All Presidents of India List from 1950 to 2024 with Tenure

Draupadi Murmu was elected as the 15th President of India on 21st July 2022. She is second female President of India after Pratibha Patil, Check List of all Presidents of India from 1950 to 2024 with their working time and related information, check out eligibility criteria for Presidents of India

Presidents of India List: The president is the head of the Republic of the India and is the 1st citizen of India. Indian Constitution article 53 states that all the executive powers of the Union shall be exercised by him either directly or through officers subordinate to him.

The President is the nominal head of the govt. and acts on the advise of the Prime Minister. All the executive action is taken on the name of the President of India. All the MoU with any foreign country signed on the name of the President. Complete list of Presidents of India List from 1950 to 2024 is given below.

List of Presidents of India

Draupadi Murmu was elected as the 15th President of India on 21st July 2022. She is second female President of India after Pratibha Patil. Dr. Rajendra Prasad is the first and longest serving President of India from 26th January 1950 to 1962. Dr. Zakir Husain first President to die in Office. Presidents of India List from 1950 to 2024 with all details is given below.

S.No.Name of the PresidentTenureRelated  Information
1Dr. Rajendra Prasad1950-1962He was the first and longest serving President of India
2Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan1962-1967Radhakrishnan was the first president to be elected from south India and he was the first Vice-President of India
3Dr. Zakir Husain1967-1969First President to die in Office. He was also fMuslim and least serving President of India. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1963. He was the second vice president of India from 1962 to 1967.
4Varahagiri Venkata Giri1969-19691969-174He was first acting President. He was called as the Rubber Stamp President and also shortest serving Vice President of India
5Mohammed Hidayutullah1969-1969He was first Chief Justice of India to become acting President of India
6Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed1974-1977Ali the second President to die in office and he was the president at the time of Emergency
7Basappa Danappa Jatti1977-1977Before become President of India B.D.Jatti was served as Chief Minister of Mysore State
8Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy1977-1982Neelam Sanjeev Reddy was the first Chief Minister of the Andhra Pradesh. He was the youngest and unopposed President of India
9Zail Singh1982-1987He was the President when Indira Gandhi was assassinated
10Ramaswamy Venkataraman1987-1992R.Vennkataraman was famous lawyer and activist of Indian Independence Movement
11Shankar Dayal Sarma1992-1997Shankar Dayal Sharma was served as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh before elected as President of India. He also served as Governor of Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Maharashtra.
12K.R. Narayanan1997-2002He was the first dalit President of India K.R.Naryanan was famous Indian Diplomat and served as Ambassador to Turkey, Japan, UK, China, and the USA.
13Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam2002-2007Kalam was DRDO scientist and worked for Famous missiles like Agni, Ballistic and for Nuclear weapons. He was called as the Peoples President  and also Missile Man of India
14Prathiba Patil2007-2012Prathiba Patil created history to become the first Woman President of India. She was also become a first president to travel in fighter jet Sukhoi.
She is also the first woman governor of the Rajasthan
15Pranab Mukherjee2012-2017Before becoming a President of India Pranab Mukherjee served as the Finance Minister, Defence Minister, External Affairs Minister
16Ram Nath Kovind2017- 2022He served as the Governor of Bihar from 2015-2017.He is second dalit President after K.R Narayanan
17Draupadi Murmu21 July 2022 - incumbent She is the first person belonging to the indigenous, scheduled tribe community to be elected president of India. She was a member of the BJP.
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Eligibility for Presidents of India

  • The President should be a citizen of India.
  • The President must be above the age of 35 years.
  • The President should be qualified for election as a member of the Lok Sabha.
  • The President of India should not contain any office of profit under the State Government, Union, and other local authorities.

Who was the first and longest serving President of India?

Dr. Rajendra Prasad was the First and Longest serving President of India

Who was the first Woman President of India?

Prathiba Patil was the first Woman President of India. She is also the first woman governor of the Rajasthan.

Name two President of India who died in Office during their tenure?

Dr. Zakir Husain and Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed have died in Office during their tenure.

Who was the first was first acting President?

Varahagiri Venkata Giri was the first was first Acting President.

Who was the first Chief Justice of India to become acting President of India?

Mohammed Hidayutullah was the first Chief Justice of India to become acting President of India.

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