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Present President : Pranab Mukherjee
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Name(Birth–Death)
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Elected
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Took office
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Left office
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Vice President
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1
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Rajendra
Prasad(1884–1963)
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1952
1957 |
26 January 1950
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12 May 1962
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Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
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Prasad, from Bihar,
was the first President of independent India, and also the longest-serving
President, for 12 years. He was also a
freedom fighter during the Indian independence movement. Prasad was the
only president to serve two terms in office.
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2
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Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan(1888–1975)
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1962
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13 May 1962
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13 May 1967
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Zakir Husain
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Radhakrishnan was a
prominent philosopher and writer and also held the position of vice
chancellor of the Andhra University andBanaras Hindu University. 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. He was the first
President from South India.
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3
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Zakir Husain(1897–1969)
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1967
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13 May 1967
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3 May 1969
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Varahagiri
Venkata Giri
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Hussain was vice
chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University and a
recipient of Padma Vibhushan and Bharat Ratna. He died in
office, the first to do so. He was also the shortest-serving President. He
was also the first Muslim President.
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Varahagiri
Venkata Giri *(1894–1980)
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–
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3 May 1969
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20 July 1969
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He was elected Vice
President of India in 1967. Following the death of President Zakir Hussain,
Giri was appointed as Acting President of India. He resigned in a
few months to take part in the presidential elections.
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Mohammad Hidayatullah *(1905–1992)
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–
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20 July 1969
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24 August 1969
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–
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Hidayatullah served as
the Chief Justice of India, and was a
recipient of the Order of the British Empire. He served as Acting President of India until the
election of Giri as the President of India.
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4
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Varahagiri
Venkata Giri(1894–1980)
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1969
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24 August 1969
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24 August 1974
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Gopal Swarup Pathak
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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).
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5
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Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed(1905–1977)
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1974
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24 August 1974
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11 February 1977
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Basappa Danappa Jatti
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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.
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Basappa Danappa Jatti *(1912–2002)
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11 February 1977
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25 July 1977
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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.
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6
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Neelam Sanjiva Reddy(1913–1996)
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1977
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25 July 1977
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25 July 1982
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Basappa Danappa Jatti
Muhammad Hidayatullah
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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. 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.
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7
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Giani Zail
Singh(1916–1994)
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1982
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25 July 1982
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25 July 1987
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Muhammad Hidayatullah
Ramaswamy
Venkataraman
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In March 1972, Singh
assumed the position of chief Minister of Punjab, and in 1980, he became
Union Home Minister. He was also secretary general to Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) from 1983 to
1986
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8
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Ramaswamy
Venkataraman(1910–2009)
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1987
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25 July 1987
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25 July 1992
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Shankar Dayal Sharma
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In 1942, Venkataraman
was jailed by the British for his involvement in the Indian independence movement. 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.
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9
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Shankar Dayal Sharma(1918–1999)
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1992
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25 July 1992
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25 July 1997
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Kocheril Raman
Narayanan
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Sharma was Chief
Minister of Madhya Pradesh, and the Indian Minister for
Communications. He has also served as the governor ofAndhra Pradesh, Punjab and Maharashtra.
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10
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Kocheril Raman
Narayanan(1920–2005)
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1997
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25 July 1997
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25 July 2002
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Krishan Kant
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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. He was also the
vice-chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University. He was the first
President from Kerala, and also the first Dalit President.
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11
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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam(1931–2015)
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2002
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25 July 2002
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25 July 2007
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Krishan Kant
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
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Kalam was a scientist
who played a leading role in the development of India's ballistic missile and
nuclear weapons programs. He also received
the Bharat Ratna. Kalam was affectionately known
as the People's President, due to his extra-Presidential
activities. He was the first bachelor president of India, and the first
Muslim President who completed his term. Kalam died following a heart attack
while delivering a speech in Shillong.
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12
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Pratibha Patil(1934–)
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2007
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25 July 2007
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25 July 2012
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Mohammad Hamid Ansari
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Patil was the first
woman to become the President of India. She was also the first female Governor of Rajasthan.
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13
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Pranab
Mukherjee(1935–)
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2012
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25 July 2012
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Incumbent
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Mohammad Hamid Ansari
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Pranab Mukherjee held
various posts in the cabinet ministry for the Government of India such as Finance Minister, Foreign Minister,Defence Minister and Deputy Chairman of the Planning
Commission.
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