Second Lady or Second Gentleman of India is the title given to the host of Uparashtrapati Bhavan, usually the spouse of the vice president. The current second lady of India is Dr. Sudesh Dhankhar, the spouse of the incumbent vice president, Jagdeep Dhankhar.
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| Residence | Vice President's House, New Delhi, Delhi, India |
| Inaugural holder | Sivakamu Radhakrishnan |
| Formation | 13 May 1952 |
List
edit| Vice President No. |
Name | Portrait | Tenure | Tenure end | Vice president's tenure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sivakamu Radhakrishnan | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888–1975) |
13 May 1952 | 26 November 1956 (died while in office) | |
| 2 | Shah Jahan Begum[1] | Zakir Husain (1897–1969) |
13 May 1962 | 12 May 1967 | |
| 3 | Saraswati Bai | 
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V. V. Giri (1894–1980) |
13 May 1967 | 3 May 1969 |
| 4 | Prakashwati Pathak[a][2] | Gopal Swarup Pathak (1896–1982) |
31 August 1969 | 30 August 1974 | |
| 5 | Sangamma Jatti[3] | B. D. Jatti (1912–2002) |
31 August 1974 | 30 August 1979 | |
| 6 | Pushpa Shah[4] | Mohammad Hidayatullah (1905–1992) |
31 August 1979 | 30 August 1984 | |
| 7 | Janaki Venkataraman[5] | 
|
Ramaswamy Venkataraman (1910–2009) |
31 August 1984 | 24 July 1987 |
| 8 | Vimala Sharma[6] | 
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Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918–1999) |
3 September 1987 | 24 July 1992 |
| 9 | Usha Narayanan | 
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K. R. Narayanan (1920–2005) |
21 August 1992 | 24 July 1997 |
| 10 | Suman Kant[7] | Krishan Kant (1927–2002) |
21 August 1997 | 27 July 2002 | |
| 11 | Suraj Kanwar[8] | Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (1925–2010) |
19 August 2002 | 21 July 2007 | |
| 12 | Salma Ansari[9] | 
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Mohammad Hamid Ansari (1937–) |
11 August 2007 | 11 August 2017 |
| 13 | Usha Naidu[10] | 
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Venkaiah Naidu (1949–) |
11 August 2017 | 11 August 2022 |
| 14 | Sudesh Dhankhar |
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Jagdeep Dhankhar (1951-) |
11 August 2022 | Incumbent |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ She was the first Indian second lady not to succeed her superior as First Lady of India.
References
edit- ^ "Remembrance ad of Zakir Husain : Obituarytoday.com". Retrieved 24 November 2017.
- ^ "Sh. Gopal Swarup Pathak | Vice President of India | Government of India". vicepresidentofindia.nic.in. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
- ^ "Sh. B. D. Jatti | Vice President of India | Government of India". vicepresidentofindia.nic.in. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
- ^ "Sh. M. Hidayatullah | Vice President of India | Government of India". vicepresidentofindia.nic.in. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
- ^ Janaki Venkataraman Profile Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. presidentvenkataraman.in.
- ^ Pace, Eric (2000). "Shankar Dayal Sharma, 81, Former President of India". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
- ^ "Krishan Kant passes away". The Hindu. 28 July 2002. Retrieved 24 November 2017.[dead link]
- ^ "Former Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat's wife dies of heart attack | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". dna. 9 March 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
- ^ "Hamid Ansari's seamless transformation from diplomacy to politics - Vice President of India Mohammad Hamid Ansari". The Economic Times. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
- ^ "Venkaiah Naidu wins Vice-Presidential election: Here's how political leaders reacted". The Indian Express. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.