President of India is elected by the elected member of Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and Vidhan Sabha and serves the country for 5 years. President of India is the head of the nation and also head of India Armed Forces.
Check the updated list of President of India along with the born date, death date, tenure and their work profile
Order | Name of President | Born Date | Death Date | Tenure | Work Profile |
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14th | Ram Nath Kovind | 1-Oct-1945 | – | 25-Jul-2017 to Till now | Lawyer by profession, Rajya Sabha MP, Served as Governor of Bihar |
13th | Pranab Mukherjee | 11-Dec-1935 | 31-Aug-2020 | 25-Jul-2012 to 25-Jul-2017 | Worked as Finance Minister, Defence Minister, Foreign Minister |
12th | Pratibha Patil | 19-Dec-1934 | – | 25-Jul-2007 to 25-Jul-2012 | Worked as Governor of Rajasthan |
11th | Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam | 15-Oct-1931 | 27-July-2015 | 25-Jul-2002 to 25-Jul-2007 | Worked as Scientist also called Missile Man |
10th | Kocheril Raman Narayanan | 4-Feb-1921 | 09-Nov-2005 | 25-Jul-1997 to 25-Jul-2002 | Worked as Vice-Chancellor of JNU |
9th | Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma | 19-Aug-1918 | 26-Dec-1999 | 25-Jul-1992 to 25-Jul-1997 | Worked as CM of Madhya Pradesh, Governor of Punjab and Maharashtra |
8th | Ramaswamy Venkataraman | 4-Dec-1910 | 27-Jan-2009 | 25-Jul-1987 to 25-Jul-1992 | – |
7th | Giani Zail Singh | 5-May-1916 | 25-Dec-1994 | 25-Jul-1982 to 25-Jul-1987 | Worked as Chief Minister of Punjab, Home Minister of India |
6th | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | 19-May-1913 | 1-Jun-1996 | 25-Jul-1977 to 25-Jul-1982 | Worked as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh |
Basappa Danappa Jatti | 10-Sept-1910 | 7-Jun-2002 | 11-Feb-1977 to 25-Jul-1977 | Worked as Vice President and Acting President | |
5th | Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed | 13-May-1905 | 11-Feb-1977 | 24-Aug-1974 to 11-Feb-1977 | – |
Varahagiri Venkata Giri | 10-Aug-1894 | 24-Jun-1980 | 24-Aug-1969 to 24-Aug-1974 | Worked as Acting President and President Both | |
Muhammad Hidayatullah | 17-Dec-1905 | 18-Sept-1992 | 20-Jul-1969 to 24-Aug-1969 | Worked as Chief Justice | |
4th | Varahagiri Venkata Giri | 10-Aug-1894 | 24-Jun-1980 | 3-May-1969 to 20-Jul-1969 | – |
3rd | Dr Zakir Hussain | 08-Feb-1897 | 03-May-1969 | 13-May-1967 to 3-May-1969 | Worked as Vice-Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University |
2nd | Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan | 05-Sept-1888 | 17-Apr-1975 | 13-May-1962 to 13-May-1967 | Worked as Vice-Chancellor of BHU and Andhra University |
1st | Dr Rajendra Prasad | 03- Dec-1884 | 28-Feb-1963 | 26-Jan-1950 to 13-May-1962 | He was Freedom Fighter |
Duty of President of India
- The president of India is the common head of all independent constitutional entities, his primary duty to protect, preserve and defend the law of India
- President have the authority to dissolve the Lok Sabha
- The bills are discussed in the Parliament can become laws only after the approval of President
- Chief justice and other judges of the Supreme court of India appointed by President of India
- Ambassadors and High Commissioners to other countries, their list of names provided by Prime Minister of India but approved and appointed by President of India
- The Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioner also appointed by President
- Group A services like IAS, IPS, and IFoS are appointed by the president
- Without President consent, a money bill can not be introduced in the parliament
- All international treaties and agreement are signed, managed, negotiated and concluded by prime minister along with his cabinet on behalf of the president.
- The president is the supreme commander of armed forces, he has authority to declare and stop a war
President of India: 14 Interesting Facts
Under the list of president of India, we shared with you some known and unknown facts which you may find interesting
- Rashtrapati Bhavan was used to be called Viceroy’s House, Rashtrapati Bhavan is the official residence of the president of India. When Rajendra Prasad became the first president thereafter Viceroy’s House was renamed as Rashtrapati Bhavan.
- Rajendra Prasad was the first president of India and only the person who served the nation twice as a president.
- Dr Zakir Hussain was the 3rd president of India after his death in office, V V Giri became the first acting president of India in 1969
- After few months, V V Giri was elected with the majority and became the president, he is the only person who worked as both acting president and prseident.
- Zakir Husain and Fakhruddin Ali Ahmad were the two presidents who died during their incumbency period.
- Pratibha Patil, she was the 12th president of India, she is the only women who serve the position of president.
- Mohammad Hidayatulla was the only person who worked as Chief justice and Acting President both and also was the recipient of Order of British Empire.
- Neelam Sanjiva Reddy was the only president, who earlier used to be the first Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. And he also worked as speaker of Lok Sabha
- Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, he was the 11th President of India who worked as Scientist.
- Till yet there are the only four presidents who got “Bharat Ratna” – APJ Abdul Kalam in 1997, Zakir Hussain in 1963, Rajendra Prasad in 1962, S Radhakrishnan in 1954.
- Out of 16 Presidents, 6 presidents belonged to Congress and one from Janta Party.
- Out of 16 presidents, 5 Presidents was born on December
- Out of 16 President, 4 president death took place in June Month
- Out of 16 President, 10 president’s tenure started in the month “July”
source: (election commission of India, wikipedia.org)