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Took offic e
Left office
Vice President
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Rajendra Prasad
(18841963)
26 January 1950
13 May 1962
1952 election page & 1957 election page Prasad was the first President of Sarvepalli independent India from [7][8] Radhakrishna Bihar. He was also an n independence activist of the Indian [9] Independence Movement. Prasad was the only president to serve for [4] two terms in office.
Sarvepalli Radhakrishna n
(18881975)
13 May 1962
13 May 1967
1962 election page Radhakrishnan was a prominent philosopher, writer, a Knight of the Realmand also held the position Zakir Hussain of vice chancellor of the Andhra University andBanaras Hindu [10] University. He was also made a Knight of the Golden Army of [11] Angels by Pope Paul VI.
Zakir Hussain
(18971969)
13 May 1967
3 May 1969
Varahagiri Venkata Giri
1967 election page Hussain was vice chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University and a recipient ofPadma [12] Vibhushan and Bharat Ratna. He died before his term of office was ended.
Varahagiri Venkata Giri *
(18941980)
3 May 1969
20 July 1969
Giri was appointed as acting president following the death of [13] Hussain. He resigned in a few months to take part in the [5] presidential elections.
Name
Portrait
Took offic e
Left office
Vice President
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Muhammad Hidayatullah *
(19051992)
20 July 24 August 1969 1969
Hidayatullah served as the Chief Justice of India, and was a recipient of the Order of the British [14] Empire. He served as acting president until the election of Giri as the President of India.
Varahagiri Venkata Giri
(18941980)
1969 election page Giri is the only person to have served as both an acting president 24 24 August Gopal Swarup and president of India. He was a August 1974 Pathak recipient of the Bharat Ratna, and 1969 has functioned as Indian Minister of Labour and High Commissioner [15] to Ceylon (Sri Lanka).
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
(19051977)
24 August 1974
11 February 1977
1974 election page Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed served as a Minister before being elected as Basappa president. He died in 1977 before Danappa Jatti his term of office ended, and was the second Indian president to have [16] died during a term of office.
5 Jatti was the vice president of India during Ahmed's term of office, and was sworn in as acting president upon Ahmed's death. He earlier functioned as the Chief Minister for [16][17] the State of Mysore.
Basappa Danappa Jatti *
(19122002)
11 Februar y 1977
25 July 1977
Name
Portrait
Took offic e
Left office
Vice President
Notes
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
(19131996)
25 July 1977
25 July 1982
Muhammad Hidayatullah
1977 election page 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 [18] 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.
Giani Zail Singh
(19161994)
25 July 1982
25 July 1987
1982 election page In March 1972, Singh assumed the Ramaswamy position of chief Minister of Punjab, Venkataraman and in 1980, he became Union [19] Home Minister.
Ramaswamy Venkataraman
(19102009)
25 July 1987
25 July 1992
1987 election page In 1942, Venkataraman was jailed by the British for his involvement in the India's [20] independence movement. After his release, he was elected to Shankar Dayal independent Indias Provisional Sharma 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 [21] and later as Minister of Defence.
Name
Portrait
Took offic e
Left office
Vice President
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Shankar Dayal Sharma
(19181999)
25 July 1992
25 July 1997
Kocheril Raman Narayanan
1992 election page Sharma was Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, and the Indian Minister for Communications. He has also served as the governor of Andhra [2 Pradesh, Punjaband Maharashtra.
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Kocheril Raman Narayanan
(19202005)
25 July 1997
25 July 2002
1997 election page Narayanan served as India's ambassador to Thailand, Turkey, China and United States of America. He received doctorates in Krishan Kant Science and Law and was also a chancellor in several [23] universities. He was also the vice-chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru [24] University.
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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
(1931alive)
25 July 2002
25 July 2007
2002 election page Kalam, is a scientist who played a leading role in the development of Bhairon Singh India's ballistic missile and nuclear [25] Shekhawat weapons programs. He also received the Bharat Ratna. Kalam was affectionately known as [26][27][28] the People's President.
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Pratibha Patil
(1934till date)
2007 election page Patil is the first woman to become 25 July Incumben Mohammad the President of India. She was also 2007 t Hamid Ansari the first female Governor of [29][30] Rajasthan.
