Second ladies of India explained

Post:	Second Lady
Body:	the India
Incumbent:	Sudesh Dhankhar
Residence:	Vice President's House, New Delhi, Delhi, India
Incumbentsince:	11 August 2022
Insignia:	Emblem of India.svg
Insigniasize:	50px
Insigniacaption:	National Emblem of India
Flag:	Flag of India.svg
Flagsize:	110px
Flagcaption:	Flag of India
Preceded By:	Salma Ansari
Spouse:	Jagdeep Dhankhar
Inaugural:	Sivakamu Radhakrishnan

Second Lady or Second Gentleman of India is the title given to the host of Uparashtrapati Bhavan, usually the spouse of the vice president. The current second lady of India is Dr. Sudesh Dhankhar, the spouse of the incumbent vice president, Jagdeep Dhankhar.

List

No.	Name	Portrait	Tenure	Tenure end	Vice president's tenure
1	Sivakamu Radhakrishnan		Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888–1975)	13 May 1952	26 November 1956 (died while in office)
2	Shah Jahan Begum^[1]		Zakir Husain (1897–1969)	13 May 1962	12 May 1967
3	Saraswati Bai		V. V. Giri (1894–1980)	13 May 1967	3 May 1969
4	Prakashwati Pathak^[2]		Gopal Swarup Pathak (1896–1982)	31 August 1969	30 August 1974
5	Sangamma Jatti^[3]		B. D. Jatti (1912–2002)	31 August 1974	30 August 1979
6	Pushpa Shah^[4]		Mohammad Hidayatullah (1905–1992)	31 August 1979	30 August 1984
7	Janaki Venkataraman^[5]		Ramaswamy Venkataraman (1910–2009)	31 August 1984	24 July 1987
8	Vimala Sharma^[6]		Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918–1999)	3 September 1987	24 July 1992
9	Usha Narayanan		K. R. Narayanan (1920–2005)	21 August 1992	24 July 1997
10	Suman Kant^[7]		Krishan Kant (1927–2002)	21 August 1997	27 July 2002
11	Suraj Kanwar^[8]		Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (1925–2010)	19 August 2002	21 July 2007
12	Salma Ansari^[9]		Mohammad Hamid Ansari (1937–)	11 August 2007	11 August 2017
13	Usha Naidu^[10]		Venkaiah Naidu (1949–)	11 August 2017	11 August 2022
14	Sudesh Dhankhar		Jagdeep Dhankhar (1951-)	11 August 2022	Incumbent

See also

• Vice President of India
• First ladies and gentlemen of India
• Spouse of the prime minister of India

Notes and References

1. Web site: Remembrance ad of Zakir Husain : Obituarytoday.com. 24 November 2017.
2. Web site: Sh. Gopal Swarup Pathak Vice President of India Government of India. vicepresidentofindia.nic.in. 24 November 2017. en.
3. Web site: Sh. B. D. Jatti Vice President of India Government of India. vicepresidentofindia.nic.in. 24 November 2017. en.
4. Web site: Sh. M. Hidayatullah Vice President of India Government of India. vicepresidentofindia.nic.in. 24 November 2017. en.
5. http://presidentvenkataraman.in/images/pdf/JanakiVenkataramanProfile.pdf Janaki Venkataraman Profile
6. Web site: Pace. Eric. Shankar Dayal Sharma, 81, Former President of India. The New York Times. 24 November 2017. 2000.
7. Web site: Krishan Kant passes away. The Hindu. 2002-07-28. 24 November 2017.
8. Web site: Former Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat's wife dies of heart attack Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis. dna. 24 November 2017. 9 March 2014.
9. Web site: Hamid Ansari's seamless transformation from diplomacy to politics - Vice President of India Mohammad Hamid Ansari. The Economic Times. 24 November 2017.
10. Web site: Venkaiah Naidu wins Vice-Presidential election: Here's how political leaders reacted. The Indian Express. 24 November 2017. 5 August 2017.