List of vice presidents of India by longevity
| President | Date of birth | Vice president |
|---|---|---|
| Mohammad Hamid Ansari | 1 April 1937 | 2007–2017 |
| Venkaiah Naidu | 1 July 1949 | 2017–2022 |
| Jagdeep Dhankhar | 18 May 1951 | 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.
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| # |
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 | 5 September 1888 | 13 May 1952 | 63 years, 251 days | 13 May 1962 | 73 years, 250 days | 12 years, 339 days | April 17, 1975 | 86 years, 224 days |
| 2 | Zakir Husain | 8 February 1897 | 13 May 1962 | 65 years, 94 days | 13 May 1967 | 70 years, 94 days | 1 year, 355 days | 3 May 1969 | 72 years, 84 days |
| 3 | V. V. Giri | 10 August 1894 | 13 May 1967 | 72 years, 276 days | 3 May 1969 | 74 years, 266 days | 11 years, 52 days | 24 June 1980 | 85 years, 319 days |
| 4 | Gopal Swarup Pathak | 26 February 1896 | 31 August 1969 | 73 years, 186 days | 31 August 1974 | 78 years, 186 days | 8 years, 34 days | 4 October 1982 | 86 years, 220 days |
| 5 | B. D. Jatti | 10 September 1912 | 31 August 1974 | 61 years, 355 days | 31 August 1979 | 66 years, 355 days | 22 years, 280 days | 7 June 2002 | 89 years, 270 days |
| 6 | Mohammad Hidayatullah | 17 December 1905 | 31 August 1979 | 73 years, 257 days | 31 August 1984 | 78 years, 258 days | 8 years, 18 days | 18 September 1992 | 86 years, 276 days |
| 7 | Ramaswamy Venkataraman | 4 December 1910 | 31 August 1984 | 73 years, 271 days | 25 July 1987 | 76 years, 233 days | 21 years, 186 days | 27 January 2009 | 98 years, 54 days |
| 8 | Shankar Dayal Sharma | 19 August 1918 | 3 September 1987 | 69 years, 15 days | 25 July 1992 | 73 years, 341 days | 7 years, 154 days | 26 December 1999 | 81 years, 129 days |
| 9 | K. R. Narayanan | 27 October 1920 | 25 July 1992 | 72 years, 0 days | 25 July 1997 | 76 years, 271 days | 8 years, 107 days | 9 November 2005 | 85 years, 13 days |
| 10 | Krishan Kant | 28 February 1927 | 21 August 1997 | 70 years, 174 days | 27 July 2002 | 75 years, 149 days | N/A[1] | 27 July 2002 | 75 years, 149 days |
| 11 | Bhairon Singh Shekhawat | 23 October 1925 | 19 August 2002 | 76 years, 300 days | 21 July 2007 | 81 years, 271 days | 2 years, 298 days | 15 May 2010 | 84 years, 204 days |
| 12 | Mohammad Hamid Ansari | 1 April 1937 | 11 August 2007 | 70 years, 132 days | 11 August 2017 | 80 years, 132 days | 6 years, 267 days | living | 87 years, 33 days |
| 13 | Venkaiah Naidu | 1 July 1949 | 11 August 2017 | 68 years, 41 days | 11 August 2022 | 73 years, 41 days | 1 year, 267 days | living | 74 years, 308 days |
| 14 | Jagdeep Dhankhar | 18 May 1951 | 11 August 2022 | 71 years, 85 days | Incumbent | Incumbent | Incumbent | living | 72 years, 352 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)
| 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 | 1 year, 267 days | present | 3 | Ansari Naidu Dhankar |
Statistics[edit]
- There have been two men who have been the only living vice president: Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (as the first, from 13 May 1952 to 13 May 1962), and Mohammad Hamid Ansari (from Shekhawat's death on 15 May 2010 to 11 August 2017).
- During two periods in the History of India, has there been 5 persons alive to have been vice president. The first such period was from 25 July 1992 to 18 September 1992 (when B. D. Jatti, Mohammad Hidayatullah, Ramaswamy Venkataraman, Shankar Dayal Sharma, and K. R. Narayanan were alive). The second and most recent period was from 21 August 1997 to 26 December 1999 (when B. D. Jatti, Ramaswamy Venkataraman, Shankar Dayal Sharma, K. R. Narayanan, and Krishan Kant were alive). The longest period where there have been 5 living vice presidents was 2 years and 127 days, ending with the death of Shankar Dayal Sharma in December 1999.
- There have been 6 administrations during which a vice president has not died, the most recent being the administration of Venkaiah Naidu. This does not include the administration of the incumbent Jagdeep Dhankhar, as no vice president has died since Bhairon Singh Shekhawat who died during Mohammad Hamid Ansari's administration.
- Conversely, during the administrations of Mohammad Hidayatullah, Krishan Kant, and Mohammad Hamid Ansari has there been as many as two deaths during an administration (Kant in addition died in office in 2002).
- Because he was the first vice president in addition to being the equal longest serving vice president, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan holds the distinction of serving for the longest period without the death of a vice president during his term (10 years and 0 days).
- The longest period between deaths of vice presidents was the 9 years and 349 days between the deaths of V. V. Giri on 4 October 1982 and Mohammad Hidayatullah on 18 September 1992. The shortest was the 50 days between the deaths of B. D. Jatti on 7 June 2002 and Krishan Kant on 27 July 2002.
- There has been no death of a vice president since Bhairon Singh Shekhawat on 15 May 2010 a record 13 years, 355 days ago (exceeding the previous record of 9 years and 349 days on 29 April 2020).
- The second longest period is the 9 years and 290 days between the deaths of Mohammad Hidayatullah on 18 September 1992 and B. D. Jatti on 7 June 2002.
- Following his administrations' end in 1979, B. D. Jatti lived to see a record 5 administrations prior to his death in June 2002. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan and Ramaswamy Venkataraman follow with 4 administrations after their own administrations ended in 1962 and 1987 respectively, prior to their deaths in April 1975 and January 2009 respectively.
- If one includes future as well as past and current vice presidents, the record sits at 14:
- Between Jagdeep Dhankhar's birth on 18 May 1951 and Zakir Husain's death on 3 May 1969, the following presidents were alive: Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Zakir Husain, V. V. Giri, Gopal Swarup Pathak, B. D Jatti, Mohammad Hidayatullah, Ramaswamy Venkataraman, Shankar Dayal Sharma, K. R. Narayanan, Krishan Kant, Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, Mohammad Hamid Ansari, Venkaiah Naidu, and Jagdeep Dhankhar.
- Since the inauguration of Venkaiah Naidu on 11 August 2017 (a period of 6 years, 267 days), there have been at least two vice presidents living.
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 | – | 13 years, 355 days |
| Vice president | Start date | End date | Age at start | Age at end | Duration |
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Sources and References[edit]
- ↑ Died in office.
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