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List of vice presidents of India by longevity

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Living as of 4 November 2024
President Date of birth Vice president
Mohammad Hamid Ansari (1937-04-01) 1 April 1937 (age 87) 2007–2017
Venkaiah Naidu (1949-07-01) 1 July 1949 (age 75) 2017–2022
Jagdeep Dhankhar (1951-05-18) 18 May 1951 (age 73) 2022–present

This is a list of vice presidents of India by longevity. The table includes date of swearing-in of the vice presidents, date when he left the office, age at swearing-in, age when leaving office, post vice presidency time-span, and age at death/current age.

Age of vice presidents[edit]

The median age at swearing-in of Indian vice presidents is roughly 70 years, 70 days. Mohammad Hamid Ansari is closest to this mean age. Ramaswamy Venkataraman was the longest lived vice president in Indian history, who lived to the age of 98 years and 54 days. B. D. Jatti was the second longest-lived vice president, who lived to the age of 89 years and 270 days, 8 years and 149 days short of Venkataraman. The oldest living vice president Mohammad Hamid Ansari will surpass Jatti if he lives beyond 27 December 2026, and surpass Venkataraman if he lives beyond 25 May 2035. B. D. Jatti was the youngest elected vice president, at age of 61 years and 355 days, while Bhairon Singh Shekhawat was the oldest elected vice president, at the age of 76 years and 300 days. B. D. Jatti also had the longest retirement period of any vice president, living 22 years and 280 days after leaving office, while Zakir Husain also had the shortest retirement period of 1 year and 355 days. Krishan Kant was the only vice president to ever die in office.

Only two of the vice presidents, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan and Mohammad Hamid Ansari were re-elected vice presidents, serving 2 terms. Zakir Husain and B. D. Jatti were younger than two of their immediate successors, on the other extreme, V. V. Giri and Mohammad Hidayatullah were older than their predecessors.

Of all the vice presidents, six immediately succeeded to the Presidency by winning the presidential election. They were Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Zakir Husain, V. V. Giri, Ramaswamy Venkataraman, Shankar Dayal Sharma and K. R. Narayanan. While, V. V. Giri also served as acting president upon death of the president. Mohammad Hidayatullah also acted a president upon death of Zakir Husain and resignation of V. V. Giri as acting president, but he was Chief Justice then.

Vice presidential age related data[edit]

  Living
  Incumbent

#
Vice president
Date of birth
Date of
inauguration
Age at
inauguration
End of
term
Age at
end date
Length of
retirement
Date of death
Lifespan
1 Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-09-05)5 September 1888 13 May 1952 (1952-05-13) 63 years, 251 days 13 May 1962 (1962-05-13) 73 years, 250 days 12 years, 339 days (1975-04-17)April 17, 1975 86 years, 224 days
2 Zakir Husain (1897-02-08)8 February 1897 13 May 1962 (1962-05-13) 65 years, 94 days 13 May 1967 (1967-05-13) 70 years, 94 days 1 year, 355 days (1969-05-03)3 May 1969 72 years, 84 days
3 V. V. Giri (1894-08-10)10 August 1894 13 May 1967 (1967-05-13) 72 years, 276 days 3 May 1969 (1969-05-03) 74 years, 266 days 11 years, 52 days (1980-06-24)24 June 1980 85 years, 319 days
4 Gopal Swarup Pathak (1896-02-26)26 February 1896 31 August 1969 (1969-08-31) 73 years, 186 days 31 August 1974 (1974-08-31) 78 years, 186 days 8 years, 34 days (1982-10-04)4 October 1982 86 years, 220 days
5 B. D. Jatti (1912-09-10)10 September 1912 31 August 1974 (1974-08-31) 61 years, 355 days 31 August 1979 (1979-08-31) 66 years, 355 days 22 years, 280 days (2002-06-07)7 June 2002 89 years, 270 days
6 Mohammad Hidayatullah (1905-12-17)17 December 1905 31 August 1979 (1979-08-31) 73 years, 257 days 31 August 1984 (1984-08-31) 78 years, 258 days 8 years, 18 days (1992-09-18)18 September 1992 86 years, 276 days
7 Ramaswamy Venkataraman (1910-12-04)4 December 1910 31 August 1984 (1984-08-31) 73 years, 271 days 25 July 1987 (1987-07-25) 76 years, 233 days 21 years, 186 days (2009-01-27)27 January 2009 98 years, 54 days
8 Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918-08-19)19 August 1918 3 September 1987 (1987-09-03) 69 years, 15 days 25 July 1992 (1992-07-25) 73 years, 341 days 7 years, 154 days (1999-12-26)26 December 1999 81 years, 129 days
9 K. R. Narayanan (1920-10-27)27 October 1920 25 July 1992 (1992-07-25) 72 years, 0 days 25 July 1997 (1997-07-25) 76 years, 271 days 8 years, 107 days (2005-11-09)9 November 2005 85 years, 13 days
10 Krishan Kant (1927-02-28)28 February 1927 21 August 1997 (1997-08-21) 70 years, 174 days 27 July 2002 (2002-07-27) 75 years, 149 days N/A[1] (2002-07-27)27 July 2002 75 years, 149 days
11 Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (1925-10-23)23 October 1925 19 August 2002 (2002-08-19) 76 years, 300 days 21 July 2007 (2007-07-21) 81 years, 271 days 2 years, 298 days (2010-05-15)15 May 2010 84 years, 204 days
12 Mohammad Hamid Ansari (1937-04-01)1 April 1937 11 August 2007 (2007-08-11) 70 years, 132 days 11 August 2017 (2017-08-11) 80 years, 132 days 7 years, 85 days living 87 years, 217 days
13 Venkaiah Naidu (1949-07-01)1 July 1949 11 August 2017 (2017-08-11) 68 years, 41 days 11 August 2022 (2022-08-11) 73 years, 41 days 2 years, 85 days living 75 years, 126 days
14 Jagdeep Dhankhar (1951-05-18)18 May 1951 11 August 2022 (2022-08-11) 71 years, 85 days Incumbent Incumbent Incumbent living 73 years, 170 days
#
Vice president
Date of birth
Date of
inauguration
Age at
inauguration
End of
term
Age at
end date
Length of
retirement
Date of death
Lifespan

Timeline of living vice presidents[edit]

This is a chronological list of all who served as the vice president of India and were still living, at different periods in history. There have been 2 time periods when there was only one living vice president, first with the inauguration of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan in 1952 and most recently during the administration of Mohammad Hamid Ansari following the death of Bhairon Singh Shekhawat in 2010.

There has been two time periods when 5 living current or former vice presidents co-existed. The earliest period was from the July 1992 inauguration of K. R. Narayanan to the September 1992 death of Mohammad Hidayatullah. The most recent and the longest period was a two-year period beginning with the August 1997 inauguration of Krishan Kant to the December 1999 death of Shankar Dayal Sharma. If one includes future vice presidents as well as past and current vice presidents, there has been only one time period when all 14 different vice presidents co-existed. (see Statistics)

Number of vice presidents alive at each moment in Indian history
Start date End date Start event Duration End event Living vice presidents
13 May 1952 13 May 1962 Inauguration of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 10 years, 0 days Inauguration of Zakir Husain 1 Radhakrishnan
13 May 1962 13 May 1967 Inauguration of Zakir Husain 5 years, 0 days Inauguration of V. V. Giri 2 Radhakrishnan
Husain
13 May 1967 3 May 1969 Inauguration of V. V. Giri 1 year, 355 days Death of Zakir Husain 3 Radhakrishnan
Husain
Giri
3 May 1969 31 August 1969 Death of Zakir Husain 120 days Inauguration of Gopal Swarup Pathak 2 Radhakrishnan
Giri
31 August 1969 31 August 1974 Inauguration of Gopal Swarup Pathak 5 years, 0 days Inauguration of B. D. Jatti 3 Radhakrishnan
Giri
Pathak
31 August 1974 17 April 1975 Inauguration of B. D. Jatti 236 days Death of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 4 Radhakrishnan
Giri
Pathak
Jatti
17 April 1975 31 August 1979 Death of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 4 years, 136 days Inauguration of Mohammad Hidayatullah 3 Giri
Pathak
Jatti
31 August 1979 23 June 1980 Inauguration of Mohammad Hidayatullah 297 days Death of V. V. Giri 4 Giri
Pathak
Jatti
Hidayatullah
23 June 1980 4 October 1982 Death of V. V. Giri 2 years, 103 days Death of Gopal Swarup Pathak 3 Pathak
Jatti
Hidayatullah
4 October 1982 31 August 1984 Death of Gopal Swarup Pathak 2 years, 37 days Inauguration of Ramaswamy Venkataraman 2 Jatti
Hidayatullah
31 August 1984 3 September 1987 Inauguration of Ramaswamy Venkataraman 0 days Inauguration of Shankar Dayal Sharma 3 Jatti
Hidayatullah
Venkataraman
3 September 1987 25 July 1992 Inauguration of Shankar Dayal Sharma 4 years, 326 days Inauguration of K. R. Narayanan 4 Jatti
Hidayatullah
Venkataraman
Sharma
25 July 1992 18 September 1992 Inauguration of K. R. Narayanan 55 days Death of Mohammad Hidayatullah 5 Jatti
Hidayatullah
Venkataraman
Sharma
Narayanan
18 September 1992 21 August 1997 Death of Mohammad Hidayatullah 4 years, 337 days Inauguration of Krishan Kant 4 Jatti
Venkataraman
Sharma
Narayanan
21 August 1997 26 December 1999 Inauguration of Krishan Kant 2 years, 127 days Death of Shankar Dayal Sharma 5 Jatti
Venkataraman
Sharma
Narayanan
Kant
26 December 1999 7 June 2002 Death of Shankar Dayal Sharma 2 years, 163 days Death of B. D. Jatti 4 Jatti
Venkataraman
Narayanan
Kant
7 June 2002 27 July 2002 Death of B. D. Jatti 50 days Death of Krishan Kant 3 Venkataraman
Narayanan
Kant
27 July 2002 19 August 2002 Death of Krishan Kant 23 days Inauguration of Bhairon Singh Shekhawat 2 Venkataraman
Narayanan
19 August 2002 9 November 2005 Inauguration of Bhairon Singh Shekhawat 3 years, 82 days Death of K. R. Narayanan 3 Venkataraman
Narayanan
Shekhawat
9 November 2005 11 August 2007 Death of K. R. Narayanan 1 year, 275 days Inauguration of Mohammad Hamid Ansari 2 Venkataraman
Shekhawat
11 August 2007 27 January 2009 Inauguration of Mohammad Hamid Ansari 1 year, 169 days Death of Ramaswamy Venkataraman 3 Venkataraman
Shekhawat
Ansari
27 January 2009 15 May 2010 Death of Ramaswamy Venkataraman 1 year, 108 days Death of Bhairon Singh Shekhawat 2 Shekhawat
Ansari
15 May 2010 11 August 2017 Death of Bhairon Singh Shekhawat 7 years, 88 days Inauguration of Venkaiah Naidu 1 Ansari
11 August 2017 11 August 2022 Inauguration of Venkaiah Naidu 5 years, 0 days Inauguration of Jagdeep Dhankhar 2 Ansari
Naidu
11 August 2022 present Inauguration of Jagdeep Dhankhar 2 years, 85 days present 3 Ansari
Naidu
Dhankar

Statistics[edit]

Oldest living vice presidents of India[edit]

Not all vice presidents live to become the oldest of their time. Of the 11 deceased vice presidents, 6 eventually became the oldest of their time, while 5 did not. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan became the oldest living vice president when he was inaugurated in 1952 and remained so until his death in 1975, for a record 22 years and 339 days. Gopal Swarup Pathak became the oldest living vice president when V. V. Giri died in 1980, but he survived Giri by only 2 years and 103 days.

Gopal Swarup Pathak was the oldest to acquire this distinction at the age of 84 years, and 118 days. B. D Jatti, who was 89 years and 270 days when he died was the oldest vice president to die without ever acquiring this distinction. K. R. Narayanan, who was 85 years, and 13 days old when he died on 9 November 2005 is most recent vice president to die without ever acquiring this distinction.

Vice president Period when oldest living vice president Age Duration
Start date End date at start at end
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 13 May 1952 17 April 1975 63 years, 251 days 86 years, 224 days 22 years, 339 days
V. V. Giri 17 April 1975 23 June 1980 80 years, 250 days 85 years, 318 days 5 years, 67 days
Gopal Swarup Pathak 23 June 1980 4 October 1982 84 years, 118 days 86 years, 220 days 2 years, 103 days
Mohammad Hidayatullah 4 October 1982 18 September 1992 76 years, 291 days 86 years, 276 days 9 years, 350 days
Ramaswamy Venkataraman 18 September 1992 27 January 2009 81 years, 289 days 98 years, 54 days 16 years, 131 days
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat 27 January 2009 15 May 2010 83 years, 96 days 84 years, 204 days 1 year, 108 days
Mohammad Hamid Ansari 15 May 2010 73 years, 44 days 14 years, 173 days
Vice president Start date End date Age at start Age at end Duration

Notes[edit]


See also[edit]

Sources and References[edit]

  1. Died in office.

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