Presidents of India

• • Presidential Amenities
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    Rashtrapati Bhavan, official residence of the President, located at New Delhi.
   
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    Rashtrapati Nilayam is the official retreat of the President located in Hyderabad.
   
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    The President's Bodyguards is an elite household cavalry regiment of theIndian Army.
   
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    Air India One is the call sign of any aircraft carrying the President. The aircraft are operated as VIP flights by the Indian Air Force.
  • 1952   to   till now

№	Name (birth–death)	Portrait	Elected	Took office	Left office	Vice President
1	Rajendra Prasad (1884–1963)		1952 1957	26 January 1950	12 May 1962	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
			Prasad, from Bihar, was the first President of independent India.[8][9] He was also a freedom fighter during the Indian independence movement.[10] Prasad was the only president to serve two terms in office.[4]
2	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888–1975)		1962	13 May 1962	13 May 1967	Zakir Hussain
			Radhakrishnan was a prominent philosopher and writer and also held the position of vice chancellor of the Andhra University and Banaras Hindu University.[11] He was also made a Knight of the Golden Army of Angels by Pope Paul VI. He received Bharat Ratna award in 1954 before becoming the President.[12]
3	Zakir Hussain (1897–1969)		1967	13 May 1967	3 May 1969	Varahagiri Venkata Giri
			Hussain was vice chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University and a recipient ofPadma Vibhushan and Bharat Ratna.[13] He died in office.
–	Varahagiri Venkata Giri * (1894–1980)		–	3 May 1969	20 July 1969	–
			Giri was appointed as Acting President of India following the death of Hussain.[14] He resigned in a few months to take part in the presidential elections.[5]
–	Mohammad Hidayatullah * (1905–1992)		–	20 July 1969	24 August 1969	–
			Hidayatullah served as the Chief Justice of India, and was a recipient of theOrder of the British Empire.[15] He served as Acting President of India until the election of Giri as the President of India.
4	Varahagiri Venkata Giri (1894–1980)		1969	24 August 1969	24 August 1974	Gopal Swarup Pathak
			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]
5	Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905–1977)		1974	24 August 1974	11 February 1977	Basappa Danappa Jatti
			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]
–	Basappa Danappa Jatti * (1912–2002)		–	11 February 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]
6	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913–1996)		1977	25 July 1977	25 July 1982	Muhammad Hidayatullah
			N.S. Reddy was the first Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh State. Reddy was the only Member of Parliament from the Janata Party to get elected from 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.
7	Giani Zail Singh (1916–1994)		1982	25 July 1982	25 July 1987	Ramaswamy Venkataraman
			In March 1972, Singh assumed the position of chief Minister of Punjab, and in 1980, he became Union Home Minister.[20]
8	Ramaswamy Venkataraman (1910–2009)		1987	25 July 1987	25 July 1992	Shankar Dayal Sharma
			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 India’s 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]
9	Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918–1999)		1992	25 July 1992	25 July 1997	Kocheril Raman Narayanan
			Sharma was Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, and the Indian Minister for Communications. He has also served as the governor of Andhra Pradesh,Punjab and Maharashtra.[23]
10	Kocheril Raman Narayanan (1920–2005)		1997	25 July 1997	25 July 2002	Krishan Kant
			Narayanan served as India's ambassador to Thailand, Turkey, China and United States of America. He received doctorates in Science and Law and was also a chancellor in several universities.[24] He was also the vice-chancellor ofJawaharlal Nehru University.[25]
11	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b. 1931)		2002	25 July 2002	25 July 2007	Krishan Kant Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
			Kalam is a scientist who played a leading role in the development of India's ballistic missile and nuclear weapons programs.[26] He also received the Bharat Ratna. Kalam was affectionately known as the People's President.[27][28][29]
12	Pratibha Patil (b. 1934)		2007	25 July 2007	25 July 2012	Mohammad Hamid Ansari
			Patil is the first woman to become the President of India. She was also the first female Governor of Rajasthan.[30][31]
13	Pranab Mukherjee (b. 1935)		2012	25 July 2012	Incumbent	Mohammad Hamid Ansari
			Mukherjee held various posts in the cabinet ministry for the Government of Indiasuch as Finance Minister, Foreign Minister, Defence Minister and Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission.[6]