Table 1

Name
(BirthDeath)

Elected

19521957
1 Rajendra Prasad(18841963)

Took office
26 January
1950

Left office

Vice
President

12 May 1962 Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

Prasad, from Bihar, was the first President of independent India,

and also the longest-serving President, for 12 years

1962

13 May 1962 13 May 1967 Zakir Husain

2 Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan(18881975)

Radhakrishnan was a prominent philosopher and writer and also held the position of vice chancellor of the Andhra Universityand Banaras Hindu University

1967
3 Zakir Husain(18971969)

13 May 1967

3 May 1969 Varahagiri Venkata Giri

Hussain was vice chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University and a recipient of Padma Vibhushan and Bharat Ratna

3 May 1969

Varahagiri Venkata Giri *

(18941980)

20 July 1969
Mohammad Hidayatullah *
(19051992)

20 July 1969

He was elected Vice President of India in 1967. Following the death of President Zakir Hussain, Giri was appointed as Acting President of India

24 August
1969

Hidayatullah served as the Chief Justice of India, and was a recipient of the Order of the British Empire

1969

24 August
1969

24 August
1974

Gopal Swarup Pathak

4 Varahagiri Venkata Giri(18941980)

Giri is the only person to have served as both an acting president and president of India. He was a recipient of the Bharat Ratna, and has functioned as Indian Minister of Labour and High Commissioner to Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

24 August
1974
5 Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed(19051977)
1974

11 February
Basappa Danappa Jatti
1977

Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed served as a Minister before being elected as

president. He died in 1977 before his term of office ended, and was
the second Indian president to die in office

11 February

25 July 1977
1977
Basappa Danappa Jatti *
(19122002)

Jatti was the vice president of India during Ahmed's term of office, and was sworn in as Acting President of India upon Ahmed's death. He earlier functioned as the Chief Minister for the State of Mysore

1977

25 July 1977 25 July 1982 Basappa Danappa Jatti Muhammad Hidayatullah

6 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy(19131996)

N.S. Reddy was the first Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh State.
Reddy was the only Member of Parliament from the Janata Party to
get elected from Andhra Pradesh

1982

25 July 1982 25 July 1987 Muhammad Hidayatullah Ramaswamy Venkataraman

7 Giani Zail Singh(19161994)

In March 1972, Singh assumed the position of chief Minister of Punjab, and in 1980, he became Union Home Minister. He was also secretary general to Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) from 1983 to 198

1987
25 July 1987 25 July 1992 Shankar Dayal Sharma
8 Ramaswamy Venkataraman(19102009)
In 1942, Venkataraman was jailed by the British for his involvement in the Indian independence movement

1992

25 July 1992 25 July 1997 Kocheril Raman Narayanan

9 Shankar Dayal Sharma(19181999)

Sharma was Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, and the Indian Minister for Communications. He has also served as the governor of Andhra Pradesh, Punjab and Maharashtra

1997

25 July 1997 25 July 2002 Krishan Kant

Narayanan served as India's ambassador to Thailand, Turkey,

10 Kocheril Raman
Narayanan(19202005)

China and United States of America. He received doctorates in

Science and Law and was also a chancellor in several universities

2002
25 July 2002 25 July 2007 Krishan Kant Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
11 A. P. J. Abdul Kalam(19312015)
Kalam was a scientist who played a leading role in the development
of India's ballistic missile and nuclear weapons programs

2007
12 Pratibha Patil(1934)

25 July 2007 25 July 2012 Mohammad Hamid Ansari

Patil was the first woman to become the President of India. She was also the first female Governor of Rajasthan

2012

25 July 2012

Incumbent Mohammad Hamid Ansari

13 Pranab Mukherjee(1935)
Pranab 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