Question: On which of the following day Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma Birth anniversary is celebrated?
(a) 18 August
(b) 19 August
(c) 20 August
(d) 21 August
Answer: (b)
Related facts:
- President Ram Nath Kovind paid floral tribute to Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, the former President of India, on the occasion of his birth anniversary, at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
- He was born on 19th August, 1918 in Bhopal.
- He became the eighth vice president of India and ex-officio chairman of Rajya Sabha from September 3, 1987, till he assumed the office of the President on 24th July, 1992.
- He served in this vaunted position till 1997. He was the ninth President of India.
- Prior to this, he also served as a governor of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Punjab.
- Shankar Dayal Sharma died on December 26, 1999, at a hospital in New Delhi.
Links:
https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/shankar-dayal-sharma-anniversary-1417433-2018-12-26
https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/president-kovind-pays-tribute-to-dr-shanker-dayal-sharma-on-his-birth-anniversary20190819142010/