Presidents of India

After the drafting of the Indian Constitution by Dr.B.R.Ambedkar, a new Head of State was needed. This Head would take up the place of the Governor-General. Thus with the formal adoption of the Constitution on January 26,1950 the first elected President of India Dr. Rajendra Prasad assumed office. The President is elected by an electoral college consisting of members of both Houses of Parliament as well as of the State Legislative Assemblies. The President enjoys legislative, executive and judicial powers and emergency powers. The Presidents of India who have held office till date are the following:

List of Presidents in India

Presidents of India Birth/death Tenure State

Dr.Rajendra Prasad 1884-1963 01/26/50 05/13/62

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 1888-1975 05/13/62 05/13/67

Zakir Hussain 1897-1969 05/13/67 05/03/69

Varahagiri Venkata Giri 1894-1980 05/03/69 07/20/69

Muhammad Hidayatullah 1905-1992 07/20/69 08/24/69

Varahagiri Venkata Giri 1894-1980 08/24/69 08/24/74

Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed 1905-1977 08/24/74 02/11/77

Basappa Danappa Jatti 1912-2002 02/11/77 07/25/77

Neelam Sanjiva Reddy 1913-1996 07/25/77 07/25/82

Giani Zail Singh 1916-1994 07/25/82 07/25/87

Ramaswamy Venkataraman (4 December 1910) 1910-2009 07/25/87 07/25/92

Shankar Dayal Sharma (Born on 19 August 1918) 1918-1999 07/25/92 07/25/97

Kocheril Raman Narayanan (Born on 27 October 1920) 1920-2005 07/25/97 07/25/02

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (Born on 15 October 1931) 1931 07/25/02 07/25/07

Smt. Pratibha Patil 1934 07/25/07 07/25/12

Pranab Mukherjee 1935 07/25/12 Incumbent

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