Shankar Dayal Sharma
Shankar Dayal Sharma was born on 19 August 1918 in Bhopal. He was the ninth President of India, serving from 1992 to 1997. Sharma participated in the struggle for Indian independence and became a member of the Indian National Congress.
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Shankar Dayal Sharma was born on 19 August 1918 in Bhopal. He was the ninth President of India, serving from 1992 to 1997. Sharma participated in the struggle for Indian independence and became a member of the Indian National Congress. During his tenure as Vice-president of India he was Chancellor of many universities in India. In 1984 he began serving as a governor of Indian states, first in Andhra Pradesh. In 1985, he became governor of Punjab during a time of violence between the Indian government and Sikh militants, many of whom lived in Punjab. He remained governor of Maharashtra until 1987 when he was elected for a 5-year term as the eighth Vice-President of India and chairman of the Rajya Sabha.
He received 66% of the votes in the electoral college, defeating George Gilbert Swell. He didn’t run for a second term as president last year. He is highly regarded among the Hindi-speaking Muslims of India. Sharma had written a poem on the Quran during the 1970s which is regarded as highly regarded by the Hindi speaking Muslims of Pakistan and the Muslim diaspora. He has been awarded the Chakravarti Gold Medal for Social Service by Lucknow University. This medal is awarded to a graduating student adjudged to be the best in terms of general character, conduct and excellence in academic performance, and social service.
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