List of President of India

List of President of India

Picture: Droupadi Murmu - Current President of India

S.No	Name	Tenure	Key Highlights
1	Rajendra Prasad	1950–1962	First President of India, longest serving President, instrumental in framing the Constitution.
2	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan	1962–1967	Philosopher, scholar, and statesman; Teacher's Day is celebrated on his birthday.
3	Zakir Husain	1967–1969	First Muslim President of India, educationist, and co-founder of Jamia Millia Islamia.
4	Varahagiri Venkata Giri (Acting)	1969	Served as acting President after the death of Zakir Husain.
5	Mohammad Hidayatullah (Acting)	1969	Served as acting President for a brief period.
6	Varahagiri Venkata Giri	1969–1974	Elected President after a closely contested election.
7	Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed	1974–1977	Declared emergency in 1975.
8	Basappa Danappa Jatti (Acting)	1977	Served as acting President after the death of Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed.
9	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy	1977–1982	Elected unopposed, youngest President of India.
10	Giani Zail Singh	1982–1987	First Sikh President of India, signed the Postal Bill.
11	Ramaswamy Venkataraman	1987–1992	Served during a period of political instability.
12	Shankar Dayal Sharma	1992–1997	Served during a period of coalition governments.
13	Kicheril Raman Narayanan	1997–2002	First Dalit President of India.
14	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam	2002–2007	"Missile Man of India," renowned scientist and engineer.
15	Pratibha Patil	2007–2012	First woman President of India.
16	Pranab Mukherjee	2012–2017	Veteran politician and statesman.
17	Ram Nath Kovind	2017–2022	Second Dalit President of India.
18	Droupadi Murmu	2022–Present	First tribal President of India.