List of All Presidents of INDIA
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This is the list of all Presidents of India till now.
| Sl.No. | Name | Tenure(From) | Tenure(To) | Electoral Mandates | Time in Office | Previous Post |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. Rajendra Prasad | 26.01.1950 | 13.05.1962 | 1950, 1952, 1957 | 12 years 107 days | President of the Constituent Assembly |
| 2 | Dr. S. Radhakrishnan | 13.05.1962 | 13.05.1967 | 1962 | 5 years | Vice President |
| 3 | Dr. Zakir Hussain | 13.05.1967 | 03.05.1969 | 1967 | 1 year 355 days | Vice President |
| Acting | V.V. Giri | 03.05.1969 | 20.07.1969 | – | 78 days | Vice President |
| Acting | Justice Mohammad Hidyatullah | 20.07.1969 | 24.08.1969 | – | 35 days | Chief Justice of India |
| 4 | V.V. Giri | 24.08.1969 | 24.08.1974 | 1969 | 5 years | Acting President |
| 5 | Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed | 24.08.1974 | 11.02.1977 | 1974 | 2 years 171 days | Food and Agriculture Minister |
| Acting | Basappa Danappa Jatti | 11.02.1977 | 25.07.1977 | – | 164 days | Vice President |
| 6 | N. Sanjiva Reddy | 25.07.1977 | 25.07.1982 | 1977 | 5 years | Speaker of the Lok Sabha |
| 7 | Giani Zail Singh | 25.07.1982 | 25.07.1987 | 1982 | 5 years | Home Minister |
| 8 | Ramaswamy Venkatraman | 25.07.1987 | 25.07.1992 | 1987 | 5 years | Vice President |
| 9 | Shankar Dayal Sharma | 25.07.1992 | 25.07.1997 | 1992 | 5 years | Vice President |
| 10 | K. R. Narayan | 25.07.1997 | 25.07.2002 | 1997 | 5 years | Vice President |
| 11 | Dr. A. P. J. Kalam | 25.07.2002 | 25.07.2007 | 2002 | 5 years | Chief Scientific Advisor of Prime Minister |
| 12 | Mrs. Pratibha Patil | 25.07.2007 | 25.07.2012 | 2007 | 5 years | Governor of Rajasthan |
| 13 | Pranab Mukherjee | 25.07.2012 | 25.07.2017 | 2012 | 5 years | Finance Minister |
| 14 | Ram Nath Kovind | 25.07.2017 | Till date | 2017 | – | Governor of Bihar |