VV Giri was born
on August 10 1894 at Behrampur
He was educated
at Behrampur and graduated in law from National University, Dublin. Ireland
He enrolled as an
Advocate at Madras High Court and appeared for labour welfare issues (1916 –
1934)
He was elected as
Member of Central Legislative Assembly (1934 – 1937) and later Madras
Legislative Assembly and served as Minister of Labour & Employment, Madras
(1937 – 1939)
He was Labour
welfare and Independence activist (1939 – 1946). He was Minister of Labour
& Employment, Madras (1946 – 1947)
He was the first
Indian High Commissioner to Ceylon (1947 – 1952).
He was Union
Minister of Labour & Employment (1952 – 1954) and was Member of Lok Sabha (1954 – 1957)
He served
successively as the Governor of Uttar Pradesh (1957 – 1960), Kerala (1960 –
1965) and Mysore (1965 – 1967)
He was Vice
President (1967 – 1974) and President of Republic of India (1974 – 1979)
He settled in
Madras after retirement and wrote and spoke on labour welfare issues (1974 –
1980)
He died on June
23 1980 at Chennai
Labour Welfare Activist
VV Giri worked extensively
for labour welfare during his role as Lawyer, Trade Union Leader, Minister for
Labour in State and Union Cabinets
He was
President of Indian Society for Labour Economics, President of All India Trade
Union Congress .He was General Secretary & President of All India
Railwaymen Federation
He authored and
lectured on Labour Problems and Industrial Relations
President of India
He was elected
as the third Vice president (1967 – 1969) , Acting President (1969) and later
the fourth President of India (1969 – 1974)
He is the only
President to be elected as an independent candidate
Awards
The Government
of India honoured him with Bharat Ratna in 1975 . The Governments of Bhutan and
Iran awarded their National Orders
Autobiography
He published his
memoirs : My Life and Times ( 1976 )
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