Question: who has held the office of vice president of india for 2 consecutive terms
Answer: No Name ( birth -- death ) Portrait Elected Took office Left office President ( s ) Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan ( 1888 -- 1975 ) 1952 1957 13 May 1952 12 May 1962 Rajendra Prasad Zakir Husain ( 1897 -- 1969 ) 1962 13 May 1962 12 May 1967 Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Varahagiri Venkata Giri ( 1894 -- 1980 ) 1967 13 May 1967 3 May 1969 Zakir Husain Gopal Swarup Pathak ( 1896 -- 1982 ) 1969 31 August 1969 30 August 1974 Varahagiri Venkata Giri ( 1969 -- 1974 ) Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed ( 1974 ) Basappa Danappa Jatti ( 1912 -- 2002 ) 31 August 1974 30 August 1979 Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed ( 1974 -- 1977 ) Neelam Sanjiva Reddy ( 1977 -- 1979 ) 6 Mohammad Hidayatullah ( 1905 -- 1992 ) 1979 31 August 1979 30 August 1984 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy ( 1979 -- 1982 ) Giani Zail Singh ( 1982 -- 1984 ) 7 Ramaswamy Venkataraman ( 1910 -- 2009 ) 1984 31 August 1984 24 July 1987 Giani Zail Singh 8 Sh