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Mohammad Hidayatullah

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Mohammad Hidayatullah

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Vice President of India from 1979 to 1984

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  • Democracy in India and the judicial process
  • The South-West Africa case

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Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Iran
Active from
1966-07-05
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Prime minister
Indira Gandhi
Vice president
Vacant
Preceded by
V. V. Giri (interim)
Succeeded by
V. V. Giri
President
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy Zail Singh
Appointed by
Zakir Husain
Nominated by
Sudhi Ranjan Das
Chief justice
Frederick Louis Grille
Born
( 1905-12-17 ) 17 December 1905, Betul , Central Provinces and Berar , British India , (present-day Madhya Pradesh , India)
Died
18 September 1992 (1992-09-18) (aged 86), Bombay, Maharashtra , India , (present-day Mumbai)
Party
Independent
Spouse
Pushpa Shah
Alma mater
Nagpur University , Trinity College, Cambridge , Lincoln's Inn
Occupation
Lawyer politician academician

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date of birth
1905-12-17
date of death
1992-09-18
name in native language
محمّد هدایة اللہ‎
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Mohammad Hidayatullah, OBE (pronunciation; 17 December 1905 – 18 September 1992) was an Indian jurist and statesman who served as interim President of India in 1969. He concurrently served as Chief Justice of India from 1968 to 1970 and then as Vice President of India from 1979 to 1984.

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