Publisher's Synopsis
About the Indian Presidency and Successive Rajendra Prasad to Pranab Mukherjee The election of the President of India and the role of incumbentis gradually becoming significant. To bring home to the readers thevaious provisions in the Indian Constitution and to what extent thePresident can play a constructive role, the book, Indian Presidencyand Successive Presidents, has been attempted in two parts. Part I contains three chapters 1. President in the Indian Constitution, (it includes discussionon Election Petition) 2. President vs Council of Ministers, and 3. Procedure for Election Part II contains the profiles of the successive presidents.These profiles are not biographies in the conventional sense. Theemphasis is on the various constitutional issues that came upduring their tenure and how each one of them encountered thesituation. These profiles also bring to focus the creative worksundertaken by each one of them which should make them role modelsfor the humanity at large. In view of its rich contents the book should be useful for allschool, college, university libraries, students of politicalscience, and all others wishing to know about the Presidents rolein Indian politics. Contents Foreword Preface Part I : Indian Presidency President in the Indian Constitution President vs Prime Minister and Council of Ministers Procedure for Election Election Petition Part II : Successive Presidents Rajendra Prasad Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Zakir Hussain Justice Mohammed Hidayatullah Varahagiri Venkata Giri Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Basappa Sanjiva Reddy Giani Zail Singh Ramaswami Venkataraman Shankar Dayal Sharma K.R. Narayanan A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Pratibha Devisingh Patil Pranab Mukherjee Part III : Appendix Excerpts from President Pranab Mukherjees Address to the Nationon the eve of 66th Independence Day About the M L Ahuja M.L. Ahuja, M.A.D.L.L., DCS, has to his credit more than 35books. He is associated with publishing and marketing of books inIndia.
