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Who is the First President of India? Check First President of India

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The first president of India was Dr. Rajendra Prasad. Check the list of all the President of India from 1950 to 2022.
Name Tenure Description
Rajendra Prasad 13 May 1952 – 13 May 1957 13 May 1957 – 13 May 1962
  • He was elected twice as the president
  • He was also the president of the constituent assembly before being elected for this post.
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 13 May 1962 – 13 May 1967
  • Radhakrishnan was a prominent philosopher and writer.
  • He also held the position of vice-chancellor of the Andhra University and Banaras Hindu University.
Zakir Hussain 13 May 1967 – 3 May 1969
  • He was the recipient of Padma Vibhushan and Bharat Ratna.
  • He was the shortest-serving president and passed away in office.
Varahagiri Venkata Giri 3 May 1969 – 20 July 1969 24 August 1969 – 24 August 1974
  • He was elected Vice President of India in 1967.
  • He served as the president for a short term due to the sudden death of Zakir Hussain in office.
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed 24 August 1974 – 11 February 1977
  • He was the president during Emergency.
  • He was the second president who died in office.
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy 25 July 1977 – 25 July 1982
  • He was the first Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.
  • He became the youngest President who occupied Rashtrapati Bhavan and contested twice for the post of president.
Zail Singh 25 July 1982 – 25 July 1987
  • He was the Chief Minister of Punjab and the Union Home Minister
Ramaswamy Venkataraman 25 July 1987 – 25 July 1992
  • He is a receiver of “Tamra Patra” for his contributions to India’s freedom struggle.
Shankar Dayal Sharma 25 July 1992 – 25 July 1997
  • He was Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh and the Indian Minister for Communications.
Kocheril Raman Narayanan 25 July 1997 – 25 July 2002
  • He served as India’s ambassador to Thailand, Turkey, China and the United States of America.
Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam 25 July 2002 – 25 July 2007
  • He played a leading role in the development of India’s ballistic missile and nuclear weapons programs.
  • He was also a Bharat Ratna recipient.
Pratibha Patil 25 July 2007 – 25 July 2012
  • She was the first woman president of India.
Pranab Mukherjee 25 July – 25 July 2017
  • He was awarded the best Parliamentary Award in 1997.
  • He also received Padma Vibhushan in 2008
Ram Nath Kovind 25 July 2017 – 25 July 2022
  • He served as the Governor of Bihar.
Draupadi Murmu 25 July 2022 – Incumbent
  • She has served as the governor of Jharkhand previously.

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