List of all Presidents of India-General Knowledge
The President of India is
the head of state and first citizen of India.
The President is also the
Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Armed Forces.
The Vice-President of India is the second-highest constitutional office in India, after the President.
1.
Rajendra Prasad, the first President of
India in 1947.
2.
Two presidents, Zakir Hussain and
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, have died in office.
3.
The terms of Varahagiri Venkata Giri,
Muhammad Hidayatullah, and Basappa Danappa Jatti, who have functioned as acting
presidents.
4.
Pratibha Patil, who was in office till 25
July 2012, was elected as the 12th President of India in 2007. She is also the
first woman to serve as President of India.
5.
The current President is Pranab Mukherjee
elected on 25 July 2012.
6.
Mukherjee held various posts in the cabinet
ministry for the Government of India such as Finance Minister, Foreign
Minister, Defence Minister and Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission. He
originally comes from West Bengal and is also the first Bengali to hold the
post of the President.
List of President of India :
Name
|
Period
|
Rajendra Prasad
|
26-Jan-1950 to 13-May-1962
|
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
|
13-May-1962 to 13-May-1967
|
Zakir Hussain
|
13-May-1967 to 3-May-1969
|
Varahagiri Venkata Giri
|
3-May-1969 to 20-Jul-1969
|
Muhammad Hidayatullah
|
20-Jul-1969 to 24-Aug-1969
|
Varahagiri Venkata Giri
|
24-Aug-1969 to 24-Aug-1974
|
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
|
24-Aug-1974 to 11-Feb-1977
|
Basappa Danappa Jatti
|
11-Feb-1977 to 25-Jul-1977
|
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
|
25-Jul-1977 to 25-Jul-1982
|
Giani Zail Singh
|
25-Jul-1982 to 25-Jul-1987
|
Ramaswamy Venkataraman
|
25-Jul-1987 to 25-Jul-1992
|
Shankar Dayal Sharma
|
25-Jul-1992 to 25-Jul-1997
|
Kocheril Raman Narayanan
|
25-Jul-1997 to 25-Jul-2002
|
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
|
25-Jul-2002 to 25-Jul-2007
|
Pratibha Patil
|
25-Jul-2007 to 25-Jul-2012
|
Pranab Mukherjee
|
25-Jul-2012 to 24-Jul-2017
|
Ram Nath Kovind
|
25-Jul-2017 to Till now
|