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List of Presidents of India

krishna murthy
Indian independence activist, lawyer and scholar Rajendra Prasad was the first President of India from 1950 to 1962.
Philosopher and statesman Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan served as the second President of India from 1962 to 1967.
Economist and politician Zakir Husain served as the third President of India from 13 May 1967 until his death on 3 May 1969.
Varahagiri Venkata Giri served as the President of India from 3 May, 1969 to 20 July, 1969 and 24 August, 1969 to 24 August, 1974
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed served as the 5th president of India from 1974 to 1977. He was the second Muslim President of India, and also the second President of India to die in office.
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy served as the President of India from 25 July 1977 to 25 July 1982.
Zail Singh was first Sikh to become the President of India, serving from 1982 to 1987.
Ramaswamy Venkataraman served as the President of India from 25 July, 1987 to 25 July, 1992.
Shankar Dayal Sharma was the ninth President of India between 25 July 1992 and 25 July 1997.
KR Narayanan was a diplomat, academician and politician who served as the tenth president of India (1997-2002) and ninth vice president of India (1992-1997).
APJ Abdul Kalam was an Indian aerospace scientist who served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007.
Pratibha Patil served as the 12th President of India from 25 July 2007 to July 2012 and was also the first and, to date, only female President of India.
Pranab Mukherjee served as the 13th President of India from 2012 until 2017. In a political career spanning five decades, Mukherjee was a senior leader in the Indian National Congress and occupied several ministerial portfolios in the Government of India
Ram Nath Kovind is currently serving as the 14th and current President of India since 25 July 2017. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is also the first person from Uttar Pradesh to serve as President of India.
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