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.[1]
Shankar Dayal Sharma | |
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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. Venkataraman |
| 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 | 19 August 1918 Bhopal, Bhopal State, British India (now in Madhya Pradesh, India) |
| Died | 26 December 1999 (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 |
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Shankar Dayal Sharma Media
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
References
- ↑ "Shankar Dayal Sharma - President of India". www.gloriousindia.com. Retrieved 2 April 2018.