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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Krishan Kant<br />
| image = Krishan Kant 2005 stamp of India.jpg<br />
| office = 10th [[Vice President of India]]<br />
| president = [[K. R. Narayanan|Kocheril Raman Narayanan]]<br/>[[Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam]]<br />
| primeminister = [[I. K. Gujral]]<br>[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]<br />
| term_start = 21 August 1997<br />
| term_end = 27 July 2002<br />
| predecessor = [[K. R. Narayanan|Kocheril Raman Narayanan]]<br />
| successor = [[Bhairon Singh Shekhawat]]<br />
| office2 = [[List of Governors of Tamil Nadu|Governor of Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| 1blankname2 = Chief Minister<br />
| 1namedata2 = [[M. Karunanidhi|Muthuvel Karunanidhi]]<br />
| term_start2 = 22 December 1996<br />
| term_end2 = 25 January 1997<br />
| predecessor2 = [[Marri Chenna Reddy]]<br />
| successor2 = [[Fatima Beevi]]<br />
| office3 = [[List of governors of Andhra Pradesh|Governor of Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
| 1blankname3 = Chief Minister<br />
| 1namedata3 = [[Marri Chenna Reddy]]<br>[[Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy]]<br>[[Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy]]<br>[[N. T. Rama Rao|Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao]]<br>[[N. Chandrababu Naidu|Nara Chandrababu Naidu]]<br />
| term_start3 = 7 February 1990<br />
| term_end3 = 21 August 1997<br />
| predecessor3 = [[Kumudben Manishankar Joshi]]<br />
| successor3 = [[C Rangarajan]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1927|2|28|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = Kot Mohammad Khan,[[Tarn Taran District]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab Province]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2002|7|27|1927|2|28|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = [[New Delhi]], India<br />
| parents = [[Lala Achint Ram|Achint Ram]]<br/>[[Satyavati Devi (born 1905)|Satyavati Devi]]<br />
| party = [[Janata Dal]] <small>(1988–2002)</small><br />
| otherparty = [[Indian National Congress]] <small>(Before 1977)</small><br>[[Janata Party]] <small>(1977–1988)</small><br />
| spouse = Suman<br />
| children = Divya Deepti Handa, Rashmi kant and Sukant Kohli<br />
| grandchildren = Ekaa Kant Kohli, Virat Kant Kohli, Kartik Kant, Gaurav Kant<br />
| alma_mater = Banaras Engineering College, [[Banaras Hindu University]] (now [[Indian Institute of Technology, BHU]])<ref name="rajyasabha1"/><br />
| profession = [[Scientist]]<br />
| nationality = [[Indian nationality|Indian]]<br />
| signature = Krishna Kant.jpg<br />
}}<br />
'''Krishan Kant''' (28 February 1927 – 27 July 2002) was an Indian Politician who served as the tenth [[vice president of India]] from 1997 until his death. Formerly, he was the [[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).<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Kant was born on 28 February 1927 in Kot Mohammad Khan a village of [[Tarn Taran district]] in the [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab Province]] of [[British India]]. His parents were independence activists [[Lala Achint Ram]] and [[Satyavati Devi (born 1905)|Satyavati Devi]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Khan |first1=Kot Mohammed |title=Krishna Kant's home-villagers have great expectations of him |url=http://www.rediff.com/news/aug/01kant.htm |access-date=29 October 2018 |work=Rediff.com |date=2 August 1997}}</ref><br />
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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.<ref name="rajyasabha1">{{cite web|url=http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/chairman/kant.asp |title=Rajya Sabha |publisher=Rajya Sabha |access-date=22 February 2013}}</ref><br />
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==Political career==<br />
The son of noted Congress politician and later parliamentarian, [[Lala Achint Ram]], Kant's 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|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]].<br />
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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.<ref name="rajyasabha1"/><br />
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Krishan Kant was the founding general secretary of the [[People's 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 [[The Emergency (India)|Emergency]]. He was later a member of [[Lok Sabha]] till 1980.<ref name="rajyasabha1"/> He was the chairman of Committee on Railway Reservations and Bookings from 1972 to 1977.<br />
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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 Sangh's ideological parent. The issue led to fall of [[Morarji Desai]] government in 1979, and the destruction of the Janata coalition.<ref>Rudolph, Lloyd I. and Rudolph, Susanne H. (1987) ''In Pursuit of Lakshmi: The Political Economy of the Indian State''. [[University of Chicago]] Press. pp 457–459. {{ISBN|9788125015512}}</ref><br />
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A strong protagonist of India going nuclear, Krishan Kant was a member of the executive council of the Institute of Defence Studies and Analysis.<ref name="rajyasabha1"/><br />
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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 India's longest-serving governors. He stayed at that post till he was elevated as [[Vice-President of India]].<br />
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He was elected vice-president by [[Parliament of India|Parliament]] as the joint candidate of the [[Indian National Congress]] and [[United Front (India)|United Front]]. While serving as vice-president, there was a terrorist attack on the Parliament building in 2001; terrorists used fake labels to gain access to the premises and they crashed into his car.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/how-2001-parliament-attack-unfolded-and-what-followed-785169.html|title = How 2001 Parliament attack unfolded and what followed|date = 13 December 2019}}</ref><br />
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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 of India|Vice President]] to die in office.)<br />
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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.<br />
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His mother [[Satyavati Devi (born 1905)|Satyavati Devi]], another freedom fighter had also outlived him, finally dying in 2010.<br />
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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.<br />
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/19981202035140/http://www.indianembassy.org/special/cabinet/kant.htm Profile] (archived) on [[Embassy of India in Washington]] website<br />
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