President From MP: Born in Bhopal, the ninth President of the country, Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, administered oath to three Prime Ministers in the last year of his tenure.
Publish Date: | Fri, Jun 2022 : AM (IST)
Bhopal. The term of the current President of the country, Ram Nath Kovind, is ending next month. Before this, the election of a new President will be held, for which notification has been issued. Amidst the hustle and bustle of the presidential election, it will be interesting for you to know that Madhya Pradesh, which is called the heart of the country, has also given a head of state. This is the name of Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, who was the ninth President of the country. His tenure July 1985 to 24 july 1997 lasted. Let us know in detail about his life, education-initiation and political journey.
His birth 16 august 1918 was born in a Brahmin family in a village named Amon, which is located in Bhopal, the capital of the then princely state of Bhopal. He remained ill for the last five years of his life. On 9 October 1999 he was admitted to a hospital in Delhi after suffering a heart attack, where 19 december 1999 he died. His samadhi is located in the Karmabhoomi. Before becoming the President, he was also the eighth Vice President of India. After the independence of the country, he became the Chief Minister of Bhopal State (1918- 24) and as a cabinet level minister in the state of Madhya Pradesh, he Held the work of the Ministry of Education, Law, Public Works, Industry and Commerce. In the Central Government, he served as the Minister of Communications (1974-
) took over. During this the President of the Indian National Congress (1972- ) also stay.
Education and early life
Dr. Sharma attended St. John’s College Agra, Agra College, Allahabad University, Lucknow University, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge University, Lincoln Inn. And received education from Harvard Law School. He obtained MA degree in Hindi, English, Sanskrit literature with first position in the university. He also obtained LLM degree from Lucknow University with first position, PhD degree in Law from Cambridge. He was married to Vimla Sharma. Vimla Sharma passes away 06 in Delhi on August 2020
years of age. Vimla Sharma was elected MLA in Raisen district 1985.
Political Journey
In the decade of Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma joined the freedom movement of India. For this he took the membership of the Congress party. 1940 became the Chief Minister of Bhopal. Stayed on this post till 24, when Bhopal was merged with other states. Madhya Pradesh was created. In the decade of them) Gave. In the Indira cabinet, he was the Minister of Communications (1974- ) are, In and 1980 he won the Lok Sabha seat from Bhopal. 1972 from his daughter Geetanjali and son-in-law Lalit Maken in Delhi during his appointment as Governor of Andhra Pradesh. The assassination was done by Sikh extremists. 1985 From 1986 He was the Governor of Punjab. Last Governor’s Responsibility He 1986 to
till played in Maharashtra. After this, he continued to serve as the Vice President of India during the tenure of Ramaswamy Venkataraman till the year 1992. In 1985 he was elected the ninth President of the country and in July 1992 remained in this post. In his last working year, he administered oath to three Prime Ministers of the country (Atal Bihari Vajpayee, HD Deve Gowda and IK Gujral).
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