List of heads of state of India

List 
№PresidentPortraitTenureElectedPolitical affiliation
(at time of appointment)Vice presidentTook officeLeft office  1Rajendra Prasad74x74px 1950 19621952
1957Indian National CongressSarvepalli Radhakrishnan2Sir Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan78x78px 1962 19671962IndependentZakir Husain3Zakir Husain81x81px 1967 19691967IndependentV. V. Giri4V. V. Giri85x85px 1969 19691969Independent5Mohammad Hidayatullah81x81px 1969 19691969Independent(4)V. V. Giri67x67px 1969 19731969IndependentGopal Swarup Pathak–Gopal Swarup Pathak
(1896–1982) 1973 1973–IndependentGopal Swarup Pathak(4)V. V. Giri85x85px 1973 1974–IndependentGopal Swarup Pathak  6Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed80x80px 1974 19771974Indian National CongressGopal Swarup Pathak
B. D. Jatti  7B. D. Jatti71x71px 1977 1977—Indian National CongressB. D. Jatti  8Neelam Sanjiva Reddy67x67px 1977 19821977Janata PartyB. D. Jatti
Mohammad Hidayatullah 9Giani Zail Singh90x90px 1982 19831982Indian National CongressMohammad Hidayatullah  (5)Mohammad Hidayatullah81x81px 1983 1983—Indian National Congress  (9)Giani Zail Singh90x90px 1983 1984—Indian National Congress  (5)Mohammad Hidayatullah81x81px 1984 1984—Indian National Congress  (9)Giani Zail Singh90x90px 1984 1987—Indian National CongressRamaswamy Venkataraman  10R. Venkataraman73x73px 1987 19921987Indian National CongressShankar Dayal Sharma  11Shankar Dayal Sharma82x82px 1992 19971992Indian National CongressK. R. Narayanan  12K. R. Narayanan73x73px 1997 20001997Indian National CongressKrishan Kant –Krishan Kant
(1927–2002) 2000 2000–Indian National CongressKrishan Kant (12)K. R. Narayanan73x73px 2000 2002–Indian National CongressKrishan Kant13A. P. J. Abdul Kalam80x80px 2002 20032002IndependentKrishan Kant
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat–Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
(1923–2010) 2003 2003–IndependentBhairon Singh Shekhawat(13)A. P. J. Abdul Kalam80x80px 2003 2007–IndependentBhairon Singh Shekhawat  14Pratibha Patil103x103px 2007 20102007Indian National CongressMohammad Hamid Ansari –Mohammad Hamid Ansari(1937–)25 July 201025 July 2010–Indian National Congress (14)Pratibha Patil103x103px25 July 201025 July 2012–Indian National Congress  15Pranab Mukherjee84x84px25 July 201225 July 20162012Indian National Congress –Mohammad Hamid Ansari(1937–)25 July 201625 July 2016–Indian National CongressMohammad Hamid Ansari (15)Pranab Mukherjee84x84px25 July 201625 July 2017–Indian National CongressMohammad Hamid Ansari  16Ram Nath Kovind75x75px25 July 201725 July 20182017Bharatiya Janata PartyMohammad Hamid Ansari
Venkaiah Naidu  _M. Venkaiah Naidu
(1949–)25 July 201825 July 2018–Bharatiya Janata PartyVenkaiah Naidu  (16)Ram Nath Kovind75x75px25 July 201825 July 2022–Bharatiya Janata PartyVenkaiah Naidu 17Droupadi Murmu79x79px25 July 202211 August 20222022Bharatiya Janata PartyVenkaiah Naidu
Jagdeep Dhankhar –Jagdeep Dhankhar
(1951–)11 August 202211 August 2022–Bharatiya Janata PartyJagdeep Dhankhar 17Droupadi Murmu79x79px11 August 2022Incumbent–Bharatiya Janata PartyJagdeep Dhankhar