Zakir Husain became president

Zakir Husain was the 3rd President of India from 13 May 1967. He was the first Muslim president of Indian nation. Zakir Husain was born in Hyderabad, Telangana in 8 February 1897.He became the Governor of Bihar in 1957 to 1962. Later he became the 2nd Vice President of India after Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. He served in the post from 13 May 1962 to 12 May 1967. But his term was short-lived.He died in New Delhi on 3 May 1969 and became the 1st President to die in the office period.

Husain's father, Fida Husain Khan, died when he was ten years old; his mother died in 1911 when he was fourteen. Husain's early primary education was done in Hyderabad. He completed High school from Islamia High School, Etawah, and was then educated at the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College, now Aligarh Muslim University, where he was a prominent student leader. He received his doctorate in economics from the University of Berlin in 1926. In 1915, at the age of 18, he married Shah Jahan Begum and had two daughters, Sayeeda Khan and Safia Rahman.