The President of India is the head of state and commander-in-chief of the armed forces. The President is indirectly elected by members of parliament and state legislatures for a 5-year term. Some key details on past presidents are provided, including their names and brief backgrounds. In total, 13 presidents of India are listed from 1950 to the current president Pranab Mukherjee.

1. Presidents Of India

2. The President of the Republic of India
is the Head of State of India and the
Commander-in-chief of the Indian Armed
Forces.
The President is indirectly elected by the people
through elected members of both the houses of
the Parliament of India, the Legislative
Assemblies of all the states of India and the
Legislative Assembly of the Union Territory of
Puducherry, as well as, the Legislative Assembly
of the National Capital Territory of Delhi and
serves for a renewable term of five years. The
oath of the President is taken in the presence of
the Chief Justice of India, and in his/her
absence, by the most senior judge of the

3. Rajendra Prasad
was the first President
of the Republic of India.
An Indian political
leader, lawyer by
training, Prasad joined
the Indian National
Congress during the
Indian independence
movement and became
a major leader from the
region of Bihar
Rajendra prasad

4. Sarvepalli
Radhakrishnan was
an Indian philosopher
and statesman who
was the first Vice
President of India and
the second President
of India from 1962 to
1967.
Sarvepilli
Radhakrishnan

5. Zakir Husain
was the 3rd President
of India, from 13 May
1967 until his death on
3 May 1969. An
educator and
intellectual, Husain
was the country's first
Muslim president, and
also the first to die in
office.
Zakir Husain

6. Varahagiri
VenkataGiri,commonly
known asV. V. Giri, was
the fourth President
of the Republic of India
from 24 August 1969 to
24 August 1974.
V.V.Giri

7. Fakhruddin Ali
Ahmed was the fifth
President of India
from 1974 to 1977 and
also the 2nd President
of India to die in
office.
Fakhrudeen Ali Ahmed

8. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
was the sixth President
of India, serving from
1977 to 1982.
Beginning a long
political career with
the Indian National
Congress party in the
Indian independence
movement
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

9. Gyani Zail Singh
was the seventh
President of India,
serving from 1982
to 1987. Prior to
his presidency, he
was a politician
with the Indian
National Congress
party
Gyani Zail Singh

10. Ramaswamy
Venkataraman was an
Indian lawyer, Indian
independence activist
and politician who
served as a Union
minister and as the
eighth President of
India. Venkataraman
was born in
Rajamadam village in
Tanjore district,
R.Venkataraman

11. Shankar Dayal
Sharma was the
ninth President of
India, serving from
1992 to 1997. Prior to
his presidency,
Sharma had been the
eighth Vice President
of India, serving
under R.
Venkataraman.
Shankar Dayal
Sharma

12. Kecheril Raman
Narayanan was the tenth
President of India. Born
in Perumthanam,
Uzhavoor village, in the
princely state of
Travancore, and after a
brief stint with
journalism.
K.R.Narayanan

13. Avul Pakir
Jainulabdeen Abdul
Kalam better
known as A.P.J.
Abdul Kalam; was
the 11th President
of India from 2002
to 2007.
A.P.J.Abdul
Kalam

14. Pratibha
Devisingh Patil is an
Indian politician who
served as the 12th
President of India from
2007 to 2012. A member
of the Indian National
Congress, Patil is the
only woman to hold the
office.
Pratibha Devisingh
Patil

15. Pranab
Kumar
Mukherjee is the
13th and current
President of India,
he has been in
office since July
2012.
Pranab Kumar
Mukherjee

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