What is R. Venkataraman?
{{Infobox Officeholder | honorific-prefix = [[His Excellency]] |name = Ramaswamy Venkataraman |native_name = இராமசுவாமி வெங்கடராமன் |caption = R. Venkataraman |image = Ramaswamy Venkataraman (2012 stamp of India).jpg |office = [[List of Presidents of India|8th]] [[President of India]] |primeminister = [[Rajiv Gandhi]]<br>[[V. P. Singh]]<br>[[Chandra Shekhar]]<br>[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]] |vicepresident = [[Shankar Dayal Sharma]] |term_start = 25 July 1987 |term_end = 25 July 1992 |predecessor = [[Zail Singh]] |successor = [[Shankar Dayal Sharma]] |office2 = 7th [[Vice President of India]] |president2 = [[Zail Singh]] |primeminister2 = [[Indira Gandhi]]<br>[[Rajiv Gandhi]] |term_start2 = 31 August 1984 |term_end2 = 24 July 1987 |predecessor2 = [[Mohammad Hidayatullah]] |successor2 = [[Shankar Dayal Sharma]] |office3 = [[Minister for Home Affairs (India)|Minister of Home Affairs]] |primeminister3 = [[Indira Gandhi]] |term_start3 = 22 June 1982 |term_end3 = 2 September 1982 |predecessor3 = [[Zail Singh]] |successor3 = [[Prakash Chandra Sethi]] |office4 = [[Minister of Defence (India)|Minister of Defence]] |primeminister4 = [[Indira Gandhi]] |term_start4 = 15 January 1982 |term_end4 = 2 August 1984 |predecessor4 = [[Indira Gandhi]] |successor4 = [[Shankarrao Chavan]] |office5 = [[Minister of Finance (India)|Minister of Finance]] |primeminister5 = [[Indira Gandhi]] |term_start5 = 14 January 1980 |term_end5 = 15 January 1982 |predecessor5 = [[Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna]] |successor5 = [[Pranab Mukherjee]] |birth_name = Ramaswamy Venkataraman |birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1910|12|4}} |birth_place = [[Rajamadam]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]]<br/>(now in [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]) |death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2009|1|27|1910|12|4}} |death_place = [[New Delhi]], [[India]] |party = [[Indian National Congress]] |sp