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)	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	26 January 1950	13 May 1962	1952 1957		Indian National Congress	Nehru
2	Sir Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888–1975)	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	13 May 1962	13 May 1967	1962		Independent	Nehru Nanda Shastri Nanda Gandhi
3	Zakir Husain (1897–1969)	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	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)	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	20 July 1969	24 August 1969	1969		Independent	Gandhi
6	V. V. Giri (1894–1980)		24 August 1969	24 August 1974	1969		Independent	Gandhi
7	Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905–1977)		24 August 1974	11 February 1977 (died in office.)	1974		Indian National Congress	Gandhi
8	B. D. Jatti (1912–2002)		11 February 1977	25 July 1977			Indian National Congress	GandhiDesai
9	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913–1996)	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	25 July 1977	25 July 1982	1977		Janata Party	Desai Singh Gandhi
10	Giani Zail Singh (1916–1994)		25 July 1982	25 July 1983	1982		Indian National Congress	Gandhi Gandhi
11	Mohammad Hidayatullah(1905–1992)		25 July 1983	25 July 1983			Indian National Congress	Gandhi Gandhi
12	Giani Zail Singh (1916–1994)		25 July 1983	25 July 1984			Indian National Congress	Gandhi Gandhi
13	Mohammad Hidayatullah(1905–1992)		25 July 1984	25 July 1984			Indian National Congress	Gandhi Gandhi
14	Giani Zail Singh (1916–1994)		25 July 1984	25 July 1987			Indian National Congress	Gandhi Gandhi
15	R. Venkataraman (1910–2009)		25 July 1987	25 July 1992	1987		Indian National Congress	Gandhi Singh Shekhar Rao
16	Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918–1999)	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	25 July 1992	25 July 1997	1992		Indian National Congress	Rao Vajpayee Deve Gowda Gujral
17	K. R. Narayanan (1920–2005)	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	25 July 1997	25 July 2002	1997		Indian National Congress	Gujral Vajpayee
18	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (1931–2015)	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	25 July 2002	25 July 2007	2002		Independent	Vajpayee Singh
19	Pratibha Patil (1934–)		25 July 2007	25 July 2012	2007		Indian National Congress	Singh
20	Pranab Mukherjee (1935–2020)	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	25 July 2012	25 July 2017	2012		Indian National Congress	Singh Modi
21	Ram Nath Kovind (1945–)	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	25 July 2017	Incumbent	2017		Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi

Timeline

Timeline

Other websites

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