Explain the 'P.N.E. of India' during 1974.
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Varahagiri Venkata Giri

V. V. Giri
4th President of IndiaIn office
24 August 1969 – 24 August 1974Vice PresidentGopal Swarup PathakPreceded byMohammad Hidayatullah (Acting)Succeeded byFakhruddin Ali AhmedIn office
3 May 1969 – 20 July 1969Prime MinisterIndira GandhiPreceded byZakir HussainSucceeded byMohammad Hidayatullah (Acting)3rd Vice President of IndiaIn office
13 May 1967 – 3 May 1969PresidentZakir HussainPrime MinisterIndira GandhiPreceded byZakir HussainSucceeded byGopal Swarup PathakGovernor of KarnatakaIn office
2 April 1965 – 13 May 1967Prime MinisterIndira GandhiChief MinisterS. NijalingappaPreceded bySatyawant Mallannah ShrinageshSucceeded byGopal Swarup PathakGovernor of KeralaIn office
1 July 1960 – 2 April 1965Chief MinisterPattom Thanu Pillai
R. SankarPreceded byBurgula Ramakrishna RaoSucceeded byAjit Prasad JainGovernor of Uttar PradeshIn office
10 June 1956 – 30 June 1960Chief MinisterSampurnanandPreceded byKanhaiyalal Maneklal MunshiSucceeded byBurgula Ramakrishna RaoMinister of Labour and Industry for Madras PresidencyIn office
30 April 1946 – 23 March 1947Chief MinisterTanguturi PrakasamPersonal detailsBorn
Varahagiri Venkata Giri
10 August 1894
Berhampur, Madras Presidency, British India
(now in Odisha, India)Died24 June 1980(aged 85)
Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
(now Chennai)Political partyIndependentSpouse(s)Saraswati Bai (1904–1978)Relatives
Adruti Laxmibai(sister)[1]
Palagummi Sainath(grandson)[2]
Alma materKhallikote College
University College DublinAwardsBharat Ratna (1975)Signature
As president, Giri was the only person to be elected as an independent candidate.[3] He was succeeded by Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed as president in 1974.[4] After the end of his full term, Giri was honoured by the Government of India with the Bharat Ratna in 1975. Giri died on 24 June 1980. His great grandson V. Giri Shankar is an Advocate of the Madras High Court, Chennai