List of Presidents in India

Presidents of India

After the drafting of the Indian Constitution by Dr.B.R.Ambedkar, a new Head of State
 was needed. This Head would take up the place of the Governor-General. Thus with 
the formal adoption of the Constitution on January 26,1950 the first elected 
President of India Dr. Rajendra Prasad assumed office. The President is elected by 
an electoral college consisting of members of both Houses of Parliament as

 well as of the State Legislative Assemblies. The President enjoys legislative, 
executive and judicial powers and emergency powers. The Presidents of India who 
have held office till date are the following: 

List of Presidents in India

Presidents of India	Birth/death	Tenure
Dr.Rajendra Prasad	1884-1963	01/26/50	05/13/62
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan	1888-1975	05/13/62	05/13/67
Zakir Hussain	1897-1969	05/13/67	05/03/69
Varahagiri Venkata Giri	1894-1980	05/03/69	07/20/69
Muhammad Hidayatullah	1905-1992	07/20/69	08/24/69
Varahagiri Venkata Giri	1894-1980	08/24/69	08/24/74
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed	1905-1977	08/24/74	02/11/77
Basappa Danappa Jatti	1912-2002	02/11/77	07/25/77
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy	1913-1996	07/25/77	07/25/82
Giani Zail Singh	1916-1994	07/25/82	07/25/87
Ramaswamy Venkataraman (4 December 1910)	1910-2009	07/25/87	07/25/92
Shankar Dayal Sharma (Born on 19 August 1918)	1918-1999	07/25/92	07/25/97
Kocheril Raman Narayanan (Born on 27 October 1920)	1920-2005	07/25/97	07/25/02
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (Born on 15 October 1931)	1931-2015	07/25/02	07/25/07
Smt. Pratibha Patil	1934	07/25/07	07/25/12
Pranab Mukherjee	1935	07/25/12	Incumbent