Dr. Zakir Hussain
| Zakir Husain | |
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| ज़ाकिर हुसैन ذاکر حسین |
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| 3rd President of India | |
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In office 13 May 1967 – 3 May 1969 |
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| Prime Minister | Indira Gandhi |
| Vice President | Varahagiri Venkata Giri |
| Preceded by | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
| Succeeded by | Varahagiri Venkata Giri (Acting) |
| Vice President of India | |
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In office 13 May 1962 – 12 May 1967 |
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| President | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
| Prime Minister |
Jawaharlal Nehru Lal Bahadur Shastri Indira Gandhi |
| Preceded by | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
| Succeeded by | Varahagiri Venkata Giri |
| Governor of Bihar | |
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In office 6 July 1957 – 11 May 1962 |
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| Chief Minister |
Krishna Sinha Deep Narayan Singh |
| Preceded by | R. R. Diwakar |
| Succeeded by | Madabhushi Ananthasayanam Ayyangar |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
8 February 1897 Hyderabad, Hyderabad State, (now in Telangana, India) |
| Died | 3 May 1969 (aged 72) New Delhi, Delhi, India |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse(s) | Shahjehan Begum |
| Alma mater |
HMS Islamia, Etawah Aligarh Muslim University University of Delhi Humboldt University of Berlin |
| Awards |
 Bharat Ratna (1963) |
Zakir Hussain Born in 1897 – 3 May 1969) was the 3rd President of India, from 13 May 1967 until the death on 3 May 1969. An educator and intellectual, Husain was the country's first Muslim president, and also the first to die in office. He was also the shortest serving President of India. He previously served as Governor of Bihar from 1957 to 1962 and as Vice President of India from 1962 to 1967.
Zakir Husain was also the co-founder of Jamia Milia Islamia, serving as its Vice Chancellor from 1928. Under Husain, Jamia became closely associated with the Indian freedom movement. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour, in 1963.
Husain was born in Hyderabad, Telangana, into a Pashtun family of the Afridi tribe, which came to be more closely associated with Kaimganj in Farrukhabad district, Uttar Pradesh, and education and academia. After Husain was born, his family migrated from Hyderabad to Kaimganj, where he grew up. He was the second of seven sons: the elder brother of fellow educationists Yousuf Husain and Mahmud Hussain. He was also the uncle of academic Masud Husain and Anwar Husain eminent anchorperson and former Managing Director of Pakistan State Television. His grandson Salman Khurshid, a Congress politician, is the former Foreign Minister of India.
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