List of presidents of India

list of persons by position held
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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
(birth–death)
Portrait Tenure Elected Political affiliation
Took office Left office
  1 Rajendra Prasad
(1884–1963)
  26 January 1950 13 May 1962 1952
1957
Indian National Congress
2 Sir Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
(1888–1975)
  13 May 1962 13 May 1967 1962 Independent
3 Zakir Husain
(1897–1969)
  13 May 1967 3 May 1969
(died in office.)
1967
4 V. V. Giri
(1894–1980)
  3 May 1969 20 July 1969 1969
5 Mohammad Hidayatullah
(1905–1992)
  20 July 1969 24 August 1969 1969
(4) V. V. Giri
(1894–1980)
  24 August 1969 24 August 1973 1969
Gopal Swarup Pathak
(1896–1982)
24 August 1973 24 August 1973
(4) V. V. Giri

(1894–1980)

  24 August 1973 24 August 1974
  6 Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
(1905–1977)
  24 August 1974 11 February 1977
(died in office.)
1974 Indian National Congress
  7 B. D. Jatti
(1912–2002)
  11 February 1977 25 July 1977
  8 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
(1913–1996)
  25 July 1977 25 July 1982 1977 Janata Party
 9 Giani Zail Singh
(1916–1994)
  25 July 1982 25 July 1983 1982 Indian National Congress
  (5) Mohammad Hidayatullah
(1905–1992)
  25 July 1983 25 July 1983
  (9) Giani Zail Singh
(1916–1994)
  25 July 1983 25 July 1984
  (5) Mohammad Hidayatullah
(1905–1992)
  25 July 1984 25 July 1984
  (9) Giani Zail Singh
(1916–1994)
  25 July 1984 25 July 1987
  10 R. Venkataraman
(1910–2009)
  25 July 1987 25 July 1992 1987
  11 Shankar Dayal Sharma
(1918–1999)
  25 July 1992 25 July 1997 1992
  12 K. R. Narayanan
(1920–2005)
  25 July 1997 25 July 2000 1997
 – Krishan Kant

(1927–2002)

25 July 2000 25 July 2000
 (12) K. R. Narayanan

(1920–2005)

  25 July 2000 25 July 2002
13 A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
(1931–2015)
  25 July 2002 25 July 2003 2002 Independent
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat

(1923–2010)

25 July 2003 25 July 2003
(13) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

(1931–2015)

  25 July 2003 25 July 2007
  14 Pratibha Patil
(1934–)
  25 July 2007 25 July 2010 2007 Indian National Congress
 – Mohammad Hamid Ansari(1937–) 25 July 2010 25 July 2010
 (14) Pratibha Patil

(1934–)

  25 July 2010 25 July 2012
  15 Pranab Mukherjee
(1935–2020)
  25 July 2012 25 July 2016 2012
 – Mohammad Hamid Ansari(1937–) 25 July 2016 25 July 2016
 (15) Pranab Mukherjee

(1935–2020)

  25 July 2016 25 July 2017
  16 Ram Nath Kovind
(1945–)
  25 July 2017 25 July 2018 2017 Bharatiya Janata Party
  _ M. Venkaiah Naidu

(1949–)

25 July 2018 25 July 2018
  (16) Ram Nath Kovind

(1945–)

  25 July 2018 25 July 2022
 17 Droupadi Murmu
(1958-)
  25 July 2022 11 August 2022 2022
 – Jagdeep Dhankhar

(1951–)

11 August 2022 11 August 2022
 17 Droupadi Murmu
(1958-)
  11 August 2022 Incumbent

Timeline

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Timeline
Droupadi MurmuRam Nath KovindPranab MukherjeePratibha PatilA. P. J. Abdul KalamKocheril Raman NarayananShankar Dayal SharmaRamaswamy VenkataramanZail SinghNeelam Sanjiva ReddyBasappa Danappa JattiFakhruddin Ali AhmedVarahagiri Venkata GiriMohammad HidayatullahVarahagiri Venkata GiriZakir Husain (politician)Sarvepalli RadhakrishnanRajendra Prasad

References

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  • "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

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