Which one of the following did NOT serve as Vice President before assuming the office of the President of India?

Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
Dr. Zakir Hussain
R. Venkatraman

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2025-01-04 04:42

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Option 2 : Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

The correct answer is Neelam Sanjiva Reddy.

Vice President:

In India, Vice-President has the second-highest office in the country.
Article 63 of the Indian Constitution mentions the post of Vice-President.
There is no direct election for the Vice-President of India however, he/she is indirectly elected by an Electoral College.
He acts as the ex-officio Chairman of Rajya Sabha.

Vice President	Term	Term of President
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan	1952-1962	1962-1967
Zakir Hussain	1962-1967	1967-1969
V. V. Giri	1967-1969	1969-1974
Gopal Swarup Pathak	1969-1974	Not became president
B. D. Jatti	1974-1979	Not became president
Mohammad Hidayatullah	1979-1984	1969 (Acting President)
R. Venkataraman	1984-1987	1987-1992
Shankar Dayal Sharma	1987-1992	1992-1997
K. R. Narayanan	1992-1997	1997-2002
Krishan Kant	1997-2002	Not became president
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat	2002-2007	Not became president
Mohammad Hamid Ansari	2007-2017	Not became president
Venkaiah Naidu	2017-Incumbent	Not became president

From the table, it is clear that Neelam Sanjiva Reddy did NOT serve as Vice President before assuming the office of the President of India.
The only unopposed President of India, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy became the President in 1977.
He was elected on 21 July 1977 and was sworn in as the sixth President of India on 25 July 1977.
Reddy worked with three governments, with Prime Ministers Morarji Desai, Charan Singh, and Indira Gandhi.
He was also the first chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, credited with the architecture and modernization of the state.
He participated in various freedom struggles against the British and was imprisoned several times.

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