Ramaswamy Venkataraman (4 December 1910 – 27 January 2009) was an Indian lawyer, Indian independence activist and politician. He served as a Union Minister and as the eighth President of India. He is credited for initiating India’s missile programme and consolidated the entire missile system. He died in 2009 at the age of 98 after a long battle with a long-term illness.
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Ramaswamy Venkataraman (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. He was born in Rajamadam village near in Pattukottai, near Tanjore district in Tamil Nadu in an Iyer family. He studied law and practised in the Madras High Court and the Supreme Court of India and was a member of the Constituent Assembly that drafted India’s constitution. He is credited for initiating India’s missile programme and consolidated the entire missile system, naming it the Integrated Guided Space Programme.
He died in 2009 at the age of 98 after a long battle with a long-term illness. His funeral was held at his native village, Rajamadham, in Tamilnadu, Tamil Nadu, on January 27, 2009. His last will and testament was read by his son-in-law, Ravi Agrawal, the former Prime Minister of India, at his home in Madras on January 28, 2009, at 11:30am. He will be remembered for his contributions to the Indian independence movement and the Quit India Movement. He also served as the 7th and 8th Vice-President of India from 1984 to 1987 and the 8th President from 1987 to 1992.
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