List of Presidents of India

This is a list of the presidents of India who are also the commanders in chief of the Indian armed forces .

IndiaPresident of the Republic of India
#	image	Surname	Date of election	Taking office	Resignation	Political party
1		Rajendra Prasad (1884–1963)	May 2, 1952 and May 6, 1957	January 26, 1950 ^†	May 13, 1962		INC
2		S. Radhakrishnan (1888-1975)	May 7, 1962	May 13, 1962	May 13, 1967		independent
3		Zakir Hussain (1897-1969)	May 6, 1967	May 13, 1967	May 3, 1969 (deceased in office)		independent
-		VV Giri (1894–1980) (interim, previously Vice-President)		3rd May 1969	July 20, 1969 (resignation from office)		INC
-		Muhammad Hidayatullah (1905–1992) (acting; as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India )		20th July 1969	August 24, 1969		independent
4th		VV Giri (1894–1980)	16th August 1969	August 24, 1969	August 24, 1974		INC
5		Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905–1977)	17th August 1974	August 24, 1974	February 11, 1977 (deceased in office)		INC
-		BD Jatti (1912–2002) (interim, previously Vice President)		February 12, 1977	July 25, 1977		INC
6th		Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913-1996)	July 21, 1977	July 25, 1977	July 25, 1982		JNP
7th		Giani Zail Singh (1916-1994)	July 12, 1982	July 25, 1982	July 25, 1987		INC
8th		R. Venkataraman (1910-2009)	July 13, 1987	July 25, 1987	July 25, 1992		INC
9		Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918–1999)	July 24, 1992	July 25, 1992	July 25, 1997		INC
10		KR Narayanan (1920-2005)	July 14, 1997	July 25, 1997	July 25, 2002		independent
11		APJ Abdul Kalam (1931-2015)	July 15, 2002	July 25, 2002	July 25, 2007		independent
12		Pratibha Patil (* 1934)	July 19, 2007	July 25, 2007	July 25, 2012		INC
13		Pranab Mukherjee (* 1935)	19th July 2012	July 25, 2012	July 25, 2017		INC
14th		Ram Nath Kovind (* 1945)	17th July 2017	July 25, 2017	officiating		BJP