Multiple choice

Which of the following Chief Justices of India acted as President of India?

  1. M.Hidayatullah

  2. P.N.Bhagwati

  3. P.B.G. Gadkar

  4. None of these

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Explanation

Justice M. Hidayatullah served as Acting President of India twice - first in 1969 after President Zakir Husain's death, and again in 1977-1978 when President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed died and the Prime Minister was seeking re-election. This is a unique historical instance of a Chief Justice acting as President.