Presidents Of India

The President of the Republic of India is the Head of State of India and the Commander-in-chief of the Indian Armed Forces.The President is indirectly elected by the people through elected members of both the houses of the Parliament of India, the Legislative Assemblies of all the states of India and the Legislative Assembly of the Union Territory of Puducherry, as well as, the Legislative Assembly of the National Capital Territory of Delhi and serves for a renewable term of five years. The oath of the President is taken in the presence of the Chief Justice of India, and in his/her absence, by the most senior judge of the Supreme Court of India

Rajendra Prasad was the first President of the Republic of India. An Indian political leader, lawyer by training, Prasad joined the Indian National Congress during the Indian independence movement and became a major leader from the region of Bihar

Rajendra prasad

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was an Indian philosopher and statesman who was the first Vice President of India and the second President of India from 1962 to 1967.

Sarvepilli Radhakrishnan

Zakir Husain was the 3rd President of India, from 13 May 1967 until his death on 3 May 1969. An educator and intellectual, Husain was the country's first Muslim president, and also the first to die in office.

Zakir Husain

Varahagiri VenkataGiri,commonly known asV. V. Giri, was thefourth President of the Republic of India from 24 August 1969 to 24 August 1974.

V.V.Giri

Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed was the fifth President of India from 1974 to 1977 and also the 2nd President of India to die in office.

Fakhrudeen Ali Ahmed

Neelam Sanjiva Reddy was the sixth President of India, serving from 1977 to 1982. Beginning a long political career with the Indian National Congress party in the Indian independence movement

Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

Gyani Zail Singh was the seventh President of India, serving from 1982 to 1987. Prior to his presidency, he was a politician with the Indian National Congress party

Gyani Zail Singh

Ramaswamy Venkataraman was an Indian lawyer, Indian independence activist and politician who served as a Union minister and as the eighth President of India. Venkataraman was born in Rajamadam village in Tanjore district, Madras Presidency.

R.Venkataraman

Shankar Dayal Sharma was the ninth President of India, serving from 1992 to 1997. Prior to his presidency, Sharma had been the eighth Vice President of India, serving under R. Venkataraman.

Shankar Dayal Sharma

Kecheril Raman Narayanan was the tenth President of India. Born in Perumthanam, Uzhavoor village, in the princely state of Travancore, and after a brief stint with journalism.

K.R.Narayanan

Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam better known as A.P.J. Abdul Kalam; was the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007.

A.P.J.Abdul Kalam

Pratibha Devisingh Patil is an Indian politician who served as the 12th President of India from 2007 to 2012. A member of the Indian National Congress, Patil is the only woman to hold the office.

Pratibha Devisingh Patil

Pranab Kumar Mukherjee is the 13th and current President of India, he has been in office since July 2012.

Pranab Kumar Mukherjee

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