List of presidents of India

The President of India is the head of state of the Republic of India. This is the list of individuals who were presidents of the republic.

List

№	President (birth–death)	Portrait	Tenure		Elected	Political affiliation
			Took office	Left office
1	Rajendra Prasad (1884–1963)		26 January 1950	13 May 1962	1952 1957	Indian National Congress
2	Sir Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888–1975)		13 May 1962	13 May 1967	1962	Independent
3	Zakir Husain (1897–1969)		13 May 1967	3 May 1969 (died in office.)	1967
4	V. V. Giri (1894–1980)		3 May 1969	20 July 1969	1969
5	Mohammad Hidayatullah (1905–1992)		20 July 1969	24 August 1969	1969
(4)	V. V. Giri (1894–1980)		24 August 1969	24 August 1973	1969
–	Gopal Swarup Pathak (1896–1982)		24 August 1973	24 August 1973	–
(4)	V. V. Giri (1894–1980)		24 August 1973	24 August 1974	–
6	Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905–1977)		24 August 1974	11 February 1977 (died in office.)	1974	Indian National Congress
7	B. D. Jatti (1912–2002)		11 February 1977	25 July 1977	—
8	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913–1996)		25 July 1977	25 July 1982	1977	Janata Party
9	Giani Zail Singh (1916–1994)		25 July 1982	25 July 1983	1982	Indian National Congress
(5)	Mohammad Hidayatullah (1905–1992)		25 July 1983	25 July 1983	—
(9)	Giani Zail Singh (1916–1994)		25 July 1983	25 July 1984	—
(5)	Mohammad Hidayatullah (1905–1992)		25 July 1984	25 July 1984	—
(9)	Giani Zail Singh (1916–1994)		25 July 1984	25 July 1987	—
10	R. Venkataraman (1910–2009)		25 July 1987	25 July 1992	1987
11	Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918–1999)		25 July 1992	25 July 1997	1992
12	K. R. Narayanan (1920–2005)		25 July 1997	25 July 2000	1997
–	Krishan Kant (1927–2002)		25 July 2000	25 July 2000	–
(12)	K. R. Narayanan (1920–2005)		25 July 2000	25 July 2002	–
13	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (1931–2015)		25 July 2002	25 July 2003	2002	Independent
–	Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (1923–2010)		25 July 2003	25 July 2003	–
(13)	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (1931–2015)		25 July 2003	25 July 2007	–
14	Pratibha Patil (1934–)		25 July 2007	25 July 2010	2007	Indian National Congress
–	Mohammad Hamid Ansari(1937–)		25 July 2010	25 July 2010	–
(14)	Pratibha Patil (1934–)		25 July 2010	25 July 2012	–
15	Pranab Mukherjee (1935–2020)		25 July 2012	25 July 2016	2012
–	Mohammad Hamid Ansari(1937–)		25 July 2016	25 July 2016	–
(15)	Pranab Mukherjee (1935–2020)		25 July 2016	25 July 2017	–
16	Ram Nath Kovind (1945–)		25 July 2017	25 July 2018	2017	Bharatiya Janata Party
_	M. Venkaiah Naidu (1949–)		25 July 2018	25 July 2018	–
(16)	Ram Nath Kovind (1945–)		25 July 2018	25 July 2022	–
17	Droupadi Murmu (1958-)		25 July 2022	11 August 2022	2022
–	Jagdeep Dhankhar (1951–)		11 August 2022	11 August 2022	–
17	Droupadi Murmu (1958-)		11 August 2022	Incumbent	–

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