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The President of India is the head of state of the Republic of India. This is the list of individuals who were presidents of the republic.

Key

^†-Died in office
-Resigned

№	President (birth–death)	Portrait	Tenure		Elected	Political affiliation (at time of appointment)	Vice president
			Took office	Left office
1	Rajendra Prasad (1884–1963)		26 January 1950	13 May 1962	1952 1957	Indian National Congress	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
2	Sir Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888–1975)		13 May 1962	13 May 1967	1962	Independent	Zakir Husain
3	Zakir Husain (1897–1969)		13 May 1967	3 May 1969 (died in office.)	1967	Independent	V. V. Giri
4	V. V. Giri (1894–1980)		3 May 1969	20 July 1969	1969	Independent
5	Mohammad Hidayatullah (1905–1992)		20 July 1969	24 August 1969	1969	Independent
(4)	V. V. Giri (1894–1980)		24 August 1969	24 August 1973	1969	Independent	Gopal Swarup Pathak
–	Gopal Swarup Pathak (1896–1982)		24 August 1973	24 August 1973	–	Independent	Gopal Swarup Pathak
(4)	V. V. Giri (1894–1980)		24 August 1973	24 August 1974	–	Independent	Gopal Swarup Pathak
6	Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905–1977)		24 August 1974	11 February 1977 (died in office.)	1974	Indian National Congress	Gopal Swarup Pathak B. D. Jatti
7	B. D. Jatti (1912–2002)		11 February 1977	25 July 1977	—	Indian National Congress	B. D. Jatti
8	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913–1996)		25 July 1977	25 July 1982	1977	Janata Party	B. D. Jatti Mohammad Hidayatullah
9	Giani Zail Singh (1916–1994)		25 July 1982	25 July 1983	1982	Indian National Congress	Mohammad Hidayatullah
(5)	Mohammad Hidayatullah (1905–1992)		25 July 1983	25 July 1983	—	Indian National Congress
(9)	Giani Zail Singh (1916–1994)		25 July 1983	25 July 1984	—	Indian National Congress
(5)	Mohammad Hidayatullah (1905–1992)		25 July 1984	25 July 1984	—	Indian National Congress
(9)	Giani Zail Singh (1916–1994)		25 July 1984	25 July 1987	—	Indian National Congress	Ramaswamy Venkataraman
10	R. Venkataraman (1910–2009)		25 July 1987	25 July 1992	1987	Indian National Congress	Shankar Dayal Sharma
11	Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918–1999)		25 July 1992	25 July 1997	1992	Indian National Congress	K. R. Narayanan
12	K. R. Narayanan (1920–2005)		25 July 1997	25 July 2000	1997	Indian National Congress	Krishan Kant
–	Krishan Kant (1927–2002)		25 July 2000	25 July 2000	–	Indian National Congress	Krishan Kant
(12)	K. R. Narayanan (1920–2005)		25 July 2000	25 July 2002	–	Indian National Congress	Krishan Kant
13	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (1931–2015)		25 July 2002	25 July 2003	2002	Independent	Krishan Kant Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
–	Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (1923–2010)		25 July 2003	25 July 2003	–	Independent	Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
(13)	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (1931–2015)		25 July 2003	25 July 2007	–	Independent	Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
14	Pratibha Patil (1934–)		25 July 2007	25 July 2010	2007	Indian National Congress	Mohammad Hamid Ansari
–	Mohammad Hamid Ansari(1937–)		25 July 2010	25 July 2010	–	Indian National Congress
(14)	Pratibha Patil (1934–)		25 July 2010	25 July 2012	–	Indian National Congress
15	Pranab Mukherjee (1935–2020)		25 July 2012	25 July 2016	2012	Indian National Congress
–	Mohammad Hamid Ansari(1937–)		25 July 2016	25 July 2016	–	Indian National Congress	Mohammad Hamid Ansari
(15)	Pranab Mukherjee (1935–2020)		25 July 2016	25 July 2017	–	Indian National Congress	Mohammad Hamid Ansari
16	Ram Nath Kovind (1945–)		25 July 2017	25 July 2018	2017	Bharatiya Janata Party	Mohammad Hamid Ansari Venkaiah Naidu
_	M. Venkaiah Naidu (1949–)		25 July 2018	25 July 2018	–	Bharatiya Janata Party	Venkaiah Naidu
(16)	Ram Nath Kovind (1945–)		25 July 2018	25 July 2022	–	Bharatiya Janata Party	Venkaiah Naidu
17	Droupadi Murmu (1958-)		25 July 2022	11 August 2022	2022	Bharatiya Janata Party	Venkaiah Naidu Jagdeep Dhankhar
–	Jagdeep Dhankhar (1951–)		11 August 2022	11 August 2022	–	Bharatiya Janata Party	Jagdeep Dhankhar
17	Droupadi Murmu (1958-)		11 August 2022	Incumbent	–	Bharatiya Janata Party	Jagdeep Dhankhar

Timeline

• Official website of the President of India
• Rediff.com – Presidents of India
• The Hindu – A presidential poll in the coalition age Archived 2007-09-11 at the Wayback Machine
• Zee News: Former Presidents
• India-Gk: List of President of India Archived 2019-07-17 at the Wayback Machine