Dr. Zakir Hussain, was the first Indian President to
die in office before completing his term. He was the Third President of
the India. On 9 May 1967, Zakir Hussain was declared elected as the Head
of the State and was formally sworn in as the President of the Indian
Republic four days later. He breathed his last on the morning of 3 May
1969.
Zakir Hussain was born on February 8, 1897 in a Pathan family at
Qaimganj in the District of Farrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh. He was
instrumental in the establishment of Jamia Millia Islamia in 1920. Zakir
Hussain later went to the University of Berlin in Germany for higher
studies in 1923 and did doctorate in Economics. He later on became
Vice-Chancellor of Jamia Millia. In 1948, Dr. Zakir Hussain was
appointed Vice-Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University. He served as
Governor of Bihar from 1957 to 1962. He was awarded Padma Vibushan in
1954 and Bharat Ratna in 1963. Zakir Hussain was sworn in, as the second
Vice-President on 13May 1962.
