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

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.

Other websites

• Official website of the President of India
• Rediff.com – Presidents of India
• The Hindu – A presidential poll in the coalition age Archived 2007-09-11 at the Wayback Machine
• Zee News: Former Presidents
• India-Gk: List of President of India Archived 2019-07-17 at the Wayback Machine