# Name Portrait Took office Left office Vice President Notes 1 Dr.Rajendra Prasad
(1884-1963) 26 January 1950 13 May 1962 Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 1952 election & 1957 election
Prasad, from Bihar, was the first President of independent India.[8][9] He was also a freedom fighter during the Indian independence movement.[10] Prasad was the only president to serve two terms in office.[4] 2 Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
(1888-1975) 13 May 1962 13 May 1967 Dr. Zakir Hussain 1962 election
Radhakrishnan was a prominent philosopher, writer, a Knight of the Realm and also held the position of vice chancellor of the Andhra University and Banaras Hindu University.[11] He was also made a Knight of the Golden Army of Angels by Pope Paul VI.[12] 3 Dr. Zakir Hussain
(1897-1969) 13 May 1967 3 May 1969 Varahagiri Venkata Giri 1967 election
Hussain was vice chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University and a recipient of Padma Vibhushan and Bharat Ratna.[13] He died in office. Varahagiri Venkata Giri *
(1894-1980) 3 May 1969 20 July 1969 Giri was appointed as Acting President of India following the death of Hussain.[14] He resigned in a few months to take part in the presidential elections.[5] Mohammad Hidayatullah *
(1905-1992) 20 July 1969 24 August 1969 Hidayatullah served as the Chief Justice of India, and was a recipient of the Order of the British Empire.[15] He served as Acting President of India until the election of Giri as the President of India. 4 Varahagiri Venkata Giri
(1894-1980) 24 August 1969 24 August 1974 Gopal Swarup Pathak 1969 election
Giri is the only person to have served as both an acting president and president of India. He was a recipient of the Bharat Ratna, and has functioned as Indian Minister of Labour and High Commissioner to Ceylon (Sri Lanka).[16] 5 Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
(1905-1977) 24 August 1974 11 February 1977 Basappa Danappa Jatti 1974 election
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed served as a Minister before being elected as president. He died in 1977 before his term of office ended, and was the second Indian president to die in office.[17] Basappa Danappa Jatti *
(1912-2002) 11 February 1977 25 July 1977 Jatti was the vice president of India during Ahmed's term of office, and was sworn in as Acting President of India upon Ahmed's death. He earlier functioned as the Chief Minister for the State of Mysore.[17][18] 6 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
(1913-1996) 25 July 1977 25 July 1982 Muhammad Hidayatullah 1977 election
N.S.Reddy was the first Chief Minister of Andhra pradesh State. Reddy was the only Member of Parliament from the Janata Party to get elected from Andhra Pradesh.[19] He was unanimously elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha on 26 March 1977 and relinquished this office on 13 July 1977 to become the 6th President of India. 7 Giani Zail Singh
(1916-1994)
(right) 25 July 1982 25 July 1987 Ramaswamy Venkataraman 1982 election
In March 1972, Singh assumed the position of chief Minister of Punjab, and in 1980, he became Union Home Minister.[20] 8 Ramaswamy Venkataraman
(1910-2009) 25 July 1987 25 July 1992 Shankar Dayal Sharma 1987 election
In 1942, Venkataraman was jailed by the British for his involvement in the Indian independence movement.[21] After his release, he was elected to independent India's Provisional Parliament as a member of the Congress Party in 1950 and eventually joined the central government, where he first served as Minister of Finance and Industry and later as Minister of Defence.[22] 9 Shankar Dayal Sharma
(1918-1999) 25 July 1992 25 July 1997 Kocheril Raman Narayanan 1992 election
Sharma was Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, and the Indian Minister for Communications. He has also served as the governor of Andhra Pradesh, Punjab and Maharashtra.[23] 10 Kocheril Raman Narayanan
(1920-2005) 25 July 1997 25 July 2002 Krishan Kant 1997 election
Narayanan served as India's ambassador to Thailand, Turkey, China and United States of America. He received doctorates in Science and Law and was also a chancellor in several universities.[24] He was also the vice-chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University.[25] 11 A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
(b.1931) 25 July 2002 25 July 2007 Bhairon Singh Shekhawat 2002 election
Kalam is a scientist who played a leading role in the development of India's ballistic missile and nuclear weapons programs.[26] He also received the Bharat Ratna. Kalam was affectionately known as the People's President.[27][28][29] 12 Pratibha Patil
(b.1934) 25 July 2007 25 July 2012 Mohammad Hamid Ansari 2007 election
Patil is the first woman to become the President of India. She was also the first female Governor of Rajasthan.[30][31] 13 Pranab Mukherjee
(b.1935) 25 July 2012 Incumbent Mohammad Hamid Ansari 2012 election
Mukherjee held various posts in the cabinet ministry for the Government of India such as Finance Minister, Foreign Minister, Defence Minister and Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission.[6]
Two Muslim Presidents of India are:Dr.Zakir Hussain (1897-1969).Dr.Fakrudeen Ali Ahmed (1905-1977)
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India had only 14 Presidents. Currently the presidency is being held by the 14th president of India, Ram Nath Kovind
Though in the ancient history and literature of India, several names have been quoted. Some of then are still in the tradition as Aryavart, Bharat-Varsh, Bharat, Hindustan, Bharatiya Gan-rajya..., but as per the constitution of India, this is "India; that is Bharat", only these two names are official or constitutional.
All Indian presidents have had names.
Dr. Manmohan singh
These are all names of former US presidents.
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Mr. M. Hamid Ansari
The Constitution of India has not defined any minimum age for a candidate to contest as a President of India.
Names of ECOWAS countries and the names of their respective head of states.
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names and details of all the endemic species of India?
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There is no provision for temporary presidents in India's Constitutiion. In case of say a death, the Vice President officiates pro-tem