About Shankar Dayal Sharma
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*He was [[w:Sonia Gandhi|Sonia Gandhi]]’s first choice to become prime minister when the Congress came to power in 1991. After he refused citing his age and health, [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]] was chosen to take up the mantle.
*He was [[w:Sonia Gandhi|Sonia Gandhi]]’s first choice to become prime minister when the Congress came to power in 1991. After he refused citing his age and health, [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]] was chosen to take up the mantle.
**[[w:Natwar Singh|Natwar Singh]] in: ''[http://currentnews.in/will-write-book-tell-truth-sonia-hits-back-natwars-tell/ I will write my own book to tell the truth: Sonia hits back at Natwar’s ‘tell-all’]'', Current News, 31 July 2014
**[[w:Natwar Singh|Natwar Singh]] in: ''[http://currentnews.in/will-write-book-tell-truth-sonia-hits-back-natwars-tell/ I will write my own book to tell the truth: Sonia hits back at Natwar’s ‘tell-all’]'', Current News, 31 July 2014
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===Commissions and Omissions by Indian Presidents and Their Conflicts with the Prime Ministers Under the Constitution: 1977-2001===
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<small>Janak Raj Jai in: ''[http://books.google.co.in/books?id=u2nCN4nSWjEC&pg=PA258 Commissions and Omissions by Indian Presidents and Their Conflicts with the Prime Ministers Under the Constitution: 1977-2001]'', Daya Books, 2001</small>
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*He was one of most qualified person academically; he was a [[w:Freedom fighter|freedom fighter]]; a [[thinker]], [[philosopher]], a [[politician]], and above all a [[jurist]] of great [[eminence]].
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**In: P.201.
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*As a constitutional expert, and a jurist he got unequivocal [[recognition]] from the Congress and non-Congress parties. They believed that the letter and spirit of the Constitution was safe in his hands...He was a [[spiritualist]] to the core.
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**In: P.201.
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*Not only that he was a spiritualist, a [[moralist]], an [[education]]ist]], but he was a good [[w:Administrator|administrator]] too. He had been elected as Vice President of India and in this capacity as chairman of the [[w:Rajya Sabha|Rajya Sabha]] he created history by taking hard stand against an [[Member of Parliament|MP]] who embarassed him.
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**In: P.202.
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*He was [[w:God-fearing|god fearing]] and as [[w:Spiritualist|spiritualist]] he paid visits to [[saints]] and [[w:Sadhus|sadhus]], and the [[w:Shankaracharya|Shankaracharya]] of [[w:Sringeri Sharada Peetham|Sringeri Math]] conferred on him the title of [[w:Honorary titles of Indian leaders|Desh Ratna]].
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**In: P.202.
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*Having been distressed by the performance of the hung [[w:Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha]]s and the instability caused by the [[w:Coalition government|coalition governments]] during his [[tenure]], when three Prime Ministers changed their hands, he took an unprecedented stand by calling the conference of [[Governors]] as also [[leaders]] of some [[w:Political parties|political parties]] to discuss this serious problem facing the nation which had weakened the democratic structure of the country. This action earned him a lot of controversy from different quarters. It was even doubted that he was doing so to earn a second term as President of India.
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**In: P.257.
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*He was a distinguished [[w:Academician|academician]], [[astute politician, and an upholder of constitutional propriety – He was following his cherished motto of constitutional propriety in inviting [[w:Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] leader. [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee|A. B. Vajpayee]] to form the government after the 1996 general elections. But his government lasted for only 13 days.
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**In Indian Express, in December 1999, p.234.
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*A Freedom fighter, administrator, and a statesman, attained the status of an internationally acclaimed intellectual in the fields of international relations, rule of law, [[philosophy]], and comparative study of [[religions]].
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**[[w:P.A.Sangama|P.A.Sangama]] in: p.233.
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*President with a mind of his own, was a politician of high values, a distinguished parliamentarian, and a great scholar. His brilliant academic and political career was a saga of dedication and abiding commitment to the pursuit of higher learning and public service.
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**[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee|A.B.Vajpayee]] in: p.233.
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*Called Indira “Trojan horse” during the 1969 split (of Congress party), he became cartoonists darling in 1970s when he over-played the anti-US card.
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**In: p.233.
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*His stewardship of the upper house proved his merit for presidentship. His ruling in the Rajya Sabha, blending [[humour]] and firmness established him as a champion of Parliamentary dignity and traditions.
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**In: P.233.
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