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==List==
==List==
This list is numbered based on presidents elected after winning an Indian presidential election. The terms of [[Varahagiri Venkata Giri]], [[Mohammad Hidayatullah]], and [[Basappa Danappa Jatti]], who served as acting president, are therefore not numbered or counted as actual terms in office. The president of India does not represent any political party. The colours used in the table indicate the following:


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<sup>{{Dagger|alt=Died in office}}</sup>-Died in office<br /><sup>[[File:Invertedcross1.jpg|5px|alt=Did not complete assigned term]]</sup>-Resigned<br />
<sup>{{Dagger|alt=Died in office}}</sup>-Died in office<br /><sup>[[File:Invertedcross1.jpg|5px|alt=Did not complete assigned term]]</sup>-Resigned<br />


{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;width:98%;margin-top:0.5em;"
;Legend
|-
 
! scope="col" |#
{|class="wikitable sortable" id="pm list" style="width:100%; text-align:center"
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Portrait
! scope="col" width="17%" |Name
! colspan="3" |Term of office<ref>{{Cite web|title=The President of India|url=https://presidentofindia.gov.in/|access-date=2021-10-29|website=presidentofindia.gov.in|language=english}}</ref>
!Election
! scope="col" | Vice president
! colspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable" | Party
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" |1
! rowspan="2" |№
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Rajendra Prasad (Indian President), signed image for Walter Nash (NZ Prime Minister), 1958 (16017609534).jpg|93x93px|alt=Rajendra Prasad]]
! rowspan="2" |President<br>{{small|(birth–death)}}
| rowspan="2" scope="row" |[[Rajendra Prasad]]
! rowspan="2" |Portrait
| rowspan="2" | 26 January 1950
! colspan="2" |Tenure
| rowspan="2" | 13 May 1962
! rowspan="2" |Elected
| rowspan="2" |{{age in years and days|1950|01|26|1962|05|13}}
! rowspan="2" |Political affiliation
|[[1952 Indian presidential election|1952]]
(at time of appointment)
| rowspan="2" | [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]]
! rowspan="2" |[[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Indian National Congress]]
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|-
|-
|[[1957 Indian presidential election|1957]]
!Took office
!Left office
|-
|-
| 2
! 1
|[[File:Photograph of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan presented to First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in 1962.jpg|97x97px|alt=Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]]
! [[Rajendra Prasad]]<br>{{small|(1884–1963)}}
| scope="row" |[[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]]
| [[File:Rajendra Prasad (Indian President), signed image for Walter Nash (NZ Prime Minister), 1958 (16017609534).jpg|60px]]
| 13 May 1962
| {{nowrap|26 January}} 1950
| 13 May 1967
| {{nowrap|13 May}} 1962
|{{age in years and days|1962|05|13|1967|05|13}}
| [[1952 Indian presidential election|1952]]<br>[[1957 Indian presidential election|1957]]
|[[1962 Indian presidential election|1962]]
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|[[Zakir Husain (politician)|Zakir Husain]]
| [[Jawaharlal Nehru|Nehru]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Independent politician|Independent]]
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Independent politician}}" |
|-
|-
| 3
! 2
|[[File:President Zakir Husain 1998 stamp of India.jpg|alt=Zakir Husain|center|102x102px]]
! [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan|Sir Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]]<br>{{small|(1888–1975)}}
| scope="row" |[[Zakir Husain (politician)|Zakir Husain]]<sup>{{Dagger|alt=Died in office}}</sup>
| [[File:Photograph of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan presented to First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in 1962.jpg|60px]]
| 13 May 1967
| {{nowrap|13 May}} 1962
| 3 May 1969
| {{nowrap|13 May}} 1967
|{{age in years and days|1967|05|13|1969|05|03}}
| [[1962 Indian presidential election|1962]]
|[[1967 Indian presidential election|1967]]
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
|[[V. V. Giri]]
| Nehru<br>[[Gulzarilal Nanda|Nanda]]<br>[[Lal Bahadur Shastri|Shastri]]<br>Nanda<br>[[Indira Gandhi|Gandhi]]
|-
|-
| style="background:wheat;" | –
! 3
| style="background:wheat;" |[[File:VV Giri 1974 stamp of India (cropped).jpg|103x103px|alt=Varahagiri Venkata Giri]]
! [[Zakir Husain (politician)|Zakir Husain]]<br>{{small|(1897–1969)}}
| scope="row" style="background:wheat;" |[[V. V. Giri]]
| [[File:President Zakir Husain 1998 stamp of India.jpg|60px]]
| style="background:wheat;" | 3 May 1969
| {{nowrap|13 May}} 1967
| style="background:wheat;" | 20 July 1969
| {{nowrap|3 May}} 1969<br>{{small|(''died in office.'')}}
| style="background:wheat;" |{{age in years and days|1969|05|03|1969|07|20}}
| [[1967 Indian presidential election|1967]]
| style="background:wheat;" |{{Endash}}
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| style="background:wheat;" |{{Endash}}
| Gandhi
| colspan="2" style="background:wheat;" |{{Endash}}
 
|-
|-
| style="background:wheat;" | –
! 4
| style="background:wheat;" |[[File:Hidayatullah.png|110x110px]]
! [[V. V. Giri]]<br>{{small|(1894–1980)}}
| scope="row" style="background:wheat;" |[[Mohammad Hidayatullah]]
| [[File:10) V.V GIRI AUTOGRAPHED PENCIL SKETCH.jpg|60px]]
| style="background:wheat;" | 20 July 1969
| {{nowrap|3 May }} 1969
| style="background:wheat;" | 24 August 1969
| {{nowrap|20 July}} 1969
| style="background:wheat;" |{{age in years and days|1969|07|20|1969|08|24}}
| [[1969 Indian presidential election|1969]]
| style="background:wheat;" |{{Endash}}
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| style="background:wheat;" | {{Endash}}
| Gandhi
| colspan="2" style="background:wheat;" |{{Endash}}
|-
|-
| 4
! 5
|[[File:VV Giri 1974 stamp of India (cropped).jpg|103x103px|alt=Varahagiri Venkata Giri]]
!'''[[Mohammad Hidayatullah]]'''<br>{{small|(1905–1992)}}
| scope="row" |[[V. V. Giri]]
| [[File:Justice M. Hidayatullah.jpg|60px]]
| 24 August 1969
|{{nowrap|20 July}} 1969
| 24 August 1974
|{{nowrap|24 August}} 1969
|{{age in years and days|1969|08|24|1974|08|24}}
|[[1969 Indian presidential election|1969]]
|[[1969 Indian presidential election|1969]]
|[[Gopal Swarup Pathak]]
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Independent politician}}" |
| Gandhi
|-
! (4)
! [[V. V. Giri]]<br>{{small|(1894–1980)}}
| [[File:V.V.Giri.jpg|60px]]
| {{nowrap|24 August}} 1969
| {{nowrap|24 August}} 1974
| [[1969 Indian presidential election|1969]]
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| Gandhi
|-
! 6
! [[Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed]]<br>{{small|(1905–1977)}}
| [[File:Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed 1977 stamp of India.jpg|60px]]
| {{nowrap|24 August}} 1974
| {{nowrap|11 February}} 1977<br>{{small|(''died in office.'')}}
| [[1974 Indian presidential election|1974]]
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| Gandhi
|-
|-
| 5
! 7
|[[File:Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed 1977 stamp of India (cropped).jpg|106x106px]]
![[B. D. Jatti]]<br>{{small|(1912–2002)}}
| scope="row" |[[Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed]]<sup>{{Dagger|alt=Died in office}}</sup>
|
| 24 August 1974
|{{nowrap|11 February}} 1977
| 11 February 1977
|{{nowrap|25 July}} 1977<br>
|{{age in years and days|1974|08|24|1977|02|11}}
|—
|[[1974 Indian presidential election|1974]]
|[[B. D. Jatti]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| Gandhi<br>[[Morarji Desai|Desai]]
|-
! 8
! [[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]]<br>{{small|(1913–1996)}}
| [[File:NeelamSanjeevaReddy.jpg|60px]]
| {{nowrap|25 July}} 1977
| {{nowrap|25 July}} 1982
| [[1977 Indian presidential election|1977]]
| [[Janata Party]]
| Desai<br>[[Charan Singh|Singh]]<br>Gandhi
|-
|-
| style="background:wheat;" | –
! 9
| style="background:wheat;" |[[File:B.D Jatti (enhanced).jpg|88x88px]]
![[Zail Singh|Giani Zail Singh]]<br>{{small|(1916–1994)}}
| scope="row" style="background:wheat;" |[[B. D. Jatti]]
|[[File:Giani Zail Singh 1995 stamp of India.jpg|60px]]
| style="background:wheat;" | 11 February 1977
|{{nowrap|25 July}} 1982
| style="background:wheat;" | 25 July 1977
|{{nowrap|25 July}} 1983
| style="background:wheat;" |{{age in years and days|1977|02|11|1977|07|25}}
|[[1982 Indian presidential election|1982]]
| style="background:wheat;" |{{Endash}}
|[[Indian National Congress]]
| style="background:wheat;" | {{Endash}}
| Gandhi<br>[[Rajiv Gandhi|Gandhi]]
| colspan="2" style="background:wheat;" |{{Endash}}
|-
|-
| 6
! (5)
|[[File:Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (cropped).jpg|93x93px|alt=Neelam Sanjeevan Reddy]]
!'''[[Mohammad Hidayatullah]]'''<br>{{small|(1905–1992)}}
| scope="row" |[[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]]
|[[File:Justice_M._Hidayatullah.jpg|81x81px]]
| 25 July 1977
|{{nowrap|25 July}} 1983
| 25 July 1982
|{{nowrap|25 July}} 1983
|{{age in years and days|1977|07|25|1982|07|25}}
|—
|[[1977 Indian presidential election|1977]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[B. D. Jatti]]
| Gandhi<br>[[Rajiv Gandhi|Gandhi]]
----
[[Mohammad Hidayatullah]]
|[[Janata Party]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Party}}" |
|-
|-
| 7
! (9)
|[[File:Giani Zail Singh 1995 stamp of India (cropped).png|109x109px]]
![[Zail Singh|Giani Zail Singh]]<br>{{small|(1916–1994)}}
| scope="row" |[[Zail Singh]]
|[[File:Giani Zail Singh 1995 stamp of India.jpg|60px]]
| 25 July 1982
|{{nowrap|25 July}} 1983
| 25 July 1987
|{{nowrap|25 July}} 1984
|{{age in years and days|1982|07|25|1987|07|25}}
|—
|[[1982 Indian presidential election|1982]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[Mohammad Hidayatullah]]
| Gandhi<br>[[Rajiv Gandhi|Gandhi]]
----
[[Ramaswamy Venkataraman]]
| rowspan="4" |[[Indian National Congress]]
| rowspan="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|-
|-
| 8
! (5)
|[[File:R Venkataraman (cropped).jpg|97x97px|alt=Ramaswamy Venkataraman]]
!'''[[Mohammad Hidayatullah]]'''<br>{{small|(1905–1992)}}
| scope="row" |[[Ramaswamy Venkataraman]]
|[[File:Justice_M._Hidayatullah.jpg|81x81px]]
| 25 July 1987
|{{nowrap|25 July}} 1984
| 25 July 1992
|{{nowrap|25 July}} 1984
|{{age in years and days|1987|07|25|1992|07|25}}
|—
|[[1987 Indian presidential election|1987]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[Shankar Dayal Sharma]]
| Gandhi<br>[[Rajiv Gandhi|Gandhi]]
|- br > Gandhi 
! (9)
![[Zail Singh|Giani Zail Singh]]<br>{{small|(1916–1994)}}
|[[File:Giani Zail Singh 1995 stamp of India.jpg|60px]]
|{{nowrap|25 July}} 1984
|{{nowrap|25 July}} 1987
|—
|[[Indian National Congress]]
| Gandhi<br>[[Rajiv Gandhi|Gandhi]]
|-           
! 10
! [[R. Venkataraman]]<br>{{small|(1910–2009)}}
| [[File:R Venkataraman.jpg|60px]]
| {{nowrap|25 July}} 1987
| {{nowrap|25 July}} 1992
| [[1987 Indian presidential election|1987]]
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| Gandhi<br>[[V. P. Singh|Singh]]<br>[[Chandra Shekhar|Shekhar]]<br>[[P. V. Narasimha Rao|Rao]]
|-
|-
| 9
! 11
|[[File:Shankar Dayal Sharma 36.jpg|103x103px|alt=Shankar Dayal Sharma]]
![[Shankar Dayal Sharma]]<br>{{small|(1918–1999)}}
| scope="row" |[[Shankar Dayal Sharma]]
| [[File:Shankar Dayal Sharma 36.jpg|60px]]
| 25 July 1992
| {{nowrap|25 July}} 1992
| 25 July 1997
| {{nowrap|25 July}} 1997
|{{age in years and days|1992|07|25|1997|07|25}}
| [[1992 Indian presidential election|1992]]
|[[1992 Indian presidential election|1992]]
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|[[K. R. Narayanan]]
| Rao<br>[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee|Vajpayee]]<br>[[H. D. Deve Gowda|Deve Gowda]]<br>[[I. K. Gujral|Gujral]]
|-
|-
| 10
! 12
|[[File:President Clinton with Indian president K. R. Narayanan (cropped).jpg|103x103px|alt=Kocheril Raman Narayanan]]
! [[K. R. Narayanan]]<br>{{small|(1920–2005)}}
| scope="row" |[[K. R. Narayanan]]
| [[File:K. R. Narayanan.jpg|60px]]
| 25 July 1997
| {{nowrap|25 July}} 1997
| 25 July 2002
| {{nowrap|25 July}} 2002
|{{age in years and days|1997|07|25|2002|07|25}}
| [[1997 Indian presidential election|1997]]
|[[1997 Indian presidential election|1997]]
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|[[Krishan Kant]]
| Gujral<br>[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee|Vajpayee]]
|-
|-
| 11
! 13
|[[File:A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.jpg|89x89px|alt=Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam]]
! [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]]<br>{{small|(1931–2015)}}
| scope="row" |[[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]]
| [[File:A. P. J. Abdul Kalam in 2008.jpg|60px]]
| 25 July 2002
| {{nowrap|25 July}} 2002
| 25 July 2007
| {{nowrap|25 July}} 2007
|{{age in years and days|2002|07|25|2007|07|25}}
| [[2002 Indian presidential election|2002]]
|[[2002 Indian presidential election|2002]]
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|[[Bhairon Singh Shekhawat]]
| Vajpayee<br>[[Manmohan Singh|Singh]]
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]  
| style="background-color: {{party color|Independent politician}}" |
|-
|-
| 12
! 14
|[[File:The President of India, Smt. Pratibha Patil.jpg|105x105px]]
! [[Pratibha Patil]]<br>{{small|(1934–)}}
| scope="row" |[[Pratibha Patil]]
| [[File:PratibhaIndia.jpg|60px]]
| 25 July 2007
| {{nowrap|25 July}} 2007
| 25 July 2012
| {{nowrap|25 July}} 2012
|{{age in years and days|2007|07|25|2012|07|25}}
| [[2007 Indian presidential election|2007]]
|[[2007 Indian presidential election|2007]]
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Mohammad Hamid Ansari]]
|[[Manmohan Singh|Singh]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Indian National Congress]]
| rowspan="2"  style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|-
|-
| 13
! 15
|[[File:Pranab Mukherjee Portrait (cropped).jpg|97x97px|alt=Pranab Mukherjee]]
! [[Pranab Mukherjee]]<br>{{small|(1935–2020)}}
| scope="row" |[[Pranab Mukherjee]]
| [[File:Pranab Mukherjee Portrait.jpg|60px]]
| 25 July 2012
| 25 July 2012
| 25 July 2017
| 25 July 2017
|{{age in years and days|2012|07|25|2017|07|25}}
| [[2012 Indian presidential election|2012]]
|[[2012 Indian presidential election|2012]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[Manmohan Singh|Singh]]<br>[[Narendra Modi|Modi]]
|-
|-
| [[Presidency of Ram Nath Kovind|14]]
! 16
|[[File:Ram Nath Kovind official portrait.jpg|94x94px]]
! [[Ram Nath Kovind]]<br>{{small|(1945–)}}
| scope="row" |[[Ram Nath Kovind]]
| [[File:Ram Nath Kovind official portrait.jpg|60px]]
| 25 July 2017
| 25 July 2017
| ''Incumbent''<br /><small>(''Term ends on 25 July 2022'')</small>
| 25 July 2022
|{{age in years and days|2017|07|25}}
| [[2017 Indian presidential election|2017]]
|[[2017 Indian presidential election|2017]]
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[Venkaiah Naidu]]  
| [[Narendra Modi|Modi]]
|-
!17
![[Draupadi Murmu]]<br>(1958 —)
|
|25 July 2022
|{{nowrap|''Incumbent''}}
|[[2022 Indian presidential election|2022]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[Narendra Modi|Modi]]
|-
|}
 
== Acting presidents of India ==
This list is numbered based on vice presidents elected after winning an Indian  Acting Presidential election. The Acting  President of India does not represent any political party.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;margin-top:0.5em;"
!{{Tooltip|No.}}
! width="15%" |Name
{{small|(birth–death)}}
! class="unsortable" |Portrait
!Took office
!Left office
! scope="col" class="unsortable" |Party
|-
!—
|{{Sort|Pathak|[[Gopal Swarup Pathak]]}}
<small>(1896–1982)</small>
|
|31 August 1969
|31 August 1969
|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|-
!—
|{{Sort|Hidayatullah|[[Mohammad Hidayatullah]]}}
<small>(1905–1992)</small>
|[[File:Justice_M._Hidayatullah.jpg|135x135px]]
|31 August 1979
|30 August 1984
|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|-
!—
|{{Sort|Kant|[[Krishan Kant]]}}{{Dagger}}<small>(1927–2002)</small>
|[[File:Krishan_Kant_2005_stamp_of_India.jpg|alt=Krishna Kant|100x100px]]
|21 July 2001
|25 July 2001
|[[Janata Dal]]
|-
!—
|{{Sort|Shekhawat|[[Bhairon Singh Shekhawat]]}}
<small>(1924–2010)</small>
|[[File:BS_Shekhawat.jpg|alt=Bhairon Singh Shekhawat|147x147px]]
|1 July 2007
|21 July 2007
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
! rowspan="2" |—
| rowspan="2" |{{Sort|Ansari|[[Mohammad Hamid Ansari]]}}  
<small>(1937–)</small>
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Mohammad_Hamid_Ansari.JPG|alt=Hamid Ansari|102x102px]]
|11 August 2007
|11 August 2007
| rowspan="2" |[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|11 August 2012
|11 August 2012
|-
!—
|{{Sort|Naidu|[[Venkaiah Naidu]]}}
<small>(1949–)</small>
|[[File:The_Vice_President,_Shri_M._Venkaiah_Naidu_addressing_the_gathering_on_the_occasion_of_100th_Birth_Anniversary_of_Shri_Dattopanth_Thengri,_in_New_Delhi_on_November_13,_2019_(cropped).JPG|alt=Venkaiah Naidu|115x115px]]
|11 August 2017
|11 August 2017
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|}
|}


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The president of India is the head of state of India and the Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces. The president is referred to as the first citizen of India.[1][2] Although vested with these powers by the Constitution of India, the position is largely a ceremonial one and executive powers are de facto exercised by the prime minister.[3]

The president is elected by the Electoral College composed of elected members of the parliament houses, the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, and also members of the Vidhan Sabha, the state legislative assemblies.[2] Presidents may remain in office for a tenure of five years, as stated by article 56, part V, of the Constitution of India. In the case where a president's term of office is terminated early or during the absence of the president, the vice president assumes office. By article 70 of part V, the parliament may decide how to discharge the functions of the president where this is not possible, or in any other unexpected contingency.

There have been 14 presidents of India since the post was established when India was declared as a republic with the adoption of the Indian constitution in 1950.[4] Apart from these fourteen, three acting presidents have also been in office for short periods of time. Varahagiri Venkata Giri became the acting president in 1969 after Zakir Husain, died in office. Giri was elected president a few months later. He remains the only person to have held office both as a president and acting president. Rajendra Prasad, the first president of India, is the only person to have held office for two terms.[5]

Seven presidents have been members of a political party before being elected. Six of these were active party members of the Indian National Congress. The Janata Party has had one member, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, who later became president. Two presidents, Zakir Husain and Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, have died in office. Their vice presidents served as acting presidents until a new president was elected. Following Zakir Husain's death, two acting presidents held office until the new president, V. V. Giri, was elected. When Giri resigned to take part in the presidential elections, he was succeeded by Mohammad Hidayatullah as acting president.[6] The 12th president, Pratibha Patil, is the first woman to hold the office, elected in 2007.

On 25 July 2017, Ram Nath Kovind took office as the 14th president of India.[7][8]

List

  Acting President (3)
   President was an Independent candidate (5)
  President was a candidate of Indian National Congress (INC) (7)
  President was a candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) (1)
  President was a candidate of the Janata Party (JP) (1)
Key

Died in office-Died in office
Did not complete assigned term-Resigned

Legend
№ 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
5 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
6 Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
(1905–1977) 		24 August 1974 11 February 1977
(died in office.) 		1974 Indian National Congress Gandhi
7 B. D. Jatti
(1912–2002) 		11 February 1977 25 July 1977
 — Indian National Congress Gandhi
Desai
8 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
(1913–1996) 		25 July 1977 25 July 1982 1977 Janata Party Desai
Singh
Gandhi
9 Giani Zail Singh
(1916–1994) 		25 July 1982 25 July 1983 1982 Indian National Congress Gandhi
Gandhi
(5) Mohammad Hidayatullah
(1905–1992) 		25 July 1983 25 July 1983 — Indian National Congress Gandhi
Gandhi
(9) Giani Zail Singh
(1916–1994) 		25 July 1983 25 July 1984 — Indian National Congress Gandhi
Gandhi
(5) Mohammad Hidayatullah
(1905–1992) 		25 July 1984 25 July 1984 — Indian National Congress Gandhi
Gandhi
(9) Giani Zail Singh
(1916–1994) 		25 July 1984 25 July 1987 — Indian National Congress Gandhi
Gandhi
10 R. Venkataraman
(1910–2009) 		25 July 1987 25 July 1992 1987 Indian National Congress Gandhi
Singh
Shekhar
Rao
11 Shankar Dayal Sharma
(1918–1999) 		25 July 1992 25 July 1997 1992 Indian National Congress Rao
Vajpayee
Deve Gowda
Gujral
12 K. R. Narayanan
(1920–2005) 		25 July 1997 25 July 2002 1997 Indian National Congress Gujral
Vajpayee
13 A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
(1931–2015) 		25 July 2002 25 July 2007 2002 Independent Vajpayee
Singh
14 Pratibha Patil
(1934–) 		25 July 2007 25 July 2012 2007 Indian National Congress Singh
15 Pranab Mukherjee
(1935–2020) 		25 July 2012 25 July 2017 2012 Indian National Congress Singh
Modi
16 Ram Nath Kovind
(1945–) 		25 July 2017 25 July 2022 2017 Bharatiya Janata Party Modi
17 Draupadi Murmu
(1958 —) 		25 July 2022 Incumbent 2022 Bharatiya Janata Party Modi

Acting presidents of India

This list is numbered based on vice presidents elected after winning an Indian Acting Presidential election. The Acting President of India does not represent any political party.

No. Name

(birth–death)

Portrait Took office Left office Party
— Gopal Swarup Pathak

(1896–1982)

31 August 1969 31 August 1969 Independent
— Mohammad Hidayatullah

(1905–1992)

31 August 1979 30 August 1984 Independent
— Krishan Kantdagger(1927–2002) Krishna Kant 21 July 2001 25 July 2001 Janata Dal
— Bhairon Singh Shekhawat

(1924–2010)

Bhairon Singh Shekhawat 1 July 2007 21 July 2007 Bharatiya Janata Party
— Mohammad Hamid Ansari

(1937–)

Hamid Ansari 11 August 2007 11 August 2007 Indian National Congress
11 August 2012 11 August 2012
— Venkaiah Naidu

(1949–)

Venkaiah Naidu 11 August 2017 11 August 2017 Bharatiya Janata Party

Statistics

Representation of presidents by party of candidacy

  Indian National Congress (57.14%)
  Independent (28.58%)
  Bharatiya Janata Party (7.14%)
  Janata Party (7.14%)
Timeline
Ram 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

See also

Citations

  1. ↑ "President Ram Nath Kovind is Indias first citizen. Your chances begin only at Number 27". indiatoday.com. Times of India. Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "The Constitution of India". Ministry of Law and Justice of India. Archived from the original (.doc) on 5 February 2009. Retrieved 4 January 2009.
  3. ↑ "India gets first woman president since independence". BBC News. 25 July 2007. Archived from the original on 15 February 2009. Retrieved 30 November 2008.
  4. ↑ "1950: India becomes a republic". BBC News. 26 January 1950. Archived from the original on 17 January 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
  5. ↑ Harish Khare (6 December 2006). "Selecting the next Rashtrapati". The Hindu. India. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2008.
  6. ↑ Shekhar Iyer (25 June 2007). "Shekhawat will not resign to contest poll". Hindustan Times. India. Archived from the original on 11 January 2009. Retrieved 4 January 2009.
  7. ↑ Hebbar, Nistula (20 July 2017). "Ram Nath Kovind enters Rashtrapati Bhavan with big win". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 20 July 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  8. ↑ The Hindu Net Desk (27 July 2017). "Ram Nath Kovind takes oath as President, Rajya Sabha discusses farmers' crisis – top stories for today". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 20 December 2017.

References

External links

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