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Ramaswamy Venkataraman

Ramaswamy Venkataraman
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R. Venkataraman
8th President of India
In office
25 July 1987 – 25 July 1992
Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi
V. P. Singh
Chandra Shekhar
P. V. Narasimha Rao
Vice President Shankar Dayal Sharma
Preceded by Zail Singh
Succeeded by Shankar Dayal Sharma
7th Vice President of India
In office
31 August 1984 – 24 July 1987
President Zail Singh
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi
Rajiv Gandhi
Preceded by Mohammad Hidayatullah
Succeeded by Shankar Dayal Sharma
Minister of Home Affairs
In office
22 June 1982 – 2 September 1982
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi
Preceded by Zail Singh
Succeeded by Prakash Chandra Sethi
Minister of Defence
In office
15 January 1982 – 2 August 1984
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi
Preceded by Indira Gandhi
Succeeded by Shankarrao Chavan
Minister of Finance
In office
14 January 1980 – 15 January 1982
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi
Preceded by Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna
Succeeded by Pranab Mukherjee
Personal details
Born Ramaswamy Venkataraman
(1910-12-04)4 December 1910
Rajamadam, Madras Presidency, British India
(now in Tamil Nadu, India)
Died 27 January 2009(2009-01-27) (aged 98)
New Delhi, India
Political party Indian National Congress
Spouse(s) Janaki Venkataraman
Alma mater University of Madras
Profession
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Ramaswamy Venkataraman (About this sound pronunciation , 4 December 1910 – 27 January 2009) was an Indian lawyer, Indian independence activist and politician who served as a Union minister and as the eighth President of India.

Venkataraman was born in Rajamadam village in Tanjore district, Madras Presidency. He studied law and practised in the Madras High Court and the Supreme Court of India. In his young age, he was an activist of the Indian independence movement and participated in the Quit India Movement. He was appointed member of the Constituent Assembly and the provisional cabinet. He was elected to Lok Sabha four times and served as Union Finance Minister and Defence Minister. In 1984, he was elected the seventh Vice President of India and in 1987, he became the 8th President of India and served from 1987 to 1992. He also served as a State minister under K. Kamaraj and M. Bhaktavatsalam.

Venkataraman was born in Rajamadam village near in Pattukottai, near Tanjore district in Tamil Nadu. He had his school education in Govt Boys Higher Secondary School, Pattukottai & Undergraduation in National College, Tiruchirappalli.


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