List of Indian president
[Rajendra Prasad -Ram Nath Kovind ]
The President of India is the commander-in-chief of the Indian Armed Forces
, first citizen of India and head of state of India . 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
1. Rajendra Prasad (first President of India)
Rajendra Prasad was the first President of India, from 1950 to 1962 . Two
and a half years after independence, on 26 January 1950, the Constitution of
independent India was ratified and Prasad was elected the nation's first President.
Unfortunately, on the night of 25 January 1950, a day before the Republic Day of
India, his sister Bhagwati Devi passed away. He set about the cremation but only
after his return from the parade ground.
As President of India, he duly acted as per the Constitution, independent of
any political party. He travelled the world extensively as an ambassador of India,
building diplomatic rapport with foreign nations. He was re-elected for 2 consecutive
terms in 1952 and 1957, and remains only President of India to achieve this feat.
The Mughal Gardens at the Rashtrapati Bhavan were open to public for about a
month for the first time during his tenure, and since then it has been a big attraction
for people in Delhi and other parts of the country
2. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
S Radhakrishnan was the Second President of India, from 1962 to 1967 and
was the first Vice President of India ,from 1952 to 1962 Radhakrishnan believed that
"teachers should be the best minds in the country". Since 1962, his birthday is being
celebrated in India as Teachers' Day on 5 September
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3 Zakir Hussain
Zakir Hussain was the third President of India, from 13 May 1967 until his
death on 3 May 1969 . He previously served as Governor of Bihar from 1957 to
1962 and as Vice President of India from 1962 to 1967. He was awarded the Bharat
Ratna, India's highest civilian honour, in 1963.
- VV Giri (Acting President)
Giri was elected the third Vice President of India on 13 May 1967, a post he
held for nearly two years till 3 May 1969 Giri was the first Vice President to not
complete his full term in office on account of being elevated to the office of the
President and was the third Vice President to be elected to the Presidency

Following the death in office of President Zakir Hussain on 3 May 1969, Giri
was sworn in as acting President the same day. Giri resigned from his post on 20
July 1969 to contest the Presidential elections as an independent candidate.
Immediately before resigning, Giri, in his capacity as Acting President, promulgated
an ordinance that nationalised 14 banks and insurance companies. He was
succeeded as Acting President by Mohammad Hidayatullah, the Chief Justice of
India.
- Mohammad Hidayatullah (Acting President)
Mohammad Hidayatullah was the 11th Chief Justice of India serving from 25
February 1968 to 16 December 1970, and the sixth Vice President of India, serving
from 31 August 1979 to 30 August 1984. He had also served as the Acting President
of India from 20 July 1969 to 24 August 1969 and from 6 October 1982 to 31
October 1982
4 V.V Giri
V.V Giri was the fourth President of India from 24 August 1969 to 24 August
1974. As President, Giri was the only person to be elected as an independent
candidate.[4] He was succeeded by Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed as President in 1974.
After the end of his full term, Giri was honoured by the Government of India with the
Bharat Ratna in 1975. Giri died on 24 June 1980
5 Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed was the fifth President of India from 1974 to 1977 and
also the 2nd President of India to die in office.
- B D Jatti (Acting President)
B D Jatti was the fifth Vice President of India, serving from 1974 to 1979. He
was Acting President of India from 11 February to 25 July 1977
6 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy was the sixth President of India, serving from 1977 to
1982
7 Giani Zail Singh
Giani Zail Singh was the seventh President of India serving from 1982 to 1987
8. R Venkataraman
Ramaswamy Venkataraman was the eighth President of India serving from
1987 to 1992 He studied law and practised in the Madras High Court and the Supreme Court of
India. In his young age, he was an activist of the Indian independence movement and
participated in the Quit India Movement. He was appointed member of the Constituent Assembly
and the provisional cabinet. He was elected to Lok Sabha four times and served as Union
Finance Minister and Defence Minister. In 1984, he was elected the seventh Vice President of
India and in 1987, he became the 8th President of India and served from 1987 to 1992. He also
served as a State minister under K. Kamaraj and M. Bhaktavatsalam.

9. Shankar Dayal Sharma
Shankar Dayal Sharma was the ninth President of India, serving from 1992 to
1997. Prior to his presidency, Sharma had been the eighth Vice President of India,
serving under R. Venkataraman
10. K R Narayanan
K R Narayanan was the ninth Vice President from 21 August 1992 – 24 July
1997, Narayanan went on to become tenth President of India from 25 July 1997 –
25 July 2002
11. APJ Abdul Kalam
was the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007. A career scientist turned
statesman, Kalam was born and raised in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, and studied
physics and aerospace engineering. He spent the next four decades as a scientist
and science administrator, mainly at the Defence Research and Development
Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and was
intimately involved in India's civilian space programme and military missile
development efforts. He thus came to be known as the Missile Man of India for his
work on the development of ballistic missile and launch vehicle technology. He also
played a pivotal organisational, technical, and political role in India's Pokhran-II
nuclear tests in 1998, the first since the original nuclear test by India in 1974.
Kalam was elected as the 11th President of India in 2002 with the support of
both the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the then-opposition Indian National
Congress. Widely referred to as the "People's President," he returned to his civilian
life of education, writing and public service after a single term. He was a recipient of
several prestigious awards, including the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian
honour.
While delivering a lecture at the Indian Institute of Management Shillong,
Kalam collapsed and died from an apparent cardiac arrest on 27 July 2015, aged 83.
Thousands including national-level dignitaries attended the funeral ceremony held in
his hometown of Rameshwaram, where he was buried with full state honours.
12. Pratibha Patil
Pratibha Patil Was the 12th President of India from 25 July 2007 – 25 July
2012
13. Pranab Mukherjee
Pranab Mukherjee Was the13th President of India from 25 July 2012 – 25
July 2017
14. Ram Nath Kovind

Ram Nath Kovind is the 14th and current President of India, in office since 25
July 2017.Previously he had served as the Governor of Bihar from 2015 to 2017