Noun
zail (plural zails)
(India) An administrative unit of two to forty villages during the British Raj in India.
R. Venkataraman mentions in his memoirs how he dealt with the Postal Bill, which his predecessor, Zail Singh, had refused to sign ( My Presidential Years, HarperCollins; pages 42, 84 and 335). Source: Internet
So another religious minority community member was President.1987 saw the Vice – president R. Venkatraman succeeding Zail Singh. Source: Internet