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	President of India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The President of India is the ceremonial head of state and first citizen of India and the Supreme Commander of the Indian armed forces.
		The President of India is elected whenever the office becomes vacant by an electoral college consisting of the elected members of both houses of the Parliament and the elected members of the State Legislative Assemblies (Vidhan Sabha) by a method of proportional representation by means of the Single Transferable Vote system by secret ballot.
		The President of India's main function is the formal summoning and swearing-in of the Prime Minister.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/President_of_India (2305 words)

	Vice-President of India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Vice-President of India is second-highest ranking government official in the Executive branch of the Government of India after the President.
		His functions are to be exercised in accordance with the aid and advice of the council of ministers but powers are to be exercised by the President however the rider in favour of parliament vides Article 53 of the Constitution.
		The Vice-President of India swears before entering the office of the vice-president that he shall protect, preserve and defend the Constitution (just like the president) (Article 60) which provides for an executive head of state who is nominal or ceremonial.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vice-President_of_India (646 words)

	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He was an Oxford don who became the first Vice President and the second President of India.
		In 1921, he was appointed to the most important philosophy chair in India, King George V Chair of Mental and Moral Science in the University of Calcutta.
		When he became the President of India in 1962, some of his students and friends requested him to allow them to celebrate his birthday, September 5.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sarvepalli_Radhakrishnan (463 words)

	Vice President of India
		Shri Krishan Kant took active part in 'Quit India' Movement of 1942, while he was a student at Lahore and was arrested with the other members of the family.
		He was Chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee for the first legislation on Environment in India known as the Prevention of Water Pollution Bill.
		He was also the Secretary of the Indian Parliamentary and Scientific Committee of which Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was the President and Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri, the Chairman.
	www.indianembassy.org /special/cabinet/kant.htm (514 words)

	President of India : Former Presidents (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Sharma was Vice-President of India and Chairman of the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) from September 3, 1987 till he assumed office of the President of India in 1992.
		As a President of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee, the spirit he was able to infuse in the rank and file of the Congress against heavy odds, triumphed with decisive and overwhelming majority for the Congress in the 1971 Lok Sabha elections and the 1972 Punjab Vidhan Sabha poll.
		SHRI NEELAM SANJIVA REDDY, the sixth President of India, was a veteran statesman and administrator.
	presidentofindia.nic.in /scripts/formerpresidents.jsp (12969 words)

	Vice-President of India
		Article 53 states that executive power of the Union shall vest in the Vice President, who shall exercise directly or through officers under him, this power in accordance with the Constitution.
		The Vice President is elected whenever the office becomes vacant by an electoral college consisting of: Members of both Houses of Parliament Members of the Unicameral Legislature or the Lower House of the Bicameral Legislature of each State Each elector casts a different number of votes.
		The Vice President of India swears before entering the office of the vice president that he shall protect, preserve and defend the Constitution (just like the president) (Article 60) which provides for an executive head of state who is nominal or ceremonial.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/v/vi/vice_president_of_india.html (660 words)

	VICE-PRESIDENT OF INDIA AND EX-OFFICIO CHAIRMAN OF THE RAJYA SABHA
		VICE-PRESIDENT OF INDIA AND EX-OFFICIO CHAIRMAN OF THE RAJYA SABHA
		Under article 65 of the Constitution of India, the Vice-President acts as President in the event of a vacancy occurring due to death, resignation or removal of the President, or otherwise.
		As the Presiding Officer, the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha is the unchallenged guardian of the prestige and dignity of the House.
	rajyasabha.nic.in /whoswho/vp/vpiprofile.htm (1818 words)

	Encyclopedia: Vice President of India
		Vice President of the United States of America
		The Vice-President of India is second behind the President in the Executive branch of the Government of India.
		A remarkable feature under the Indian constitution could be seen under Article 53 whereby parliament has the authority to confer powers and functions exercised by the president to any other authority.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Vice-President-of-India (666 words)

	Indiainfo.com -> News -> India -> Vice President Krishan Kant dies of heart attack
		New Delhi: Vice President Krishan Kant died on July 27 of a massive heart attack on July 27 morning, 24 days before he was to lay down his office.
		President A P J Abdul Kalam, Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani, several other Union ministers, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Laloo Prasad Yadav were among the first to reach the hospital after hearing the news.
		Kant, who became Vice President in 1997 during the United Front rule, was to demit office on August 20.
	news.indiainfo.com /2002/07/27/27kant1.html (289 words)

	President
		India’s lasting commitment to the achieving of the socio-economic goals, envisioned by SAARC, remains undiluted and is second to none.
		India had assisted earlier in the expansion of the existing building and the setting up as well as equipping of a pathological laboratory.
		The Ambassador of India to Nepal is the chairman of IEWON.
	www.south-asia.com /Embassy-India/president.htm (8638 words)

	India Vice President Visits Burma
		India spent $22 million in building a 160-km Tamu-Kelewa border highway, which is located in Myanmar 's northwestern border area, forming an important link from the India-Myanmar border to central Myanmar and the commercial and cultural centre of Mandalay.
		In April 2002, foreign ministers of India, Myanmar and Thailand met and agreed to build a 1,448-km highway from the border area of Moreh in India to Mae Sot in Thailand through Myanmar 's central city of Bagan.
		India is Myanmar 's second biggest export market after Thailand, absorbing 25 percent of this country's total exports, and plans to increase its trade with Myanmar to $1,000 million by 2007.
	www.mizzima.com /archives/news-in-2003/news-in-nov/04-nov03-03.htm (1887 words)

	CTV.ca - India's vice-president dead after heart attack - CTV News, Shows and Sports -- Canadian Television (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		India's Vice-President Krishan Kant has died after a heart attack, the private Star News channel reported Saturday.
		Doctors rushed him to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, where he was declared dead an hour later.
		Kant, whose ceremonial term was to end this year, was born on Feb. 28, 1927 in the northern farming state of Punjab, and was imprisoned during colonial British rule as he took part in movements against the government, according to his official biography.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVNews/1027778378527_34?hub=World&subhub=PrintStory (198 words)

	Myanmar Information Committee, Yangon. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		At the press conference, Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of India Mr.
		The Indian Vice-President offered to increase the number of trainees to be sent to India by 25 per cent next year and would accept up to 152 trainees and the Myanmar side also appreciated the offer.
		India, as a friend of Myanmar, is homing in on measures being taken for national reconciliation and restoration of democracy in Myanmar.
	www.myanmar-information.net /infosheet/2003/031104.htm (796 words)

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		Dr Zakir Hussain later on became vice chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University (1948), governor of Bihar (1957), vice president of India (1962) and finally India’s first Muslim president from 1967 to 1969.
		Returning to India in 1926, he became, at the young age of 29, the Vice Chancellor of Jamia, which had moved to Delhi.
		After serving as the Vice President for a term of five years, Dr. Zakir Hussain was elected President of the Republic in May, 1967.
	www.geocities.com /abshar11/drzakir.htm (1085 words)

	GN Online: Shekhawat is India's vice president
		Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, a nominee of the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA), was yesterday elected the new vice president of India.
		According to indications available, Shekhawat may be sworn in as the 11th vice president of the republic by President Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam next Monday, as per Shekhawat's request.
		A shrewd public relations expert – the eldest of four brothers – however, says it is nothing short of a miracle that he has emerged the party's tallest leader in his part of the country.
	www.gulf-news.com /Articles/print.asp?ArticleID=60427 (180 words)

	Sword of Truth Archives -- After Zakir Comes Kocheril (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Sri K.R. Narayanan, Vice President of India, fired many volleys of denigration, contempt and derision at Sanatanadharma while delivering his widely reported C.H. Mohammad Koya lecture organized by the Muslim League of Kerala in honor of their late leader in Thiruvananthapuram on Oct. 6th.
		The truth is that there is no such thing in India as a "composite culture" as the very idea is blasphemy for Islam in its utter contempt and hatred for other "infidel" religions and cultures, which they are bound to extirpate as a holy religious duty.
		For the people of north India the Muslim invasions were an unspeakably savage infliction of endless massacres, destruction of all that was holiest, and pillage and slave-taking when the land became soaked with blood of the peaceful inhabitants of the country who had done the Arabs no harm.
	www.swordoftruth.com /swordoftruth/archives/miscarticles/azck.html (4110 words)

	Hinduism Today \| Oct 1992
		He is Dr. Shanker Dayal Sharma, the ninth president of India.
		Sharma was installed in the President's House on July 25th after he was elected by an overwhelming majority of the members of Parliament and State legislatures.
		An India where everybody has got the basic necessities, where everybody is able to hold his head high.
	www.hinduism-today.com /archives/1992/10/1992-10-01.shtml (1281 words)

	Radhakrishnan, Sarvepalli -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		India; lectured at universities in India, England, and U.S.; professor of eastern religions and ethics Oxford University 1936–52; leader Indian delegation to UNESCO 1946–52; ambassador to U.S.S.R. 1949–52; vice-president of India 1952–62, president 1962–67 (‘Indian Philosophy'; ‘An Idealistic View of Life').
		He was professor of Eastern religions and ethics at the University of Oxford (1936–52) and vice chancellor of Benares Hindu University (1939–48),...
		India; lectured at universities in India, England, and U.S.; professor of eastern religions and ethics Oxford University 1936–52; leader Indian delegation to UNESCO 1946–52; ambassador to U.S.S.R. 1949–52; vice-president of India 1952–62, president 1962–67 (‘Indian Philosophy'; ‘An Idealistic View of...
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9334080?tocId=9334080 (524 words)

	INDIA'S FIRST DALIT (UNTOUCHABLE) PRESIDENT PASSES AWAY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		India's defense ministry said Mr Narayanan, who was president from 1997 to 2002, had fallen into a coma a week ago after being admitted to hospital with pneumonia.
		Narayanan became India's vice president in 1992 and served till 1997, when he was unanimously chosen the president.
		On July 17, 1997, Narayanan was elected President with 95 percent of the votes in the electoral college.
	www.assistnews.net /Stories/s05110055.htm (2815 words)

	Daily Update 22, People’s Caravan in Rajasthan, India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Mr Devendra Shukla, the coordinator of the People’s Caravan 2004 in North India, highlighted the journey of the Caravan in North India from the states of Punjab to Uttranchal.
		Likewise, the Vice President of India spoke at length on his viewpoints concerning the dangers of pesticides; that it not only affected the health of people but also of animals and wild life.
		On the other hand, she stated that India’s policies should not be dictated by international bodies such as the WTO and World Bank, as this is the danger that comes with globalisation.
	www.panap.net /caravan/news22.cfm (778 words)

	Daily Excelsior....Home Page
		Vice President Krishan Kant addressing a function after unveiling statue of Maharaja Gulab Singh.
		Vice President of India Dr Krishan Kant said here today that the war being fought in Jammu and Kashmir was a fight between fundamentalism and secular forces and asserted that ‘if we can’t save Kashmir, we can’t save India".
		In a major shift in US thinking on India’s nuclear programme, a top non-proliferation official has conceded New Delhi could not be expected to join the NPT unless its relations with both China and Pakistan improve............
	www.dailyexcelsior.com /00apr23/body.htm (560 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| South Asia \| Funeral held for India's vice-president
		A 42-gun salute was fired as the funeral pyre was lit by Mr Kant's eldest son.
		The traditional Hindu funeral ceremony was attended by past and present national leaders including the new Indian President, APJ Abdul Kalam and the Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee.
		At one point he was mooted as a possible successor to former President KR Narayanan, but most political parties supported retired missile scientist APJ Abdul Kalam, who was sworn in earlier this week.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/south_asia/2157158.stm (378 words)

	S921114 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		It is for me a sincere pleasure, indeed, to be back in India, this great country with which my family and I have had close historical links that go back no less than five generations.
		Only this time India brings to the world its deep experience of the vicissitudes of development in an increasingly technology-oriented world of globally inter-linked economies.
		India, by virtue of its strong democratic traditions, has been able to brave the vagaries of economic fortune and the multitude of societal pressures to which they have given rise.
	ismaili.net /speech/s921114.html (569 words)

	SOS Children's Villages of India - Profile
		With untiring efforts and support of a few friends he was able to establish the first SOS Children’s Village in India at Greenfields (Faridabad) and became the Village Director and a Father figure to over 200 children.
		Whenever children in India have suffered due to a manmade tragedy or natural disaster - Communal disturbances in Assam, Gas tragedy in Bhopal, Earthquakes in Latur and Uttarkashi, terrorism in Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir, killer cyclone in Orissa - he has been there to try and bring succour to them.
		Presented by Shri K R NARAYANAN, Hon’ble Vice President of India at Up-Rashtrapathi Bhawan on August 22, 1996.
	www.soscvindia.org /profileInfo.php?id=4 (1136 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| South Asia \| India's vice-president dies
		Kant's five-year term as vice-president of India, a largely ceremonial post which presides over the upper house of parliament, had been due to end in August.
		The federal cabinet is holding an emergency meeting and is expected to declare a day of national mourning, the AP news agency reported.
		At one point he was mooted as a possible successor to outgoing President Narayanan, but most political parties supported retired missile scientist APJ Abdul Kalam, who was sworn in earlier this week.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/south_asia/2155083.stm (392 words)

	6th Assembly and 5th International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Hosted by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, the 6th Assembly and 5th International Seminar of the Asian Organization Supreme Audit Institutions was held in New Delhi from November 13-19,1994.
		Special invitee Dr. Manmohan Singh, India's Finance Minister stated that audit work has to be organized to help check waste and inefficiency in raising and using resources; at the same time it should not in any way affect the ability and incentive for exercising creativity and initiative in providing government services.
		Shinji Yazaki, Secretary General of ASOSAI and President of the Board of Audit of Japan, delivered the "vote of thanks" and reminded members that all of ASOSAI's accomplishments have been made possible by member SAI's common understanding that their mutual cooperation greatly contributes to the higher quality of government auditing.
	www.asosai.org /journal1995/6th_assembly_and_5th_internation.htm (1455 words)

	Hinduism Today \| Apr 1992
		By spreading a message of equality and love the conference hoped to contain the violence and hatred growing day-by-day in India.
		During the weeklong deliberation, scores of research papers dealing with scientific aspects of Vedas were read.
		In his inaugural address, Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, the Vice-President of India and a great Sanskrit scholar and a constitutional expert in his own right, suggested the need for bringing out Vedic mathematics on a par with European mathematics.
	www.hinduism-today.com /archives/1992/04/1992-04-09.shtml (481 words)

	C Mahalingam named as VP-HR, hpindia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		C. Mahalingam (Mali) as the Vice President HR, HP India.
		In India, Hewlett-Packard India (HPI) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard Company having sales and support offices in 6 metros (Delhi, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Mumbai and Calcutta), and a PC and Server Manufacturing Facility in Bangalore.
		HP India has 300 employees and had a sales revenue of Rs.1238 crores in the year 1999-2000.
	www.prdomain.com /companies/h/hp/newsreleases/pr_hp_nr_20010522.htm (421 words)

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