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*Longest serving President.
Ans : Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1950-62)
*Shortest serving President
Ans : Dr. Zakir Hussain (1967-69)
*Main rival of Rajendra Prasad in the first presidential election in 1952 - K.T. Sha
*The President who got the highest percentage of votes in the presidential election - Dr. Rajendra Prasad
*First joint sitting of Indian parliament was convened by Rajendra Prasad in 1961
*First president to get Bharat Ratna - Dr. Rajendra Prasad
*Rajendra Prasad got Bharat Ratna in 1962
*Rajendra Prasad died on 28th February 1963
*Resting Place of Rajendra Prasad -Mahaprayan Ghat
Dr. S. RADHAKRISHNAN
*Born at - Thiruttani (Tamil Nadu)
*Born on - 5th September 1888
*First Vice President of India
*Longest serving Vice President' of India (1952-62)
*First person to become the Vice President of India twice
*Third person to receive Bharatl Ratna (1954)
*First person tol receive Bharatl Ratana while in constitutional post
*First Vice president I to receive Bharat Ratna
*First chairman of Rajya Sabha
*Dr. Radhakrishnan was called as father of Rajya Sabha by Jawaharlal Nehru
*Longest serving chairman of Rajya Sabha *The first Vice president to get elected unopposed
*Second president of India
*First President from South India
*First president after becoming the Vice President.
*Dr. Radhakrishnan is known as the king of Philosophers and the philosopher president. He was the president during the period of *India - China War (1962) and India - Pak War-(1965)
*The first president to proclaim National Emergency (1962 October 26)
ZAKIR HUSSAIN
*Born on 8th February 1897
*Born at Hyderabad
*Third person to become the President of India (1967-69)
*First Muslim President
*Second Vice President of India (1962-1967)
*First elected Vice President of India
*First person to become the president after becoming the Governor of a State.
*He was the Governor of Bihar.
*He was the co-founder of Jamia Milia Islamic University.
*He was the Vice chancellor of Jamia Milia Islamic University and the Aligarh Muslim University
*Shortest serving president of India
*First president to die in harness
*First person to become the president after becoming a member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha).
*He translated “The Republic” of plato into the Urdu language.
*He was awarded Bharat Ratna in .1963 *First National Emergency was repealed by Zakir Hussain on 10th January 1968.
*He died on 3rd May 1969
*Resting place - Jamia Milia (UP)
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*The President who is known as educational philosopher
Ans : Zakir Hussain
*The President who is known as philosopher president
Ans : Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
