List of vice presidents of India by longevity

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This is a list of vice presidents of India by longevity. The table includes date of swearing-in of the vice presidents, date when he left the office, age at swearing-in, age when leaving office, post vice presidency time-span, and age at death/current age.

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Age of vice presidents

Age of the vice presidents when assuming office is shown in this bar chart. It is not quite a bell curve (mean age is 70 years 40 days and is marked by red line). Age distribution of Indian Vice Presidents.png
Age of the vice presidents when assuming office is shown in this bar chart. It is not quite a bell curve (mean age is 70 years 40 days and is marked by red line).

The median age at swearing-in of Indian vice presidents is 70 years, 40 days. Mohammad Hamid Ansari is closest to this mean age. Ramaswamy Venkataraman was the longest lived vice president in Indian history, living 98 years, 54 days until his death in 2009, [1] while Zakir Husain lived the shortest life of all Indian vice presidents, of 72 years, 84 days until his death in 1969. [2]

B. D. Jatti was the youngest elected vice president, at age of 61 years, 355 days, [3] while Bhairon Singh Shekhawat was the oldest elected vice president, at the age of 76 years, 300 days. [4] B. D. Jatti also had the longest retirement period of any vice president, living 22 years, 280 days after leaving office, while Zakir Husain also had the shortest retirement period of 1 year, 355 days. Krishan Kant was the only vice president to ever die in office. [5]

Only two of the vice presidents, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan and Mohammad Hamid Ansari [6] [7] were re-elected vice presidents, serving 2 terms. Zakir Husain and B. D. Jatti were younger than two of their immediate successors, on the other extreme, V. V. Giri and Mohammad Hidayatullah were older than their predecessors.

Of all the vice presidents, six immediately succeeded to the Presidency by winning the presidential election. They were Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Zakir Husain, V. V. Giri, Ramaswamy Venkataraman, Shankar Dayal Sharma and K. R. Narayanan. While, V. V. Giri [8] and B. D. Jatti [9] also served as acting president upon death of the president. [10]

#Vice PresidentBornAge at starting of Vice PresidenctAge at

end of Vice Presidency

Post Vice Presidency time-spanLifespanSources
DiedAge
1 Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Sep 5, 188863 years, 251 days
May 13, 1952		73 years, 250 days
May 13, 1962		12 years, 339 daysApr 17, 197586 years, 224 days [11]
2 Zakir Husain Feb 8, 189765 years, 94 days
May 13, 1962		70 years, 94 days
May 13, 1967		1 year, 355 daysMay 3, 196972 years, 84 days [12]
3 V. V. Giri Aug 10, 189472 years, 276 days
May 13, 1967		74 years, 266 days
May 3, 1969		11 years, 52 daysJun 24, 198085 years, 319 days [13]
4 Gopal Swarup Pathak Feb 26, 189673 years, 186 days
Aug 31, 1969		78 years, 186 days
Aug 31, 1974		8 years, 34 daysOct 4, 198286 years, 220 days [14]
5 B. D. Jatti Sep 10, 191261 years, 355 days
Aug 31, 1974		66 years, 355 days
Aug 31, 1979		22 years, 280 daysJun 7, 200289 years, 270 days [15]
6 Mohammad Hidayatullah Dec 17, 190573 years, 257 days
Aug 31, 1979		78 years, 258 days
Aug 31, 1984		8 years, 18 daysSep 18, 199286 years, 276 days [16]
7 Ramaswamy Venkataraman Dec 4, 191073 years, 271 days
Aug 31, 1984		76 years, 232 days
Jul 24, 1987		21 years, 187 daysJan 27, 200998 years, 54 days [17]
8 Shankar Dayal Sharma Aug 19, 191869 years, 15 days
Sep 3, 1987		73 years, 341 days
Jul 25, 1992		6 years, 185 daysJan 26, 199980 years, 160 days [18]
9 K. R. Narayanan Oct 27, 192072 years, 0 days
Oct 27, 1992		76 years, 270 days
Jul 24, 1997		8 years, 108 daysNov 9, 200585 years, 13 days [19]
10 Krishan Kant Feb 28, 192770 years, 174 days
Aug 21, 1997		75 years, 149 days
Jul 27, 2002		0 days [lower-alpha 1] Jul 27, 200275 years, 149 days [20]
11 Bhairon Singh Shekhawat Oct 23, 192576 years, 300 days
Aug 19, 2002		81 years, 271 days
Jul 21, 2007		2 years, 298 daysMay 15, 201084 years, 204 days [21]
12 Mohammad Hamid Ansari Apr 1, 193770 years, 132 days
Aug 11, 2007		80 years, 132 days
Aug 11, 2017		4 years, 47 daysliving84 years, 179 days [22]
13 Venkaiah Naidu Jul 1, 194968 years, 41 days
Aug 11, 2017		 incumbent incumbentliving72 years, 88 days [23]
#Vice PresidentBornAge at

start of Vice Presidency

Age at

end of Vice Presidency

Post Vice Presidency timespanDiedAgeSources
Lifespan
Sources and References - [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30]

Notes

  1. ↑ Died during Vice Presidency

See also

Sources and References

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  10. ↑ Mohammad Hidayatullah also acted a president upon death of Zakir Husain and resignation of V. V. Giri as acting president, but he was Chief Justice then.
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  18. ↑ "Dr. Shanker Dayal Sharma | Vice President of India | Government of India". vicepresidentofindia.nic.in. Archived from the original on 2020-12-03. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
  19. ↑ "Sh. K.R. Narayanan | Vice President of India | Government of India". vicepresidentofindia.nic.in. Archived from the original on 2019-03-08. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
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  21. ↑ "Sh. Bhairon Singh Shekhawat | Vice President of India | Government of India". vicepresidentofindia.nic.in. Archived from the original on 2021-04-17. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
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