What is Zail Singh?
{{Infobox Officeholder |honorific-prefix = [[His Excellency]]<br>[[Gyani]] |name = Zail Singh |image =Zail Singh during his presidency.jpg |office = [[List of Presidents of India|7th]] [[President of India]] |primeminister = [[Indira Gandhi]]<br>[[Rajiv Gandhi]] |vicepresident = [[Mohammad Hidayatullah]]<br>[[R. Venkataraman]] |term_start = 25 July 1982 |term_end = 25 July 1987 |predecessor = [[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]] |successor = [[R. Venkataraman]] |office2 = [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|Minister of Home Affairs]] |primeminister2 = [[Indira Gandhi]] |term_start2 = 14 January 1980 |term_end2 = 22 June 1982 |predecessor2 = [[Yashwantrao Chavan]] |successor2 = [[R. Venkataraman]] |office3 = [[Chief Ministers of Punjab (India)|9th Chief Minister of Punjab]] |term_start3 = 17 March 1972 |term_end3 = 30 April 1977 |predecessor3 = [[President's rule]] |successor3 = [[President's rule]] |birth_name = Jarnail Singh |native_name = |birth_date = {{birth date|1916|5|5|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Sandhwan]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab Province]], [[British Raj|British India]]<br/> (now in [[Punjab, India]]) |death_date = {{death date and age|1994|12|25|1916|5|5|df=y}} |death_place = [[Chandigarh]], [[India]] |party = [[Indian National Congress]] |alma_mater = Shaheed Sikh Missionary College |spouse = Pardhan Kaur (1919-2002)<ref name=nytimes>{{cite news|first=Sanjoy |last=Hazarika|title=Zail Singh, 78, First Sikh To Hold India's Presidency |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/26/obituaries/zail-singh-78-first-sikh-to-hold-india-s-presidency.html |work=[[New York Times]] |date=1994-12-26 |access-date=2015-08-23}}</ref> |children = 1 son, 3 daughters<ref name=nytimes/> |nationality = [[Indian nationality|Indian]] }} [[Gyani]] '''Zail Singh''' ({{audio|Zail_singh.ogg|pronunciation}}; born '''Jarnail Singh''', 5 May 1916 – 25 December 1994<ref>[https://www.independent.co