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

;Status
{{legend|#E6E6AA|Denotes Vice-President acting as President}}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;text-align:center"
!rowspan=2|№
!rowspan=2|President {{small|(birth–death)}}
!rowspan=2|Portrait
!colspan=2|Tenure
!rowspan=2|Elected
!rowspan=2 colspan=2|Political affiliation (at time of appointment)
!rowspan=2|[[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]
|-
!Took office
!Left office
|-
! 1
! [[Rajendra Prasad]] {{small|(1884–1963)}}
| [[File:Rajendra Prasad (Indian President), signed image for Walter Nash (NZ Prime Minister), 1958 (16017609534).jpg|60px]]
| {{nowrap|26 January}} 1950
| {{nowrap|13 May}} 1962
| [[1952 Indian presidential election|1952]] [[1957 Indian presidential election|1957]]
| style="background: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}};" |
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| [[Jawaharlal Nehru|Nehru]]
|-
! 2
! [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan|Sir Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]] {{small|(1888–1975)}}
| [[File:Photograph of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan presented to First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in 1962.jpg|60px]]
| {{nowrap|13 May}} 1962
| {{nowrap|13 May}} 1967
| [[1962 Indian presidential election|1962]]
| style="background: {{Independent/meta/color}};" |
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| Nehru [[Gulzarilal Nanda|Nanda]] [[Lal Bahadur Shastri|Shastri]] Nanda [[Indira Gandhi|Gandhi]]
|-
! 3
! [[Zakir Husain (politician)|Zakir Husain]] {{small|(1897–1969)}}
| [[File:President Zakir Husain 1998 stamp of India.jpg|60px]]
| {{nowrap|13 May}} 1967
| {{nowrap|3 May}} 1969 {{small|(''died in office.'')}}
| [[1967 Indian presidential election|1967]]
| style="background: {{Independent/meta/color}};" |
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| Gandhi

|-
! 4
! [[V. V. Giri]] {{small|(1894–1980)}}
| [[File:10) V.V GIRI AUTOGRAPHED PENCIL SKETCH.jpg|60px]]
| {{nowrap|3 May }} 1969
| {{nowrap|20 July}} 1969
| [[1969 Indian presidential election|1969]]
| style="background: {{Independent/meta/color}};" |
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| Gandhi
|-
! 5
!'''[[Mohammad Hidayatullah]](1905–1992)''' 
| [[File:Justice M. Hidayatullah.jpg|60px]]
|{{nowrap|20 July}} 1969
|{{nowrap|24 August}} 1969
|[[1969 Indian presidential election|1969]]
| style="background: {{Independent/meta/color}};" |
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
| Gandhi
|-
! 6
! [[V. V. Giri]] {{small|(1894–1980)}}
| [[File:V.V.Giri.jpg|60px]]
| {{nowrap|24 August}} 1969
| {{nowrap|24 August}} 1974
| [[1969 Indian presidential election|1969]]
| style="background: {{Independent/meta/color}};" |
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| Gandhi
|-
! 7
! [[Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed]] {{small|(1905–1977)}}
| [[File:No image.png|60px]]
| {{nowrap|24 August}} 1974
| {{nowrap|11 February}} 1977 {{small|(''died in office.'')}}
| [[1974 Indian presidential election|1974]]
| style="background: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}};" |
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| Gandhi
|-
! 8
![[B. D. Jatti]] {{small|(1912–2002)}}
|[[File:No image.png|60px]]
|{{nowrap|11 February}} 1977
|{{nowrap|25 July}} 1977 
|
| style="background: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}};" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
| Gandhi[[Morarji Desai|Desai]]
|-
! 9
! [[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]] {{small|(1913–1996)}}
| [[File:NeelamSanjeevaReddy.jpg|60px]]
| {{nowrap|25 July}} 1977
| {{nowrap|25 July}} 1982
| [[1977 Indian presidential election|1977]]
| style="background: {{Janata Party/meta/color}};" |
| [[Janata Party]]
| Desai [[Charan Singh|Singh]] Gandhi
|-
! 10
![[Zail Singh|Giani Zail Singh]] {{small|(1916–1994)}}
|[[File:Giani Zail Singh 1995 stamp of India.jpg|60px]]
|{{nowrap|25 July}} 1982
|{{nowrap|25 July}} 1983
|[[1982 Indian presidential election|1982]]
| style="background: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}};" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
| Gandhi [[Rajiv Gandhi|Gandhi]]
|- br>Gandhi
|-
! 11
!'''[[Mohammad Hidayatullah]](1905–1992)'''
 
|
|{{nowrap|25 July}} 1983
|{{nowrap|25 July}} 1983
|
| style="background: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}};" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
| Gandhi [[Rajiv Gandhi|Gandhi]]
|- br>Gandhi
|-
! 12
![[Zail Singh|Giani Zail Singh]] {{small|(1916–1994)}}
|[[File:Giani Zail Singh 1995 stamp of India.jpg|60px]]
|{{nowrap|25 July}} 1983
|{{nowrap|25 July}} 1984
|
| style="background: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}};" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
| Gandhi [[Rajiv Gandhi|Gandhi]]
|- br>Gandhi
|- br>Gandhi
|-
! 13
!'''[[Mohammad Hidayatullah]](1905–1992)'''
 
|
|{{nowrap|25 July}} 1984
|{{nowrap|25 July}} 1984
|
| style="background: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}};" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
| Gandhi [[Rajiv Gandhi|Gandhi]]
|- br>Gandhi
! 14
![[Zail Singh|Giani Zail Singh]] {{small|(1916–1994)}}
|[[File:Giani Zail Singh 1995 stamp of India.jpg|60px]]
|{{nowrap|25 July}} 1984
|{{nowrap|25 July}} 1987
|
| style="background: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}};" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
| Gandhi [[Rajiv Gandhi|Gandhi]]
|-
! 15
! [[R. Venkataraman]] {{small|(1910–2009)}}
| [[File:R Venkataraman.jpg|60px]]
| {{nowrap|25 July}} 1987
| {{nowrap|25 July}} 1992
| [[1987 Indian presidential election|1987]]
| style="background: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}};" |
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| Gandhi [[V. P. Singh|Singh]] [[Chandra Shekhar|Shekhar]] [[P. V. Narasimha Rao|Rao]]
|-
! 16
![[Shankar Dayal Sharma]] {{small|(1918–1999)}}
| [[File:Shankar Dayal Sharma 36.jpg|60px]]
| {{nowrap|25 July}} 1992
| {{nowrap|25 July}} 1997
| [[1992 Indian presidential election|1992]]
| style="background: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}};" |
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| Rao [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee|Vajpayee]] [[H. D. Deve Gowda|Deve Gowda]] [[I. K. Gujral|Gujral]]
|-
! 17
! [[K. R. Narayanan]] {{small|(1920–2005)}}
| [[File:K. R. Narayanan.jpg|60px]]
| {{nowrap|25 July}} 1997
| {{nowrap|25 July}} 2002
| [[1997 Indian presidential election|1997]]
| style="background: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}};" |
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| Gujral [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee|Vajpayee]]
|-
! 18
! [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]] {{small|(1931–2015)}}
| [[File:A. P. J. Abdul Kalam in 2008.jpg|60px]]
| {{nowrap|25 July}} 2002
| {{nowrap|25 July}} 2007
| [[2002 Indian presidential election|2002]]
| style="background: {{Independent/meta/color}};" |
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
| Vajpayee [[Manmohan Singh|Singh]]
|-
! 19
! [[Pratibha Patil]] {{small|(1934–)}}
| [[File:PratibhaIndia.jpg|60px]]
| {{nowrap|25 July}} 2007
| {{nowrap|25 July}} 2012
| [[2007 Indian presidential election|2007]]
| style="background: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}};" |
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|[[Manmohan Singh|Singh]]
|-
! 20
! [[Pranab Mukherjee]] {{small|(1935–2020)}}
| [[File:Secretary Tim Geithner and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee 2010 crop.jpg|60px]]
| 25 July 2012
| 25 July 2017
| [[2012 Indian presidential election|2012]]
| style="background: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}};" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[Manmohan Singh|Singh]] [[Narendra Modi|Modi]]
|-
! 21
! [[Ram Nath Kovind]] {{small|(1945–)}}
| [[File:Ram Nath Kovind official portrait.jpg|60px]]
| 25 July 2017
| {{nowrap|''Incumbent''}}
| [[2017 Indian presidential election|2017]]
| style="background: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}};" |
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| [[Narendra Modi|Modi]]
|-
|}

==Timeline==
;Timeline
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AlignBars = late

DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy
Period = from:01/01/1950 till:01/01/2018
TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal
ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:10 start:1950

Colors =
id:act value:kelleygreen
id:INC value:brightblue legend:INC
id:JP value:darkblue legend:JP
id:BJP value:orange legend:BJP
id:idp value:gray(0.8) legend:Independent

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TextData =
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text:"Presidents:"

BarData =
barset:PM

PlotData=
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barset:PM

from: 26/01/1950 till: 13/05/1962 color:INC text:"[[Rajendra Prasad]]" fontsize:10
from: 13/05/1962 till: 13/05/1967 color:idp text:"[[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]]" fontsize:10
from: 13/05/1967 till: 03/05/1969 color:idp text:"[[Zakir Husain (politician)|Zakir Husain]]" fontsize:10
from: 03/05/1969 till: 20/07/1969 color:act text:"[[Varahagiri Venkata Giri]](acting)" fontsize:10
from: 20/07/1969 till: 24/08/1969 color:act text:"[[Mohammad Hidayatullah]](acting)" fontsize:10
from: 24/08/1969 till: 24/08/1974 color:idp text:"[[Varahagiri Venkata Giri]]" fontsize:10
from: 24/08/1974 till: 11/02/1977 color:INC text:"[[Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed]]" fontsize:10
from: 11/02/1977 till: 25/07/1977 color:act text:"[[Basappa Danappa Jatti]](acting)" fontsize:10
from: 25/07/1977 till: 25/07/1982 color:JP text:"[[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]]" fontsize:10
from: 25/07/1982 till: 25/07/1987 color:INC text:"[[Zail Singh]]" fontsize:10
from: 25/07/1987 till: 25/07/1992 color:INC text:"[[Ramaswamy Venkataraman]]" fontsize:10
from: 25/07/1992 till: 25/07/1997 color:INC text:"[[Shankar Dayal Sharma]]" fontsize:10
from: 25/07/1997 till: 25/07/2002 color:idp text:"[[Kocheril Raman Narayanan]]" fontsize:10
from: 25/07/2002 till: 25/07/2007 color:idp text:"[[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]]" fontsize:10
from: 25/07/2007 till: 25/07/2012 color:INC text:"[[Pratibha Patil]]" fontsize:10
from: 25/07/2012 till:25/07/2017 color:INC text:"[[Pranab Mukherjee]]" fontsize:10
from: 25/07/2017 till:01/01/2018 color:BJP text:"[[Ram Nath Kovind]]" fontsize:10
</timeline>

==References==
{{refbegin}}
* {{cite web|url =http://www.presidentofindia.nic.in/former-presidents.htm|title = Former Presidents|publisher=President’s Secretariat|accessdate = 29 November 2008}}
* {{cite web|url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/presidents_1952.aspx |title = List of Presidents/Vice Presidents|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate = 29 November 2008}}
{{refend}}
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Other websites==
* [http://presidentofindia.nic.in/ Official website of the President of India]
* [http://im.rediff.com/news/2007/jul/25kbk.gif Rediff.com – Presidents of India]
* [http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/18/stories/2007071855791100.htm The Hindu – A presidential poll in the coalition age]
* [http://www.zeenews.com/news383392.html Zee News: Former Presidents]
* [http://india-gk.in/list-of-president-of-india/ India-Gk: List of President of India] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717085523/https://india-gk.in/list-of-president-of-india/ |date=2019-07-17 }}

[[Category:Presidents of India|*]]
[[Category:Lists of politicians]]
[[Category:Lists of Indian people|Presidents]]

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