The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, paid homage to Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, former President of India on his Birth Anniversary (May 13, 2019).
About:
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905 – 1977) was the former President of India.
Freedom Struggle: He joined the Indian National Congress and actively participated in the Indian Freedom Movement. In 1942 he was arrested during the Quit India Movement.
Political career:
He was a member of the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee and remained the Minister of Finance, Revenue and labour in 1938 Gopinath Bordoloi Ministry.
After Independence he was elected to the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha. In the Central Cabinet he was given important portfolios relating to Food and Agriculture, Co-operation, Education, Industrial Development and Company Laws.
He also served as the Advocate-General of the Government of Assam.
President of India:
He served as the fifth President of India from 1974 to 1977.
He was the second Muslim to be elected President of India (the first being Zakir Hussain).
He is known to have issued the proclamation of emergency by signing the papers at midnight after a meeting with Indira Gandhi the same day.
He was the second Indian president to die in office (in 1977). He died due to heart attack (the first being Zakir Hussain).
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