<Tr> <Td>--</Td> <Td> Varahagiri Venkata Giri (1894--1980) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 3 May 1969 </Td> <Td> 20 July 1969 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> He was elected Vice President of India in 1967 . Following the death of President Zakir Husain, Giri was appointed as Acting President . He resigned in a few months to take part in the presidential elections . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td>--</Td> <Td> Mohammad Hidayatullah (1905--1992) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 20 July 1969 </Td> <Td> 24 August 1969 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> Hidayatullah served as the Chief Justice of India, and was also a recipient of the Order of the British Empire . He served as Acting President until the election of Giri as the President of India . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Varahagiri Venkata Giri (1894--1980) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1969 </Td> <Td> 24 August 1969 </Td> <Td> 24 August 1974 </Td> <Td> Gopal Swarup Pathak </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Giri was the first person to have served as both an acting president and president of India . He was a recipient of the Bharat Ratna, and has functioned as Indian Minister of Labour and High Commissioner to Ceylon (Sri Lanka). </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905--1977) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 24 August 1974 </Td> <Td> 11 February 1977 </Td> <Td> Gopal Swarup Pathak (1974) <P> Basappa Danappa Jatti (1974--1977) </P> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Ahmed served as a Minister before being elected as president . He died in 1977 before his term of office ended, and was the second Indian president to die in office . He was also president during Emergency . </Td> </Tr>

Has held the office of vice president of india for two consecutive terms