The Presidency and Vice Presidency usually adhere to a tradition present from the early days of the Republic: If the President hails from North India, the Vice President is a native of a state beyond the Vindhyas. Or vice versa.
Dr Rajendra Prasad, Bihar
President
Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Madras Presidency
Vice President
Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Madras Presidency
President
Dr Zakir Hussain, Uttar Pradesh
Vice President
Dr Zakir Hussain, Uttar Pradesh
President
V V Giri, Madras Presidency
Vice President
V V Giri, Madras Presidency
President
G S Pathak, Uttar Pradesh
Vice President
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, Delhi
President
B D Jatti, Karnataka
Vice President
Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy, Andhra Pradesh
President
Mohammad Hidayatullah, Uttar Pradesh
Vice President
Giani Zail Singh, Punjab
President
Ramaswamy Venkataraman, Tamil Nadu
Vice President
Ramaswamy Venkataraman, Tamil Nadu
President
Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma, Madhya Pradesh
Vice President
Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma, Madhya Pradesh
President
K R Narayanan, Kerala
Vice President
K R Narayanan, Kerala
President
Krishan Kant, Punjab
Vice President
A P J Abdul Kalam, Tamil Nadu
President
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, Rajasthan
Vice President
Pratibha Patil, Maharashtra
President
Hamid Ansari, Uttar Pradesh
Vice President
Pranab Mukherjee, West Bengal
President
Hamid Ansari, Uttar Pradesh
Vice President
Ram Nath Kovind, Uttar Pradesh
President
M Venkaiah Naidu, Andhra Pradesh
Vice President
Droupadi Murmu, Odisha
President
Jagdeep Dhankar, Rajasthan
Vice President