalli Radhakrishnayya [7] [8] in a Telugu Hindu family of Sarvepalli Veeraswami and Sithamma. He was the fourth born of six siblings (five brothers and one sister), [ 9 ] in Tiruttani of North Arcot district in the erstwhile Madras Presidency (now in Tiruvallur district of Tamil Nadu ).
The first vice president of India, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, took oath at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 13 May 1952. [5] He later served as the president. [ 6 ] 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 ]
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan: 13 May 1957 13 May 1962 Sudhi Ranjan Das: 1957: 2 Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888–1975) Tamil Nadu: Vice President of India: 13 May 1962 13 May 1967 5 years Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha: 1962: Zakir Husain: Independent: 3 Zakir Husain (1897–1969) Andhra Pradesh: Vice President of India. Governor of Bihar. 13 May 1967 3 ...
He was elected president in 1967, succeeding Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, and became the first Muslim to hold the highest constitutional office in India. He was also the first incumbent to die in office and had the shortest tenure of any Indian president. His mazar lies in the campus of the Jamia Millia Islamia in Delhi.
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan: Head of government: Jawaharlal Nehru: Member party: Indian National Congress: ... † Died in office; RES Resigned; Cabinet ministers. Portfolio
The post was vacant during the tenure of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan and was followed by Shah Jahan Begum, who was the wife of India's third president, Zakir Husain. [ 3 ] Saraswati Bai, wife of the country's fourth president, V. V. Giri , was the first first lady to take a more public role. [ 1 ]
V.V. Giri died of a heart attack in his Madras residency, on 24 June 1980. [90] He was given a state funeral the next day and a week-long mourning period was declared by the Government of India. [91] Rajya Sabha, of which Giri had been ex-officio chairman as Vice President of India, adjourned for two days as a mark of respect to him. [92]
The Election Commission of India held indirect third presidential elections of India on 7 May 1962. Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan with 553,067 votes won the presidency over his rivals Chowdhry Hari Ram who got 6,341 votes and Yamuna Prasad Trisulia who got 3,537 votes.