R. VENKATARAMAN

 

R. VENKATARAMAN

Ramaswamy Venkataraman (1910 – 2009) was an Indian lawyer, Indian independence activist and politician who served as a Union Minister and as the eighth President of India.

Freedom Movement:

·       He actively participated in the 'Quit India Movement of 1942', which resulted in his detention for two years under the British Government's Defence of India Rules.

·       He was appointed as the member of the Constituent Assembly and the provisional cabinet.

Political career:

·       He was elected to the Lok Sabha four times. He also served as a State minister under K. Kamaraj and M. Bhaktavatsalam.

·       In 1977, Shri Venkataraman was elected to the Lok Sabha and served as Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee.

·       In 1980, he was re-elected to the Lok Sabha and was appointed Union Minister of Finance in the Government headed by Indira Gandhi.

·       He was later appointed Union Minister of Defence. As a defence Minister he initiated India's first missile programme, named Integrated Guided Missile Development Program, and appointed Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam as the programme head.

·       He was also a Member of the Union Planning Commission from 1967 till 1971.

·       He is the recipient of a Souvenir from the Secretary-General of the United Nations for distinguished service as President of the U.N. Administrative Tribunal.

Vice-president of India:

He served as the 7th Vice-President of India from 1984 till 1987.

President of India:

·       He served as the 8th President of India from 1987 till 1992.

·       During his five-year term, he worked with four prime ministers, and appointed three of them: V P Singh, Chandra Shekhar and P V Narasimha Rao.

·       His tenure saw the advent of coalition politics in India.



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