Zakir Husain

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Zakir Husain was an Indian educationist and statesman who served as the third President of India and the country’s first Muslim head of state.

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Zakir Husain canonical 2
Zakir Husain Khan 1

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instanceOf Indian politician
President of India
educationist
human
statesman
awardReceived Bharat Ratna
Order Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts
Padma Vibhushan
birthName Zakir Husain self-linksurface differs
surface form: Zakir Husain Khan
burialPlace Jamia Millia Islamia
surface form: Jamia Millia Islamia campus, New Delhi
coFounded Jamia Millia Islamia
countryOfCitizenship India
dateOfAward 1963
dateOfBirth 1897-02-08
dateOfDeath 1969-05-03
educatedAt Aligarh Muslim University
Humboldt University of Berlin
surface form: University of Berlin
endTime 1969-05-03
ethnicGroup Hyderabadi Muslims
surface form: Hyderabadi Muslim
fieldOfWork education
politics
governorshipEndTime 1962-05-11
governorshipStartTime 1957-07-06
headOfStateOf India
knownFor being the first Muslim President of India
contributions to Indian education
mannerOfDeath natural causes
memberOfPoliticalParty Indian National Congress
name Zakir Husain self-link
numberOfChildren 3
occupation professor
university administrator
office 2nd Vice President of India
3rd President of India
Governor of Bihar
placeOfBirth Hyderabad State
surface form: Hyderabad State, British India
placeOfDeath New Delhi, India
positionHeld Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University
Governor of Bihar
Member of the Rajya Sabha
President of India
Vice President of the Council of States
surface form: Vice President of India

Vice-Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University
precededBy Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
presidentDuringVicePresidency Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
religion Islam
spouse Nawab Shah Jahan Begum
surface form: Shah Jahan Begum
startTime 1967-05-13
succeededBy Varahagiri Venkata Giri
vicePresidencyEndTime 1967-05-12
vicePresidencyStartTime 1962-05-13

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Zakir Husain name Zakir Husain self-link
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this entity surface form: Zakir Husain Khan