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Shankar Dayal Sharma

President of india from 1992 to 1997.

Born August 19th, 1918 in Bhopal.

Died December 26th, 1999 at 81 years old in New Delhi (myocardial infarction).

Occupations
lawyer, politician

When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche