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V. V. Giri

1894 - 1980

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Varahagiri Venkata Giri (; 10 August 1894 – 24 June 1980) was an Indian politician and activist who served as the fourth president of India from 24 August 1969 to 24 August 1974. He also served as the third vice president of India from 13 May 1967 to 3 May 1969. He was the first president to be elected as an independent candidate. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of V. V. Giri has received more than 1,754,110 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). V. V. Giri is the 4,537th most popular politician (up from 6,113th in 2019), the 147th most popular biography from India (up from 173rd in 2019) and the 44th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, V. V. Giri ranks 4,537 out of 15,577. Before him are Luis Echeverría, Moussa Traoré, Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke, Princess Louise of Belgium, Alexander III of Scotland, and Jarmila Kratochvílová. After him are Quintus Hortensius, José Ramos-Horta, Zubaidah bint Ja`far, Emperor Zhaozong of Tang, Julia Gillard, and Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, V. V. Giri ranks 53. Before him are Sergey Ilyushin, Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger, Aino Aalto, Percy Spencer, Leo Kanner, and Ernst Lindemann. After him are Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, Bessie Smith, André Kertész, Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Walter Brennan, and Anton Mussert. Among people deceased in 1980, V. V. Giri ranks 55. Before him are Gustav Wagner, Walter Dornberger, Robert Whittaker, Mario Bava, Fabian von Schlabrendorff, and Ian Curtis. After him are Stanisława Walasiewicz, Philipp, Landgrave of Hesse, Heinz Linge, Winifred Wagner, Raoul Walsh, and Nadezhda Mandelstam.

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In India

Among people born in India, V. V. Giri ranks 147 out of 1,493. Before him are Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (1820), Zakir Husain (1897), Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (1924), Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay (1887), Shantideva (685), and Kittur Chennamma (1778). After him are Green Boots (null), Ahmad Sirhindi (1564), B. K. S. Iyengar (1918), Mahadevi Varma (1907), Mariam-uz-Zamani (1542), and S. R. Ranganathan (1892).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, V. V. Giri ranks 44. Before him are Pranab Mukherjee (1935), Chandra Shekhar Azad (1906), Pratibha Patil (1934), Zakir Husain (1897), Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (1924), and Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay (1887). After him are Lala Lajpat Rai (1865), Dhyan Chand (1905), Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I (1671), Sambhaji (1657), Bahadur Shah I (1643), and M. Visvesvaraya (1861).

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