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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.

President of India

Under the Constitution, of the Republic of India, the President replaced the Monarch as ceremonial head of state. The President is elected by the Electoral College for a five-year term. In the event of a vacancy the Vice-President serves as Acting President.

Status

     Denotes Vice-President acting as President

№ President
(birth–death) 		Portrait Tenure Elected Political affiliation
(at time of appointment) 		Prime Minister
Took office Left office
1 Rajendra Prasad
(1884–1963) 		  26 January 1950 13 May 1962 1952
1957 		Indian National Congress Nehru
2 Sir Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
(1888–1975) 		  13 May 1962 13 May 1967 1962 Independent Nehru
Nanda
Shastri
Nanda
Gandhi
3 Zakir Husain
(1897–1969) 		  13 May 1967 3 May 1969
(died in office.) 		1967 Independent Gandhi
4 V. V. Giri
(1894–1980) 		  3 May 1969 20 July 1969 1969 Independent Gandhi
- Mohammad Hidayatullah
(1905–1992) 		  20 July 1969 24 August 1969 1969 Independent Gandhi
(4) V. V. Giri
(1894–1980) 		  24 August 1969 24 August 1974 1969 Independent Gandhi
5 Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
(1905–1977) 		  24 August 1974 11 February 1977
(died in office.) 		1974 Indian National Congress Gandhi
- B. D. Jatti
(1912–2002) 		  11 February 1977 25 July 1977
 Indian National Congress GandhiDesai
6 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
(1913–1996) 		  25 July 1977 25 July 1982 1977 Janata Party Desai
Singh
Gandhi
7 Giani Zail Singh
(1916–1994) 		  25 July 1982 25 July 1983 1982 Indian National Congress Gandhi
Gandhi
- Mohammad Hidayatullah
(1905–1992) 		  25 July 1983 25 July 1983 Indian National Congress Gandhi
Gandhi
(7) Giani Zail Singh
(1916–1994) 		  25 July 1983 25 July 1984 Indian National Congress Gandhi
Gandhi
- Mohammad Hidayatullah
(1905–1992) 		  25 July 1984 25 July 1984 Indian National Congress Gandhi
Gandhi
(7) Giani Zail Singh
(1916–1994) 		  25 July 1984 25 July 1987 Indian National Congress Gandhi
Gandhi
8 R. Venkataraman
(1910–2009) 		  25 July 1987 25 July 1992 1987 Indian National Congress Gandhi
Singh
Shekhar
Rao
9 Shankar Dayal Sharma
(1918–1999) 		  25 July 1992 25 July 1997 1992 Indian National Congress Rao
Vajpayee
Deve Gowda
Gujral
10 K. R. Narayanan
(1920–2005) 		  25 July 1997 25 July 2002 1997 Indian National Congress Gujral
Vajpayee
11 A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
(1931–2015) 		  25 July 2002 25 July 2007 2002 Independent Vajpayee
Singh
12 Pratibha Patil
(1934–) 		  25 July 2007 25 July 2012 2007 Indian National Congress Singh
13 Pranab Mukherjee
(1935–2020) 		  25 July 2012 25 July 2017 2012 Indian National Congress Singh
Modi
14 Ram Nath Kovind
(1945–) 		  25 July 2017 25 July 2022 2017 Bharatiya Janata Party Modi
15 Draupadi Murmu
(1958–) 		  25 July 2022 Incumbent 2022 Bharatiya Janata Party Modi

Timeline

Timeline

List Of Presidents Of India Media

  • M. Hidayatullah, Former Acting President of the Republic of India

  • President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed

  • Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (cropped)

  • Giani Zail Singh 1995 stamp of India (cropped)

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.

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