Berhampur People: Tributes to Late Shri V.V. Giri on his birth anniversary today

  Varahagiri Venkata Giri (10 August 1894 – 23 June 1980), known as V. V. Giri, was the fourth President of the Republic of India. He was born in a Telugu-speaking family to Varahagiri Venkata Jogaiah, residing in Berhampur city of the erstwhile Madras Presidency. He received India's highest civilian decoration, the Bharat Ratna, in 1975. The nation and his hometown Berhampur pay tributes to Shri V.V. Giri on his birth anniversary today.