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Presidents of India is one of the most important topics for Polity & Static
GK. Questions related to Presidents of India as part of General Awareness section, often
appear in exams like SSC CGL, SSC CPO, SSC MTS, SSC CHSL, RPF etc. To aid
your preparation for the same, we are providing you a list of Presidents from 1947
to 2019 along with key information about them.

Presidents of India & Indian Presidential Elections

• The President of India is known as the First Citizen of India.

• He is the head of the executive, legislature, and judiciary of India.
• A president is elected by the members of an Electoral College on the basis
of a single transferable vote system.
• According to Article 56, once elected a president holds his/her office for 5
years.

Now let's quickly check out the complete list of Presidents of India, according to the
year in which took their office.

List of Presidents of India & their Tenure

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 President Year
Dr. Rajendra Prasad 1950- 1962
Dr. Sarvepalli Radha Krishna 1962-1967
Zakir Hussain 1967-1969
VV Giri (Acting) 1969

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 Mohammad Hidayatullah(Acting) 1969
VV Giri 1969-1974
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed 1974-1977
B.D. Jatti (Acting) 1977
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy 1977-1982
Giani Zail Singh 1982-1987
R Venkataraman 1987-1992
Shankar Dayal Sharma 1992-1997
KR Narayanan 1997-2002
APJ Abdul Kalam 2002-2007
Pratibha Patil 2007-2012
Pranab Mukherji 2012-2017
Ram Nath Kovind 2017-Till Date

23 Major Facts about Ram Nath Kovind

After you have seen the list of Presidents of India, now let's read some major facts
related to Presidents of India as questions are frequently asked about them.

Presidents of India - Important Facts for Exams

• Dr.Rajendra Prasad
o He was the first President of India.
o Also, he is the longest serving President of India.
• Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
o He served as First Vice President of India.

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 o Moreover, before his Political Career, he was a professor of Philosophy in
notable colleges and served as Vice Chancellor of Universities like
Andhra University & Banaras Hindu University.
o Furthermore, his birthday, 5th September, is celebrated as Teacher's
day in India.
• Zakir Hussain
o Firstly, he was the first Muslim President of India.
o Also, he co founded the Jamia Milia Islamia University.
o He died during his office tenure and became the shortest serving
President.
• Varahagiri Venkata Giri
o He became Acting President in 1969 due to death of then President Zakir
Hussein.
o Later, he resigned from both the posts, Vice President & Acting President
as he was a candidate for next presidential Elections.
o As a result, Mohammad Hidayatullah acted as President for a month.
o V. V. Giri is known as the Rubber Stamp President of India.
• Kocheril Raman Narayanan
o He was the first Dalit President of India.
• Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam
o He was known as the Missile Man of India as he helped in the
development of ballistic missile and launch vehicles.
o He was known as People's President.
• Smt. Pratibha Patil
o She is the first women president of India.
• Pranab Mukherji
o He served as the 13th President of India from 2012 until 2017.
o Prior to his election as President, he was Union Finance Minister from
2009 to 2012.
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 • Ram Nath Kovind
o He’s the 2nd Dalit President of India. The first being K.R. Narayanan.
o He also served as the Central Government advocate in the Delhi High
Court.
o He also served as the BJP’s national spokesperson.

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