Second Lady of India
National Emblem of India
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Incumbent
Sudesh Dhankhar
since 11 August 2022
ResidenceVice President's House, New Delhi, Delhi, India
Inaugural holderSivakamu Radhakrishnan
Formation13 May 1952; 71 years ago (1952-05-13)

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

Vice President
No. 		Name Portrait Tenure Tenure end Vice president's tenure
1 Sivakamu Radhakrishnan Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
(1888–1975) 		13 May 1952 26 November 1956
(died while in office)
2 Shah Jahan Begum[1] Zakir Husain
(1897–1969) 		13 May 1962 12 May 1967
3 Saraswati Bai V. V. Giri
(1894–1980) 		13 May 1967 3 May 1969
4 Prakashwati Pathak[a][2] Gopal Swarup Pathak
(1896–1982) 		31 August 1969 30 August 1974
5 Sangamma Jatti[3] B. D. Jatti
(1912–2002) 		31 August 1974 30 August 1979
6 Pushpa Shah[4] Mohammad Hidayatullah
(1905–1992) 		31 August 1979 30 August 1984
7 Janaki Venkataraman[5] Ramaswamy Venkataraman
(1910–2009) 		31 August 1984 24 July 1987
8 Vimala Sharma[6] Shankar Dayal Sharma
(1918–1999) 		3 September 1987 24 July 1992
9 Usha Narayanan K. R. Narayanan
(1920–2005) 		21 August 1992 24 July 1997
10 Suman Kant[7] Krishan Kant
(1927–2002) 		21 August 1997 27 July 2002
11 Suraj Kanwar[8] Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
(1925–2010) 		19 August 2002 21 July 2007
12 Salma Ansari[9] Mohammad Hamid Ansari
(1937–) 		11 August 2007 11 August 2017
13 Usha Naidu[10] Venkaiah Naidu
(1949–)
 11 August 2017 11 August 2022
14 Sudesh Dhankhar Jagdeep Dhankhar
(1951-)
 11 August 2022 Incumbent

See also

Notes

  1. ^ She was the first Indian second lady not to succeed his superior as First Lady of India.

References

  1. ^ "Remembrance ad of Zakir Husain : Obituarytoday.com". Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Sh. Gopal Swarup Pathak | Vice President of India | Government of India". vicepresidentofindia.nic.in. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Sh. B. D. Jatti | Vice President of India | Government of India". vicepresidentofindia.nic.in. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Sh. M. Hidayatullah | Vice President of India | Government of India". vicepresidentofindia.nic.in. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  5. ^ Janaki Venkataraman Profile Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. presidentvenkataraman.in.
  6. ^ Pace, Eric (2000). "Shankar Dayal Sharma, 81, Former President of India". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Krishan Kant passes away". The Hindu. 2002-07-28. Retrieved 24 November 2017.[dead link]
  8. ^ "Former Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat's wife dies of heart attack | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". dna. 9 March 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  9. ^ "Hamid Ansari's seamless transformation from diplomacy to politics - Vice President of India Mohammad Hamid Ansari". The Economic Times. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  10. ^ "Venkaiah Naidu wins Vice-Presidential election: Here's how political leaders reacted". The Indian Express. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
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