List of presidents of India
The President of India is the head of state of the Republic of India. This is the list of individuals who were presidents of the republic.
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-Died in office
-Resigned
| № | President (birth–death) |
Portrait | Tenure | Elected | Political affiliation
(at time of appointment) |
Vice president | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | ||||||
| 1 | Rajendra Prasad (1884–1963) |
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|
26 January 1950 | 13 May 1962 | 1952 1957 |
Indian National Congress | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
| 2 | Sir Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888–1975) |
|
13 May 1962 | 13 May 1967 | 1962 | Independent | Zakir Husain |
| 3 | Zakir Husain (1897–1969) |
|
13 May 1967 | 3 May 1969 (died in office.) |
1967 | Independent | V. V. Giri |
| Acting | V. V. Giri (1894–1980) |
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|
3 May 1969 | 20 July 1969 | 1969 | Independent | |
| Acting | Mohammad Hidayatullah (1905–1992) |
|
20 July 1969 | 24 August 1969 | 1969 | Independent | |
| 4 | V. V. Giri (1894–1980) |
|
24 August 1969 | 24 August 1973 | 1969 | Independent | Gopal Swarup Pathak |
| Acting | Gopal Swarup Pathak (1896–1982) |
24 August 1973 | 24 August 1973 | – | Independent | Gopal Swarup Pathak | |
| 5 | V. V. Giri
(1894–1980) |
|
24 August 1973 | 24 August 1974 | – | Independent | Gopal Swarup Pathak |
| 6 | Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905–1977) |
|
24 August 1974 | 11 February 1977 (died in office.) |
1974 | Indian National Congress | Gopal Swarup Pathak
B. D. Jatti |
| Acting | B. D. Jatti (1912–2002) |
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|
11 February 1977 | 25 July 1977 |
— | Indian National Congress | B. D. Jatti |
| 7 | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913–1996) |
|
25 July 1977 | 25 July 1982 | 1977 | Janata Party | B. D. Jatti
Mohammad Hidayatullah |
| 8 | Giani Zail Singh (1916–1994) |
|
25 July 1982 | 25 July 1983 | 1982 | Indian National Congress | Mohammad Hidayatullah |
| Acting | Mohammad Hidayatullah (1905–1992) |
|
25 July 1983 | 25 July 1983 | — | Indian National Congress | |
| 9 | Giani Zail Singh (1916–1994) |
|
25 July 1983 | 25 July 1984 | — | Indian National Congress | |
| Acting | Mohammad Hidayatullah (1905–1992) |
|
25 July 1984 | 25 July 1984 | — | Indian National Congress | |
| 10 | Giani Zail Singh (1916–1994) |
|
25 July 1984 | 25 July 1987 | — | Indian National Congress | Ramaswamy Venkataraman |
| 11 | R. Venkataraman (1910–2009) |
|
25 July 1987 | 25 July 1992 | 1987 | Indian National Congress | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| 12 | Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918–1999) |
|
25 July 1992 | 25 July 1997 | 1992 | Indian National Congress | K. R. Narayanan |
| 13 | K. R. Narayanan (1920–2005) |
|
25 July 1997 | 25 July 2000 | 1997 | Indian National Congress | Krishan Kant |
| Acting | Krishan Kant
(1927–2002) |
25 July 2000 | 25 July 2000 | – | Indian National Congress | Krishan Kant | |
| 14 | K. R. Narayanan
(1920–2005) |
|
25 July 2000 | 25 July 2002 | – | Indian National Congress | Krishan Kant |
| 15 | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (1931–2015) |
|
25 July 2002 | 25 July 2003 | 2002 | Independent | Krishan Kant |
| Acting | Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
(1923–2010) |
25 July 2002 | 25 July 2007 | – | Independent | Bhairon Singh Shekhawat | |
| 16 | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
(1931–2015) |
|
25 July 2003 | 25 July 2007 | – | Independent | Bhairon Singh Shekhawat |
| 17 | Pratibha Patil (1934–) |
|
25 July 2007 | 25 July 2010 | 2007 | Indian National Congress | Mohammad Hamid Ansari |
| Acting | Mohammad Hamid Ansari(1937–) | 25 July 2010 | 25 July 2010 | – | Indian National Congress | ||
| 18 | Pratibha Patil
(1934–) |
|
25 July 2010 | 25 July 2012 | – | Indian National Congress | |
| 19 | Pranab Mukherjee (1935–2020) |
|
25 July 2012 | 25 July 2016 | 2012 | Indian National Congress | |
| Acting | Mohammad Hamid Ansari(1937–) | 25 July 2016 | 25 July 2016 | – | Indian National Congress | Mohammad Hamid Ansari | |
| 20 | Pranab Mukherjee
(1935–2020) |
|
25 July 2016 | 25 July 2017 | – | Indian National Congress | Mohammad Hamid Ansari |
| 21 | Ram Nath Kovind (1945–) |
|
25 July 2017 | 25 July 2018 | 2017 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Mohammad Hamid Ansari |
| Acting | M. Venkaiah Naidu
(1949–) |
25 July 2018 | 25 July 2018 | – | Bharatiya Janata Party | Venkaiah Naidu | |
| 22 | Ram Nath Kovind
(1945–) |
|
25 July 2018 | 25 July 2022 | – | Bharatiya Janata Party | Venkaiah Naidu |
| 23 | Droupadi Murmu (1958-) |
|
25 July 2022 | 11 August 2022 | 2022 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Venkaiah Naidu |
| Acting | Jagdeep Dhankhar
(1951–) |
11 August 2022 | 11 August 2022 | – | Bharatiya Janata Party | Jagdeep Dhankhar | |
| 24 | Droupadi Murmu (1958-) |
|
11 August 2022 | Incumbent | – | Bharatiya Janata Party | Jagdeep Dhankhar |
Timeline
- Timeline
List Of Presidents Of India Media
1952 Indian Presidential Election
1957 Indian Presidential Election
1962 Indian Presidential Election Map
Zakir Husain, Former President of the Republic of India
1967 Indian Presidential Election Map
Varahagiri Venkata Giri, 3rd Vice President of India
Mohammad Hidayatullah, 6th Vice President of India
Varahagiri Venkata Giri, 3rd Vice President of India
References
- "Former Presidents". President’s Secretariat. Retrieved 29 November 2008.
- "List of Presidents/Vice Presidents". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2008.