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*The Vice President can resign his office by writing
the resignation letter addressed to the President.
*No formal impeachment is mentioned in the constitution to remove the Vice President.
*The Vice President can be removed by a ‘resolution of the Rajya Sabha passed by an absolute majority (majority of the total members of the house) and agreed to by the Lok Sabha.
*The only one Vice President to die in harness
Ans : Krishan Kant (2002 July 27)
Vice Presidents of India
1.Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan - 1952-1962
2.Dr. Zakir Hussain - 1962-1967
3.V.V. Giri - 1967- 1969
4.Gopal SwarupPathak - 1969 - 1974
5.BCD. Jatti - 1974- 1979
6.Muhammad Hidayatullah - 1979 - 1984
7. R. Venkataraman - 1984- 1987
8. Shankar Dayal Sharma - 1987-1992
9.K.R. Narayanan - 1992-1997
10.Krishan Kant - 1997 - 2002
11.Bhairon Singh Shekhawat - 2002-2007
12. Mohammed Hamid Ansari - 2007 - Incumbent
(1)Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
(2)Justice M. Hidayathullah
(3)Dr. Sahkar Dayal Sharma
Key facts
*The first Vice President of India
Ans : Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
*Longest serving Vice President
Ans : Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
*Shortest serving Vice President
Ans : V.V. Giri
*The first Malayalee to become the Vice President of India
Ans : Dr.K.R.Narayanan
*The only one Vice President who lost the Presidential election
Ans : Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
