List of all Presidents of India from 1947 to 2022, Bharat ke Rashtrapati Name, Tenure, Details
List of all Presidents of India from 1947 to 2022: Check the list of Presidents of India who has been elected so far. Draupadi Murmu became the 15th President of India on July 21, 2022. Draupadi Murmu has become the 15th President of India after winning against the opposition's candidate Yashwant Sinha. Going by the support extended by various parties, National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate Draupadi Murmu, from the start, had a clear edge over the opposition's candidate Yashwant Sinha. Draupadi Murmu has become the first tribal woman to occupy the top Constitutional post in the country.
| No. | Name | Tenure | Details |
| 1 | Rajendra Prasad | 26 January 1950 - 13 May 1962 | Dr. Rajendra Prasad was the first President of India, who had worked as president for two terms. He was also the President of the Constituent Assembly and the Chief Leader of the Indian Independence Movement. He was awarded Bharat Ratna in 1962. |
| 2 | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan | 13 May 1962 – 13 May 1967 | Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was born on 5 September 1888, and this day is celebrated as Teacher's Day. He was awarded Bharat Ratna in 1954. |
| 3 | Zakir Hussain | 13 May 1967 – 3 May 1969 | Dr. Zakir Husain became the first Muslim President of India and died at his post. The immediate Vice President, V.V. Giri was made the acting President. After that, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Mohammad Hidayatullah became acting President from 20 July 1969 to 24 August 1969. Mohammad Hidayatullah was awarded the Padma Bhushan in the field of art by the Government of India in 2002. He also brought a revolution in education in India. |
| – | VV Giri (Acting President) | 3 May 1969 – 20 July 1969 | V.V Giri was the fourth President of India. His full name was Varahagiri Venkata Giri. He became the only person to be elected President as an independent candidate. In 1975, he was awarded Bharat Ratna. |
| – | Mohammad Hidayatullah (Acting President) | 20 July 1969 to 24 August 1969 | Mohammad Hidayatullah was the 11th Chief Justice of India serving from 25 February 1968 to 16 December 1970, and the Sixth Vice President of India, serving from 31 August 1979 to 30 August 1984. He had also served as the acting president of India from 20 July 1969 to 24 August 1969 and from 6 October 1982 to 31 October 1982.and from 25 July 1983 to 25 July 1983.and from 25 July 1984 to 25 July 1984. |
| 4 | V.V Giri | 24 August 1969 – 24 August 1974 | V.V Giri was the fourth President of India. His full name was Varahagiri Venkata Giri. He became the only person to be elected President as an independent candidate. In 1975, he was awarded Bharat Ratna. |
| 5 | Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed | 24 August 1974 – 11 February 1977 | Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed was the fifth President of India. He was the second President who died in the post of the President. BD Jattha was made Acting President. |
| – | Basappa Danappa Jatti (Acting President) | 11 February 1977 - 25 July 1977 | Basappa Danappa Jatti was the fifth Vice President of India, serving from 1974 to 1979. He was acting President of India from 11 February to 25 July 1977. The soft-spoken Jatti rose from a humble beginning as a Municipality member to India's second-highest office during a five-decade-long chequered political career. |
| 6 | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | 25 July 1977 – 25 July 1982 | Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy became the sixth President of India. He was the first Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. He was directly elected to the post of Lok Sabha speaker and became the youngest President who occupied Rashtrapati Bhavan and contested twice for the post of president. |
| 7 | Giani Zail Singh | 25 July 1982 – 25 July 1987 | Prior to becoming the President, he was also the Chief Minister of Punjab and the Minister at the Centre. He also used Pocket Veto on the Indian Post Office Bill. During his presidency, many incidents took places, such as Operation Blue Star, the assassination of Indira Gandhi, and the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. |
| 8 | R Venkataraman | 25 July 1987 – 25 July 1992 | R. Venkataraman was elected as the President of India from 25 July 1987 to 25 July 1992. Earlier he was Vice-President of India from 1984 to 1987. He has received many honours from different parts of the world. He is a receiver of "Tamra Patra" for his contributions to India's freedom struggle. Besides this, the Russian government had conferred the Soviet Land Prize for writing the travelogue on former Tamil Nadu Prime Minister, Kumaraswami Kamaraj's. |
| 9 | Shankar Dayal Sharma | 25 July 1992 – 25 July 1997 | He was the eighth Vice President of India before becoming president. From 1952 to 1956 he was the Chief Minister of Bhopal and Cabinet Minister from 1956 to 1967. The International Bar Association gave them the 'Living Legend of Law Award of Recognition' due to multi-achievements in the legal profession. |
| 10 | K R Narayanan | 25 July 1997 – 25 July 2002 | K. R. Narayanan was the first Dalit President of India and the first Malayali person to receive the highest office of the country. He was the first President to vote in the Lok Sabha elections and addressed the state assembly. |
| 11 | APJ Abdul Kalam | 25 July 2002 – 25 July 2007 | Dr. A. P.J. Abdul Kalam came to be known as ‘Missile Man of India’. He was the first scientist who took over the post of President and the first President of India who won the most votes. In his directorial, Rohini-1 satellites, Agni and Prithvi missiles were successfully launched. The Pokhran-II nuclear tests conducted in India in 1998 after the original nuclear test of 1974 saw him in a pivotal political, organisational and technical role. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1997. |
| 12 | Pratibha Patil | 25 July 2007 – 25 July 2012 | She was the Governor of Rajasthan before becoming the President. From 1962 to 1985, she was a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly five times and was elected from Amravati to the Lok Sabha in 1991. Not only this, she was also the first woman president to fly Sukhoi. |
| 13 | Pranab Mukherjee | 25 July – 25 July 2017 | Pranab Mukherjee was the finance minister in the central government before contesting the presidential election. He was awarded the best Parliamentary Award in 1997 and Padma Vibhushan, India's second-highest civilian honour in 2008. He died on 31 August, 2020 (Monday) at the age of 84. |
| 14 | Ram Nath Kovind | 25 July 2017 – 21 July 2022 | Ram Nath Kovind was born on 1 October 1945 in Uttar Pradesh, India. He is an Indian lawyer and politician. He was the 14th and current President of India. He became the President on 25 July 2017 and is a member of the Bhartiya Janata Party. He is the former Governor of Bihar. His approach towards political problems earned him praise across the political spectrum. As a Governor his achievements were the creation of a judicial commission to investigate corruption in universities. |
| 15 | Draupadi Murmu | 21 July 2022-Incumbent | Draupadi Murmu became the 15th President of India on July 21, 2022. Draupadi Murmu was born on June 20, 1958, in Uparbeda village of Mayurbhanj district in Odisha in a Santali tribal family to Biranchi Narayan Tudu. She is a former Governor of Jharkhand. Draupadi Murmu, in 2007, received the Nilkantha Award for the best MLA ( Member of Legislative Assembly) by Odisha Legislative Assembly. |
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