Governor of Andhra Pradesh
What was the position of Krishan Kant from Feb 1990 to Aug 1997?
Krishan Kant Krishan Kant ( 28 February 1927 – 27 July 2002 ) was the tenth Vice President of India from 1997 until his death . Previously , he was Governor of Andhra Pradesh from 1990 to 1997 . He was a member of Lok Sabha from Chandigarh ( 1977-1980 ) , and Member of Rajya Sabha from Haryana ( 1966-1972 , 1972-1977 ) Early life . Kant was born on 28 February 1927 in Kot Mohammad Khan a village of Amritsar district in the Punjab Province of British India . His parents were independence activists Lala Achint Ram and Satyavati Devi . Kant completed his MSc ( Technology ) from the Banaras Hindu University . He worked as a scientist with the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research , New Delhi Political career . The son of noted Congress politician and later parliamentarian , Lala Achint Ram , Kants first brush with politics came when he plunged into the Quit India movement , while he was still a student in Lahore . He took part in the Indian Independence Movement as a youth and continued to be involved in politics , eventually being elected to Parliament of India . He was part of the Young Turk brigade of Indian National Congress party during the time of Indira Gandhi . He held important official positions in the parliamentary and organisational wings of the Indian National Congress , the Janata Party and the Janata Dal . For many years , he was a member of the Executive Council of the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses . Krishan Kant was the founding general secretary of the Peoples Union for Civil Liberties and Democratic Rights , of which Jayprakash Narayan was the President in 1976 . He was expelled from the Indian National Congress in 1975 for his opposition to the Emergency . He was later a member of Lok Sabha till 1980 . He was the chairman of Committee on Railway Reservations and Bookings from 1972 to 1977 . He with Madhu Limaye was also responsible for the collapse of the Morarji Desai government installed by that coalition , by insisting that no member of the Janata Party could be the member of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ( RSS ) . This attack on dual membership was directed specifically at members of the Janata Party who had been members of the Jan Sangh , and continued to be members of the right-wing RSS , the Jan Sanghs ideological parent . The issue led to fall of Morarji Desai government in 1979 , and the destruction of the Janata coalition . A strong protagonist of India going nuclear , Krishan Kant was a member of the executive council of the Institute of Defence Studies and Analysis . Kant was appointed governor of Andhra Pradesh by the V.P . Singh government in 1989 and served in that position for seven years , becoming one of Indias longest-serving governors . He stayed at that post till he was elevated as Vice-President of India . He was elected vice-president by Parliament as the joint candidate of the Indian National Congress and United Front . He died in New Delhi aged 75 after suffering from a massive heart attack on 27 July 2002 , a few weeks before he was to leave the office to lead a retired life . He is the only Indian Vice President to die in office . He was cremated with full state honours at Nigam Bodh Ghat in New Delhi on the banks of Yamuna river on 28 July , in the presence of various VIPs and was survived by his wife , mother , three children ( two sons and a daughter alongside with their respective spouses ) , several grandchildren and a few great-grandchildren as well as two sisters and numerous other surviving family members . His mother Satyavati Devi , another freedom fighter had also outlived him , finally dying in 2010 . A few days after his death , a former Chief Minister of Rajasthan , Bhairon Singh Shekhawat defeated Sushil Kumar Shinde in assuming the vice-presidency through a special election . External links . - Profile ( archived ) on Embassy of India in Washington website