President of India from 1987 to 1992
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Ramaswamy Venkataraman rose from independence activist to India's eighth president, holding nearly every lever of power along the way — finance minister, defence minister, vice president, then the top job itself from 1987 to 1992.
Born in Rajamadam village in Tanjore district on 4 December 1910, Venkataraman studied law and built a practice in the Madras High Court and Supreme Court. As a young man he threw himself into the independence movement, joining the Quit India agitation that challenged British rule. After independence he was appointed to the Constituent Assembly and the provisional cabinet, then won election to the Lok Sabha four times. He served as Union Finance Minister and Defence Minister, and held state posts under K. Kamaraj and M. Bhaktavatsalam — work that earned him the title Father of Industrialisatio…
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I, however, saw substance in the plea that the defeated ruling party should not be asked to form the Ministry as it had forfeited the mandate of the people.
I had just returned from an official trip to Botswana in my capacity as Vice President of India about one year before President Zail Singh’s term was scheduled to end.
I am deeply shocked to learn of the physical assault on you; Thank god you have not been injured. Such are the hazards of waging peace.
Anyone and everyone can join politics today. The day's newspapers were on the table in front of him.
I will have to speak for my candidature versus Justice Krishna Iyer's. That in itself will be unpleasant.
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