Second ladies of India explained

Post:Second Lady
Body:the India
Incumbent:Sudesh Dhankhar
Residence:Vice President's House, New Delhi, Delhi, India
Incumbentsince:11 August 2022
Insignia:Emblem of India.svg
Insigniasize:50px
Insigniacaption:National Emblem of India
Flag:Flag of India.svg
Flagsize:110px
Flagcaption:Flag of India
Preceded By:Salma Ansari
Spouse:Jagdeep Dhankhar
Inaugural:Sivakamu Radhakrishnan

Second Lady or Second Gentleman of India is the title given to the host of Uparashtrapati Bhavan, usually the spouse of the vice president. The current second lady of India is Dr. Sudesh Dhankhar, the spouse of the incumbent vice president, Jagdeep Dhankhar.

List


No.
NamePortraitTenureTenure endVice president's tenure
1Sivakamu RadhakrishnanSarvepalli Radhakrishnan
(1888–1975)
13 May 195226 November 1956
(died while in office)
2Shah Jahan Begum[1] Zakir Husain
(1897–1969)
13 May 196212 May 1967
3Saraswati BaiV. V. Giri
(1894–1980)
13 May 19673 May 1969
4Prakashwati Pathak[2] Gopal Swarup Pathak
(1896–1982)
31 August 196930 August 1974
5Sangamma Jatti[3] B. D. Jatti
(1912–2002)
31 August 197430 August 1979
6Pushpa Shah[4] Mohammad Hidayatullah
(1905–1992)
31 August 197930 August 1984
7Janaki Venkataraman[5] Ramaswamy Venkataraman
(1910–2009)
31 August 198424 July 1987
8Vimala Sharma[6] Shankar Dayal Sharma
(1918–1999)
3 September 198724 July 1992
9Usha NarayananK. R. Narayanan
(1920–2005)
21 August 199224 July 1997
10Suman Kant[7] Krishan Kant
(1927–2002)
21 August 199727 July 2002
11Suraj Kanwar[8] Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
(1925–2010)
19 August 200221 July 2007
12Salma Ansari[9] Mohammad Hamid Ansari
(1937–)
11 August 200711 August 2017
13Usha Naidu[10] Venkaiah Naidu
(1949–)
11 August 201711 August 2022
14 Sudesh DhankharJagdeep Dhankhar
(1951-)
11 August 2022Incumbent

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Remembrance ad of Zakir Husain : Obituarytoday.com. 24 November 2017.
  2. Web site: Sh. Gopal Swarup Pathak Vice President of India Government of India. vicepresidentofindia.nic.in. 24 November 2017. en.
  3. Web site: Sh. B. D. Jatti Vice President of India Government of India. vicepresidentofindia.nic.in. 24 November 2017. en.
  4. Web site: Sh. M. Hidayatullah Vice President of India Government of India. vicepresidentofindia.nic.in. 24 November 2017. en.
  5. http://presidentvenkataraman.in/images/pdf/JanakiVenkataramanProfile.pdf Janaki Venkataraman Profile
  6. Web site: Pace. Eric. Shankar Dayal Sharma, 81, Former President of India. The New York Times. 24 November 2017. 2000.
  7. Web site: Krishan Kant passes away. The Hindu. 2002-07-28. 24 November 2017.
  8. Web site: Former Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat's wife dies of heart attack Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis. dna. 24 November 2017. 9 March 2014.
  9. Web site: Hamid Ansari's seamless transformation from diplomacy to politics - Vice President of India Mohammad Hamid Ansari. The Economic Times. 24 November 2017.
  10. Web site: Venkaiah Naidu wins Vice-Presidential election: Here's how political leaders reacted. The Indian Express. 24 November 2017. 5 August 2017.