Presidents of India - Complete List
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Presidents of India - Complete List
| # | Name of the President | Tenure | Related Information |
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| 1 | Dr. Babu Rajendra Prasad | 1950-1962 | He was the First and Longest serving President of India |
| 2 | Dr.Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan | 1962-1967 | Radhakrishnan was the First president to be elected from south India and he was the First Vice-president of India |
| 3 | Zakir Husain | 1967-1969 | First President to die in Office. He was also First Muslim and Least serving President of India |
| 4 | Varahagiri Venkata Giri | 1969-1969
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He was first Acting President. He was called as the Rubber Stamp President and also shortest serving Vice President of India |
| 5 | Mohammed Hidayutullah | 1969-1969 | He was First Chief Justice of India to become Acting President of India |
| 6 | Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed | 1974-1977 | Ali was the second President to die in office and he was the president at the time of Emergency |
| 7 | Basappa Danappa Jatti | 1977-1977 | Before become President of India B.D.Jatti was served as Chief Minister of Mysore State |
| 8 | Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy | 1977-1982 | Neelam Sanjeev Reddy was the first Chief Minister of the Andhra Pradesh. He was the Youngest and Unopposed President of India |
| 9 | Zail Singh | 1982-1987 | He was the President when Indira Gandhi was assassinated |
| 10 | Ramaswamy Venkataraman | 1987-1992 | R.Vennkataraman was famous lawyer and Activist of Indian Independence Movement |
| 11 | Shankar Dayal Sarma | 1992-1997 | Shankar Dayal Sharma was served as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh before elected as President of India.He also served as Governor of Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Maharashtra. |
| 12 | K.R. Narayanan | 1997-2002 | He was the first Dalit President of India
yanan was famous Indian Diplomat and served as Ambassador to Turkey, Japan, UK, China, and the USA.
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| 13 | A.P.J Abdul Kalam | 2002-2007 | Kalam was DRDO scientist and worked for Famous missiles like Agni, Ballistic and for Nuclear weapons.
called as the Peoples President and also Missile Man of India
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| 14 | Prathiba Patil | 2007-2012 | Prathiba Patil created history to become the first Woman President of India. She was also become a first president to travel in fighter jet Sukhoi. o the first woman governor of the Rajasthan |
| 15 | Pranab Mukherjee | 2012-2017 | Before becoming a President of India Pranab Mukherjee served as the Finance Minister, Defence Minister, External Affairs Minister |
| 16 | Ram Nath Kovind | 25th July 2017- Present | He served as the Governor of Bihar from 2015-2017.
He is second Dalit President after K.R Narayanan |
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