India, July 22 -- Jagdeep Dhankhar officially resigned from the post of vice president on Monday. The Vice President submitted his resignation to President Droupadi Murmu, citing health concerns.

With this abrupt resignation, Dhankhar is now the third vice president to resign from office before completing his term.

The first Vice President of India to resign before completing their term was VV Giri. VV Giri took over as acting president due to the death of Zakir Hussain in May 1969.

On July 20, 1969, Giri stepped down from the post of VP in order to contest the presidential election as an independent candidate.

After VV Giri, Ramaswamy Venkataraman became the second vice president to resign from his post before completing his term.

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