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.

List
This list is numbered based on presidents elected after winning an Indian presidential election. The terms of V. V. Giri, Mohammad Hidayatullah and B. D. 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.

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Key
  Resigned
  Died in office

PortraitName Home stateFormer Office(s)Term of officeElectionVice- President Political party Assumed office Left office Time in office100pxRajendra PrasadBiharMinister of Agriculture  12 years, 107 days1950Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Indian National Congress 1952   1957 90px Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Tamil Nadu Vice President of India    1962 Zakir HusainIndependent 125x125px Zakir Husain Andhra Pradesh Vice President of India

Governor of Bihar    1967 V. V. Giri100pxV. V. Giri OdishaVice President of India 100pxMohammad Hidayatullah ChhattisgarhChief Justice of India   100px V. V. Giri Odisha Vice President of India 

Governor of Kerala    1969 Vacant (1969), Gopal Swarup Pathak (1969-1974) 100px Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed National Capital Territory of Delhi Minister of Agriculture    1974 Gopal Swaroop Pathak (1974), B. D. Jatti (1974–1977)Indian National Congress100pxB. D. Jatti KarnatakaChief Minister of Karnataka  147x147px Neelam Sanjiva Reddy Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh    1977 B. D. Jatti (1977–1979), Mohammad Hidayatullah (1979–1982) Janata Party 100px Zail Singh Punjab Chief Minister of Punjab    1982 Mohammad Hidayatullah (1982–1984), Ramaswamy Venkataraman (1984–1987)Indian National Congress 122x122px Ramaswamy Venkataraman Tamil Nadu Vice President of India

Minister of Defence    1987 Vacant (1987), Shankar Dayal Sharma (1987–1992) 100px Shankar Dayal Sharma Madhya Pradesh Vice President of India

Governor of Maharashtra    1992 Vacant (1992), K. R. Narayanan (1992–1997) 137x137px K. R. Narayanan Kerala Vice President of India    1997 Vacant (1997), Krishan Kant (1997–2002) 100px A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Tamil Nadu Chief Scientific Adviser to the Government of India    2002 Krishan Kant (2002) , Vacant (2002), Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (2002–2007), Vacant (2007) Independent 100px Pratibha Patil Maharashtra Governor of Rajasthan    2007Vacant (2007), Mohammad Hamid Ansari (2007–2012)Indian National Congress 100px Pranab Mukherjee West Bengal Minister of Defence

Minister of Finance

Minister of External Affairs    2012Mohammad Hamid Ansari (2012–2017) 100px Ram Nath Kovind Uttar Pradesh Governor of Bihar    2017 Mohammad Hamid Ansari (2017), Venkaiah Naidu (2017–2022)Bharatiya Janata Party 100px Droupadi Murmu Odisha Governor of Jharkhand  Incumbent  2022 Venkaiah Naidu (2022), Jagdeep Dhankhar (2022–2025), Vacant (2025), C. P. Radhakrishnan (2025–present)

Timeline
Timeline

References




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 

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