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	\| post = Deputy Chairman		\| post = Deputy Chairman
	\| body = ~~the~~ Rajya Sabha		\| body = Rajya Sabha
	\| native_name = {{lang\|hi-Latn\|~~Rājya Sabhā ke Upādhyakṣa~~}}		\| native_name = {{lang\|hi-Latn\|राज्य सभा के उपाध्यक्ष}}
	\| flag = Flag of India.svg		\| flag = Flag of India.svg
	\| flagsize = 110px		\| flagsize = 110px
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	\|reports_to = [[Parliament of India]]		\|reports_to = [[Parliament of India]]
	\|residence = 14, [[Akbar Road]], [[New Delhi]], [[Delhi]], [[India]]<ref>http://rsintranet.nic.in/intrars/staff_benifit/tel_directory.pdf</ref>		\|residence = 14, [[Akbar Road]], [[New Delhi]], [[Delhi]], [[India]]<ref>http://rsintranet.nic.in/intrars/staff_benifit/tel_directory.pdf</ref>
	\|seat = 32, GF, [[Parliament House (India)\|Parliament House]], New Delhi, Delhi, India<ref>http://rsintranet.nic.in/intrars/staff_benifit/tel_directory.pdf</ref>		\|seat = 32, GF, [[Parliament House (India)\|Parliament House]], [[Sansad Marg]], New Delhi, Delhi, India<ref>http://rsintranet.nic.in/intrars/staff_benifit/tel_directory.pdf</ref>
	\| website = {{Official website}}		\| website = {{Official website}}
	}}		}}
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	\|Incumbent		\|''Incumbent''
	\|}		\|}

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{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2013}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2013}}
{{Infobox official post
| post = Deputy Chairman
| body = the Rajya Sabha
| native_name = {{lang|hi-Latn|Rājya Sabhā ke Upādhyakṣa}}
| flag = Flag of India.svg
| flagsize = 110px
| flagcaption = [[Flag of India]]
| insignia = Emblem of India.svg
| insigniasize = 50px
| insigniacaption = [[State Emblem of India]]
| image = [[File:Harivansh Narayan Singh.jpg|150px]]
| imagesize =
| incumbent = [[Harivansh Narayan Singh]]
| incumbentsince = 14 September 2020
| style = [[The Honourable]]
| appointer = Members of the [[Rajya Sabha]]
| termlength = Six years
| inaugural = [[S. V. Krishnamoorthy Rao]] {{small|(1952–1962)}}
| formation = 31 May 1952
| salary =
|member_of = [[Rajya Sabha]]
|reports_to = [[Parliament of India]]
|residence = 14, [[Akbar Road]], [[New Delhi]], [[Delhi]], [[India]]<ref>http://rsintranet.nic.in/intrars/staff_benifit/tel_directory.pdf</ref>
|seat = 32, GF, [[Parliament House (India)|Parliament House]], New Delhi, Delhi, India<ref>http://rsintranet.nic.in/intrars/staff_benifit/tel_directory.pdf</ref>
| website = {{Official website}}
}}
{{Politics of India}}

The '''Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha''' ([[International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration|IAST]]: {{lang|hi-Latn|Rājya Sabhā ke Upādhyakṣa}}) presides over the proceedings of the [[Rajya Sabha]] in the absence of the [[Chairman of the Rajya Sabha]]. The Deputy Chairman is elected internally by the Rajya Sabha.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/intro/p1.htm
|title=Introduction to the Parliament of India
|publisher=[[Parliament of India]]
|access-date=11 August 2017
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517025653/http://www.parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/intro/p1.html
|archive-date=17 May 2011
|url-status=dead
}}</ref>

==List of Deputy Chairmen of the Rajya Sabha==
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|-
!rowspan=2| {{Abbr|No.|Number}}
!rowspan=2| Deputy Chairman<ref name="listonrs">{{cite web |title= Former Deputy Chairmen of the Rajya Sabha |publisher=Rajya Sabha |url=http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/deputy_chairman/former_deputy_chairmen.asp}}</ref>
!rowspan=2| Portrait
!colspan=2| Term
!rowspan=2 colspan=2| Party
|-
! From
! To
|-
|rowspan=2 | 1
|rowspan=2 | [[S. V. Krishnamoorthy Rao]]
|rowspan=2 |
| 31 May 1952
| 2 April 1956
|rowspan=4 | [[Indian National Congress]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=4|
|-
| 25 April 1956
| 1 March 1962
|-
|rowspan=2 | 2
|rowspan=2 | [[Violet Alva]]
|rowspan=2 | [[File:Violet Alva stamp (cropped).jpg|90px]]
| 19 April 1962
| 2 April 1966
|-
| 7 April 1966
| 16 November 1969
|-
| 3
| [[B. D. Khobragade]]
| [[File:Rajabhau Khobragade stamp (cropped).jpg|90px]]
| 17 December 1969
| 2 April 1972
| [[Republican Party of India]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Republican Party of India/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|-
|rowspan=2 | 4
|rowspan=2 | [[Godey Murahari]]
|rowspan=2 |
| 13 April 1972
| 02 April 1974
|rowspan=2 | [[Samyukta Socialist Party]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Samyukta Socialist Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=2|
|-
| 26 April 1974
| 20 March 1977
|-
| 5
| [[Ram Niwas Mirdha]]
| [[File:Ram Niwas Mirdha (cropped).jpg|90px]]
| 30 March 1977
| 2 April 1980
|rowspan=12 | [[Indian National Congress]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=12|
|-
|rowspan=2 | 6
|rowspan=2 | [[Shyamlal Yadav]]
|rowspan=2 |
| 30 July 1980
| 4 April 1982
|-
| 28 April 1982
| 29 December 1984
|-
| 7
| [[Najma Heptullah]]
| [[File:Najma Heptulla.jpg|90px]]
| 25 January 1985
| 20 January 1986
|-
| 8
| [[M. M. Jacob]]
| [[File:M.M. Jacob photo.jpg|90px]]
| 26 February 1986
| 22 October 1986
|-
| 9
| [[Pratibha Patil]]
| [[File:Pratibha Patil 2012-02-27.jpg|90px]]
| 18 November 1986
| 5 November 1988
|-
|rowspan=3 | (7)
|rowspan=3 | [[Najma Heptullah]]
|rowspan=3 | [[File:Najma A. Heptulla presenting the Badalte Qadam Award to the Cinematographer, Doordarshan, Ms. Jayshree Puri, at the Best Achievers Award Ceremony, organised by the Child Care & Welfare Foundation, in New Delhi (cropped).jpg|90px]]
| 18 November 1988
| 4 July 1992
|-
| 10 July 1992
| 4 July 1998
|-
| 9 July 1998
| 10 June 2004
|-
|rowspan=2 | 10
|rowspan=2 | [[K. Rahman Khan]]
|rowspan=2 | [[File:K Rahman Khan (cropped).jpg|90px]]
| 22 July 2004
| 2 April 2006
|-
| 12 May 2006
| 2 April 2012
|-
| 11
| [[P. J. Kurien]]
| [[File:P. J. Kurien portrait.jpg|90px]]
| 21 August 2012
| 1 July 2018
|-
| rowspan="2" | 12
| rowspan="2" | [[Harivansh Narayan Singh]]
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Harivansh Narayan Singh.jpg|90px]]
| 09 August 2018
| 09 April 2020
| rowspan="2" | [[Janata Dal (United)]]
| rowspan="2" width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal (United)/meta/color}}" |
|-
|14 September 2020
|Incumbent
|}

==See also==
*[[Vice President of India]] (Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha)
*[[Speaker of the Lok Sabha]]
*[[Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha]]
*[[Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha]]
*[[Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha]]
*[[Leader of the House in Lok Sabha]]
*[[Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha]]

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
* {{cite web|url=http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/deputy_chairman/former_deputy_chairmen.asp|title=Former Deputy Chairmen of the Rajya Sabha|website=[[Rajya Sabha]]}}

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BellEggers2 at 15:54, 19 March 2026

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>Arimaboss at 12:09, 10 April 2021