Zakir Husain
| 3rd President of India | |
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| In office 13 May 1967 – 3 May 1969 |
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| Prime Minister | Indira Gandhi |
| Vice President | Varahagiri Venkata Giri |
| Preceded by | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
| Succeeded by | Varahagiri Venkata Giri (Acting) |
| 2nd Vice President of India | |
| In office 13 May 1962 – 12 May 1967 |
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| President | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
| Prime Minister | Jawaharlal Nehru Lal Bahadur Shastri Indira Gandhi |
| Preceded by | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
| Succeeded by | Varahagiri Venkata Giri |
| Governor of Bihar | |
| In office 6 July 1957 – 11 May 1962 |
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| Chief Minister | Krishna Sinha Deep Narayan Singh |
| Preceded by | R. R. Diwakar |
| Succeeded by | Madabhushi Ananthasayanam Ayyangar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 February 1897 Hyderabad, Hyderabad State, (now in Telangana, India) |
| Died | 3 May 1969 (aged 72) New Delhi, Delhi, India |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse(s) | Shahjehan Begum |
| Alma mater | HMS Islamia, Etawah Aligarh Muslim University University of Delhi Humboldt University of Berlin |
| Awards |  Bharat Ratna (1963) |
Husain was born in Hyderabad, Telangana, into a Pashtun family of the Afridi tribe, which came to be more closely associated with Kaimganj in Farrukhabad district, Uttar Pradesh, and education and academia. After Husain was born, his family migrated from Hyderabad to Kaimganj, where he grew up. He was the second of seven sons: the elder brother of fellow educationist Yousuf Husain. Husain’s family would remain active in public life: his grandson Salman Khurshid, a Congress politician, is the former Foreign Minister of India, and his nephew was the noted academic Masud Husain. His brother Mahmud Husain joined the Pakistan Movement and served as Education Minister, while his nephew Anwar Husain was director of Pakistan Television. His relation Rahimuddin Khan served as Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee of the Pakistan Army and as provincial governor.
Husain’s father, Fida Husain Khan, died when he was ten years old; his mother died in 1911 when he was fourteen. Husain’s early primary education was completed in Hyderabad, He completed High school from Islamia High School, Etawah, and was then educated at the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College, now Aligarh Muslim University, where he was a prominent student leader. He received his doctorate in economics from the University of Berlin in 1926. In 1915, at the age of 18, he married Shah Jahan Begum and had two daughters, Sayeeda Khan and Safia Rahman.
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