Shri Venkataraman came to be intimately associated with trade union activity, founding or leading several unions, including those for plantation workers, estate staff, dock-workers, railway workers and working journalists. Shri Venkataraman also took a direct and keen interest in the conditions of agricultural workers in his home district of Thanjavur. Legislative Activity: Law and trade union activity led to Shri Venkataraman's increasing association with politics.
He was elected in , to free India's Provisional Parliament and to the First Parliament During his term of legislative activity, Shri Venkataraman attended the Session of the Metal Trades Committee of International Labour Organisation as a workers' delegate. Giri resigned two months after being appointed as the acting President of India, following the death of Dr.
Zakir Hussaian as he wanted to become an elected President. He was later elected as the fourth President of India in After India attained Independence from the British, V. Giri had been appointed as the High Commissioner to Ceylon. In , he headed a team of prominent public personalities and academicians to establish The Indian Society of Labour Economics ISLE and received the highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna, in , for his contribution in the area of public affairs. Ahmed served as the President of India during the time of Emergency.
He was the second Muslim to be elected as the President of India and also the second to die in state. Ahmed was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Pristina, in Kosovo, in Reddy was the sixth President of India and the first to be elected unopposed and the youngest to occupy Rashtrapati Bhavan.
One of the incredible feats that Reddy achieved was that he renounced residency at the Rashtrapati Bhavan and took a 70 percent cut in his salary as a gesture toward the poor economic conditions of the masses in He came under the scanner during Operation Blue Star, when then prime minister Indira Gandhi ordered the security forces to combat Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and his armed followers in the Golden Temple, Amritsar. Since the order to the armed forces has to come directly from the President, questions were raised as to how Gandhi managed to order the army to carry out the mission.
As the member of the Congress, he accompanied the movement against the Nawab of Bengal, who expressed desire to retain the princely state. Sharma was arrested in for leading a public agitation against the Nawab.
During his tenure, Sharma rejected the mercy petitions in all 14 cases placed before him. Popularly known as K. Naranayanan, he was the first Dalit-origin President of India.
Narayanan, who formerly served as a diplomat, served as India's ambassador to China and the United States. Subscription Notification.
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