Shankar Dayal Sharma
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Shankar Dayal Sharma

Shankar Dayal Sharma
Personal data
Date of birth19 August 1918
Place of birthHaryana, India
Date of death26 December 1999(age 81)
Place of deathNew Delhi, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
SpouseVimla Sharma
Childrentwo sons and a daughter
9th President of India
In office25 July 1992 - 25 July 1997
PresidentK. R. Narayanan
Vice PresidentK. R. Narayanan
Succeeded byK. R. Narayanan
Preceded byRamaswamy Venkataraman

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Shankar Dayal Sharma ( ) (19 August 1918 - 26 December 1999) was the ninth President of India serving from 1992 to 1997. Prior to his presidency, Dr. Sharma had been the 8th Vice President of India under President Ramaswamy Venkatraman. He was also Chief Minister (1952 � 1956), Cabinet Minister, holding the portfolios of Education, Law, Public Works, Industry and Commerce, National Resources and Separate Revenue (1956 � 1967) and was thereafter Union Minister for Communications (1974 � 1977). Dr. Sharma was the President of the Indian National Congress in 1972-1974.

Dr. Sharma was born into a Brahmin family from Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh.

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Mercy plea decided by ex-President in six days: RTI - Times of India Tweet this news
Times of India--Then President -Shankar Dayal Sharma- took just six days to decide on his plea and rejected it, an RTI reply from the home ministry said. ... - Date : Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:56:23 GMT+00:00
IIT-K to confer honorary PhD on prime minister - Times of India Tweet this news
Times of India---...- Ratan Swarup Memorial Prize, Dr -Shankar Dayal Sharma- Medal and National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council (NMCC) Gold Medal, respectively. ... - Date : Fri, 02 Jul 2010 22:04:08 GMT+00:00
Kalam calls for debate on death penalty - Indian Express Tweet this news
Indian Express--This is one reason why except for the late -Shankar Dayal Sharma-, who cleared all pending files during his tenure, no other President has cleared the backlog ... - Date : Tue, 06 Jul 2010 03:13:46 GMT+00:00
Ansari to sign social security pact with Czech Republic - The Hindu Tweet this news
The Hindu--Mr. Ansari's will be the first high-level visit to the Czech Republic after the former President -Shankar Dayal Sharma's- tour in 1996. ... - Date : Sat, 05 Jun 2010 21:50:06 GMT+00:00
Control issues - Asian Age Tweet this news
Asian Age---...- of governors in 1996 by the then President -Shankar Dayal Sharma- to make recommendations on “the role of the governor as chancellor of universities”. ... - Date : Wed, 16 Jun 2010 04:17:59 GMT+00:00
Afzal Guru case: 74 mercy pleas decided in 26 years - Daily News & Analysis Tweet this news
Daily News & Analysis--President -Shankar Dayal Sharma- took the shortest time � seven days � to reject a petition. But KR Narayanan broke the pattern. He started the trend which ... - Date : Fri, 04 Jun 2010 19:13:20 GMT+00:00
The journey of a mercy plea - Expressindia.com Tweet this news
Expressindia.com--The only President in recent times who diligently performed this Constitutional duty was -Shankar Dayal Sharma-. What is the view of President Pratibha Patil ... - Date : Fri, 21 May 2010 03:50:04 GMT+00:00
In India, pardon can be reviewed by SC - The News International Tweet this news
The News International---...- of Dhanonjoy Chatterjeeís case, whose mercy petition had already been rejected by two former presidents, -Shankar Dayal Sharma- and KR Narayan. ... - Date : Wed, 19 May 2010 00:48:00 GMT+00:00
Cherche bourreau désespérément - Courrier International Tweet this news
Courrier International---Shankar Dayal Sharma- président de l'Inde entre 1992 et 1997 est le dernier à avoir véritablement exercé ce droit et détient le nombre record de grâces ... - Date : Mon, 10 May 2010 12:58:17 GMT+00:00
Musique classique indienne: Pandit Ashok Pathak & Pandit Anindo Chatterjee (Inde - Quefaire.be (Communiqué de presse) (Abonnement) Tweet this news
Quefaire.be (Communiqué de presse) (Abonnement)--Cependant, l'œuvre d'Ashok va au-delà de ses performances musicales, le président de l'Inde, -Shankar Dayal Sharma-, lui ad'ailleurs remis en personne le ... - Date : Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:43:19 GMT+00:00

Government offices
Preceded by
Thakur Ram Lal
Governor of Andhra Pradesh
1984 - 1985
Succeeded by
Kumudben Manishankar Joshi
Political offices
Preceded by
R Venkataraman
Vice President of India
3 September 1987-July 24, 1992
Succeeded by
K.R.Narayanan
Preceded by
R Venkataraman
President of India
25 July 1992-July 25, 1997
Succeeded by
K.R.Narayanan


IN Presidents of India

Rajendra Prasad * Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan * Zakir Hussain * V.V. Giri � * Muhammad Hidayatullah � * V.V. Giri * Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed * Basappa Danappa Jatti � * Neelam Sanjiva Reddy * Zail Singh * R. Venkataraman * Shankar Dayal Sharma * K.R. Narayanan * Abdul Kalam * Pratibha Patil |

IN Vice Presidents of India

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan * Zakir Hussain * V. V. Giri * Gopal Swarup Pathak * Basappa Danappa Jatti * Muhammad Hidayatullah * R. Venkataraman * Shankar Dayal Sharma * K. R. Narayanan * Krishan Kant * Bhairon Singh Shekhawat * Mohammad Hamid Ansari |



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