Friday, 18 March 2016

List of Vice presidents of India




Dr. S  Radhakrishnan (13 May 1952 - 12 May 1962)

Dr. Zakir Husain  (13 May 1962 - 12 May 1967)

V V Giri  (13 May 1967 - 3 May 1969)

G S Pathak (31 August 1969 - 30 August 1974)

B D Jatti (31 August 1974 - 30 August 1979)

Mohammad Hidayatullah (31 August 1979 - 30 August 1984)

R Venkataraman (31 August 1984 - 24 July 1987)

Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma (3 September 1987 - 24 July 1992)

K R Narayanan (21 August 1992 - 24 July 1997)

Krishan Kant (21 August 1997 - 27 July 2002)

Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (19 August 2002 - 21 July 2007)

Mohammad Hamid Ansari (11 August 2007 – Incumbent)




  •   The Vice-President of India is elected by an Electoral College, which consists of the members of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. 
  •   The Vice President must be eligible to be elected a member of Rajya sabha.
  •   First vice president of India: Dr. S Radhakrishnan. He had the longest tenure as the Vice president of India.
  •   Vice-President for shortest time - V.V. Giri
  •  Vice-President died during his service period - Krishan Kant

Friday, 11 March 2016

Chief Ministers of Kerala






Kerala state formed on 1 November 1956. First election to be held in 1957. The 1st Chief Minister was E. M.S Namboodiripad. Since 1957, 12 people have served as the Chief Minister of Kerala.

E M S Namboodiripad ( 5 April 1957 – 31 July 1959)

President Rule (31 July 1959 - 22 February 1960)

Pattom A Thannu Pillai (22 February 1960 - 26 September 1962)

R Sankar (26 September 1962 – 10 September 1964)

President Rule (10 September 1964 – 6 March 1967)

E M S Namboodiripad (6 March 1967 – 1 November 1969)

C Achutha Menon ( 1 November 1969 – 1 August 1970)
                                  ( 4 October 1970 – 25 March 1977)

K Karunakaran (25 March 1977 – 25 April 1977)

A K Antony (27 April 1977 – 27 October 1978)

P K Vasudevan Nair (29 October 1978 – 7 October 1979)

C H Mohammed Koya (12 October 1979 – 1 December 1979)

President Rule (1 December 1979 – 25 January 1980)

E K Nayanar (25 January 1980 – 20 October 1981)

K Karunakaran (28 October 1981– 17 March 1982)
                             ( 24 May 1982 – 25 March 1987)

E K Nayanar (26 March 1987 – 17 June 1991)

K Karunakaran (24 June 1991 – 16 March 1995)

A K Antony (22 March 1995 – 9 May 1996)

E K Nayanar ( 20 May 1996 – 13 May 2001)

A K Antony (17 May 2001 – 29 August 2004)

Oommen Chandy (31 August 2004 – 18 May 2006)

V S Achuthanandan ( 18 May 2006 – 14 May 2011)

Oommen chandy (18 May 2011 – 20 May 2016)

Pinarayi Vijayan (25 May 2016 – Incumbent)