R. Venkataraman

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R. Venkataraman was an Indian lawyer, freedom fighter, and statesman who served as the eighth President of India from 1987 to 1992.


Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf President of India
freedom fighter
human
lawyer
statesman
awardReceived Soviet Land Prize
Tamra Patra
birthName Ramaswamy Venkataraman
countryOfCitizenship India
dateOfBirth 1910-12-04
dateOfDeath 2009-01-27
educatedAt Madras Law College
University of Madras
honorificPrefix His Excellency
knownFor role in Indian independence movement
serving as the eighth President of India
memberOfPoliticalParty Indian National Congress
numberOfChildren 3
occupation freedom fighter
lawyer
politician
officeEnd 1992
officeStart 1987
participatedIn Indian independence movement
Quit India Movement
placeOfBirth British India
Madras Presidency
Rajamadam
placeOfDeath India
New Delhi
positionHeld Governor of Tamil Nadu
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Member of the Constituent Assembly of India
Minister of Defence of India
Minister of Finance of India
President of India
Union Minister for Industries and Labour
Vice President of India
precededAsVicePresidentBy M. Hidayatullah
precededBy Giani Zail Singh
presidentialOrder 8
religion Hinduism
spouse Janaki Venkataraman
succeededAsVicePresidentBy Shankar Dayal Sharma
succeededBy Shankar Dayal Sharma
termAsVicePresidentEnd 1987
termAsVicePresidentStart 1984
vicePresidentDuringPresidency Shankar Dayal Sharma
wasImprisonedFor participation in the Indian independence movement

Referenced by (5)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
R. Venkataraman ("Ramaswamy Venkataraman")
birthName
C. V. Raman ("Radhakrishnan Venkataraman")
child
University of Madras ("R. Venkatraman")
hasNotableAlumni
Presidency College, Madras
notableAlumnus
Chimanlal Harilal Setalvad
notableRelative

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