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Dr. Rajendra
Prasad
(1884-1963)

1952 election & 1957 election

Prasad, from Bihar, was the first
President of independent India.
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Dr. Sarvepalli [8][9] He was also a freedom
13 May
January
Radhakrishn fighter during the Indian
1962
1950
an
independence movement.
[10]
Prasad was the only
president to serve two terms in
office.[4]

Dr. Sarvepalli
Radhakrishn
an
(18881975)

1962 election
Radhakrishnan was a prominent
philosopher, writer, aKnight of
the Realm and also held the
position of vice chancellor of
the Andhra
University and Banaras Hindu
University.[11] He was also made
a Knight of theGolden Army of
Angels by Pope Paul VI.[12]

13 May
1962

13 May
1967

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Dr. Zakir
Hussain
(18971969)

Varahagiri
Venkata
Giri *
(18941980)

13 May
1967

3 May
1969

3 May
1969

20 July
1969

Dr. Zakir
Hussain

1967 election
Hussain was vice chancellor of
Varahagiri the Aligarh Muslim
Venkata Giri University and a recipient
of Padma Vibhushan andBharat
Ratna.[13] He died in office.

Giri was appointed as Acting

President of Indiafollowing the
death of Hussain.[14] He
resigned in a few months to
take part in the presidential
elections.[5]

Name

Mohammad
Hidayatullah
*
(19051992)

Varahagiri
Venkata Giri
(18941980)

Fakhruddin
Ali Ahmed
(19051977)

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20 July
1969

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August
1969

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Vice
President

Notes

24
August
1969

Hidayatullah served as
the Chief Justice of India, and
was a recipient of the Order of
the British Empire.[15]He served
as Acting President of India until
the election of Giri as the
President of India.

24
August
1974

Gopal
Swarup
Pathak

1969 election
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).[16]

Basappa
Danappa
Jatti

1974 election
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.[17]

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August February
1974
1977

Basappa
Danappa
Jatti*
(19122002)

11
Februar
y 1977

25 July
1977

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.
[17][18]

Name

Neelam
Sanjiva
Reddy
(19131996)

Giani Zail
Singh
(19161994)

Ramaswamy
Venkatarama
n
(19102009)

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25 July
1977

25 July
1982

25 July
1987

Left
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Vice
President

Notes

25 July
1982

1977 election
N.S.Reddy was the first Chief
Minister of Andhra Pradesh
State. Reddy was the only
Member of Parliament from the
Muhammad Janata Party to get elected from
Hidayatullah Andhra Pradesh.[19] He was
unanimously elected Speaker of
the Lok Sabha on 26 March
1977 and relinquished this office
on 13 July 1977 to become the
6th President of India.

25 July
1987

1982 election
Ramaswamy In March 1972, Singh assumed
Venkatarama the position of chief Minister of
n
Punjab, and in 1980, he
became Union Home Minister.[20]

25 July
1992

Shankar
Dayal
Sharma

1987 election
In 1942, Venkataraman was
jailed by the British for his
involvement in the Indian
independence movement.
[21]
After his release, he was
elected to independent Indias
Provisional Parliament as a
member of the Congress Party
in 1950 and eventually joined
the central government, where
he first served as Minister of
Finance and Industry and later
as Minister of Defence.[22]

Name

Shankar
Dayal
Sharma
(19181999)

Kocheril
Raman
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Narayanan
(19202005)

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25 July
1992

25 July
1997

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25 July
1997

25 July
2002

Vice
President

Kocheril
Raman
Narayanan

Notes

1992 election
Sharma was Chief Minister
of Madhya Pradesh, and the
Indian Minister for
Communications. He has also
served as the governor
of Andhra
Pradesh, Punjab andMaharasht
ra.[23]

1997 election
Narayanan served as India's
ambassador to Thailand,
Turkey, China and United States
of America. He received
Krishan Kant doctorates in Science and Law
and was also a chancellor in
several universities.[24] He was
also the vice-chancellor
of Jawaharlal Nehru University.
[25]

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A. P. J. Abdul
Kalam
(b. 1931)

25 July
2002

25 July
2007

2002 election
Kalam is a scientist who played
a leading role in the
Bhairon
development of India's ballistic
Singh
missile and nuclear weapons
Shekhawat programs.[26] He also received
the Bharat Ratna. Kalam was
affectionately known as
thePeople's President.[27][28][29]

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Name

Pratibha Patil
(b. 1934)

Pranab
Mukherjee
(b. 1935)

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25 July
2007

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Vice
President

Notes

2007 election
Patil is the first woman to
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become the President of India.
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She was also the first female
Governor of Rajasthan.[30][31]

2012 election
Mukherjee held various posts in
the cabinet ministry for
25 July Incumbe Mohammad the Government of India such
2012
nt
Hamid Ansari as Finance Minister,Foreign
Minister, Defence
Minister and Deputy Chairman
of the Planning Commission.[6]