Shankar Dayal Sharma

Shankar Dayal Sharma  pronunciation (info • help) (19 August 1918 – 26 December 1999) was an Indian politician. He was the ninth President of India from 1992 to 1997. Sharma had been the eighth Vice President of India, serving under R. Venkataraman.

His Excellency Shankar Dayal Sharma
शंकर दयाल शर्मा
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9th President of India
In office 25 July 1992 – 25 July 1997
Prime Minister	P. V. Narasimha Rao Atal Bihari Vajpayee H. D. Deve Gowda I. K. Gujral
Vice President	K. R. Narayanan
Preceded by	R. Venkatar
Succeeded by	K. R. Narayanan
8th Vice President of India
In office 3 September 1987 – 25 July 1992
President	R. Venkataraman
Prime Minister	Rajiv Gandhi V. P. Singh
Preceded by	R. Venkataraman
Succeeded by	K. R. Narayanan
Governor of Maharashtra
In office 3 April 1986 – 2 September 1987
Chief Minister	Shankarrao Chavan
Preceded by	Kona Prabhakar Rao
Succeeded by	Kasu Brahmananda Reddy
Governor of Punjab Administrator of Chandigarh
In office 26 November 1985 – 2 April 1986
Chief Minister	Surjit Singh Barnala
Preceded by	Hokishe Sema
Succeeded by	Siddhartha Shankar Ray
Governor of Andhra Pradesh
In office 29 August 1984 – 26 November 1985
Chief Minister	Nadendla Bhaskara Rao N. T. Rama Rao
Preceded by	Thakur Ram Lal
Succeeded by	Kumudben Manishankar Joshi
Personal details
Born	(1918-08-19)19 August 1918 Bhopal, Bhopal State, British India (now in Madhya Pradesh, India)
Died	26 December 1999(1999-12-26) (aged 81) New Delhi, India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse(s)	Vimala Sharma
Children	2 sons, 1 daughter
Alma mater	University of Lucknow University of Cambridge Lincoln's Inn Harvard University
Profession	Lawyer, Politician
Signature	Shankar Dayal Sharma's signature

Shankar Dayal Sharma Media

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  Shankar Dayal Sharma being sworn in as president by Chief Justice M. H. Kania

• President of India Shankar Dayal Sharma

• President Sharma addressing the nation on the eve of Independence Day, 1994

• I. K. Gujral was sworn in as prime minister on April 21, 1997.

• President Sharma being received at the Muscat Airport by the sultan of Oman, Qaboos bin Said during his state visit in 1996.

• A commemorative postage stamp of India featuring President Sharma