List of all president of india

  1. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
  • 26 January 1950 to 12 May 1962
  • First president, longest tenure (12 years)

2. S. Radhakrishnan

  • 13 May 1962 to13 May 1967
  • He was the first President from South India.Teacher's day is celebrated on 5 Sept. to honour his birthday.

3. Dr. Zakir Hussain

  • 13 May 1967 to 3 May 1969
  • President with the shortest tenure, first Muslim president to die in harness

4. Varahagiri Venkata Giri

  • 3 May 1969 to 20 July 1969
  • First acting president of India
Mohammad Hidayatullah

  • 20 July 1969 to 24 August 1969
  • Served as the Chief Justice of India, and was a recipient of the Order of the British Empire.

 Varahagiri Venkata Giri

  • 24 August 1969 to 24 August 1974
  • Giri is the only person to have served as both an acting president and president of India.

5. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed

  • 24 August 1974 to 11 February 1977
  • second Indian president to die in office.

 Basappa Danappa Jatti

  • 11 February 1977 to 25 July 1977
  • Served as acting President of India upon Ahmed's death

6. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

  • 25 July 1977 to 25 July 1982
  • Youngest to become president @ 64 yr, the first president who did not become vice -president

7. Giani Zail Singh

  • 25 July 1982 to 25 July 1987
  • First Sikh President

8. Ramaswamy Venkataraman

  • 25 July to 1987 25 July 1992
  • Oldest to become President @ 76 yr

9. Shankar Dayal Sharma

  • 25 July 1992 to 25 July 1997
  • Sharma was Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh

10. Kocheril Raman Narayanan

  • 25 July 1997 to 25 July 2002
  • He was the first President from Kerala, and also the first Dalit President.

11. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

  • 25 July 2002 to 25 July 2007
  • He was the first bachelor/Scientist president of India and the first Muslim President who completed his term.

12.Pratibha Patil

  • 25 July 2007 to25 July 2012
  • The first woman to become the President of India.

13. Pranab Mukherjee

  •  From 5 July 2012, Incumbent
  • Served as the Foreign Minister, Defence Minister and Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission.

14. Ram Nath Kovind

  • 25 July 2017--Incumbent 14th President of India
  • Seven Presidents have been members of a political party before being elected. 
  • Six of these were active party members of the Congress Party. Dr. Rajendra Prasad (first President of India) is the only person to have held office for two terms.
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