President of India
Name	Pranab Mukherjee
Position Held	President of India
Preceded by	Pratibha Patil
Date of Birth	Dec 11, 1935
Place of Birth	Mirati, British India
Qualifications	MA degree in political science and history and also an LL.B degree from the department of law of the University of Calcutta
Religion	Hindu
Spouse name	Suvra Mukherjee
Assumed office	Jul 25, 2012
Children	2 sons 1 daughter

 

 

President of India

The president is elected by the members of the both the Houses of the Parliament and State Legislature. Any Indian City above the age of 35 years is eligible. The term of President of India is five years but a reelection is conducted if the President resigns or dies before the completion of his term. Moreover he should be a part of any of the both Houses of the Parliament or should not hold any office of profit. The vice president, as well as ministers of all the state and Union Territories are eligible for contesting for the post of president. In normal case vice president becomes the president of India by the support of members of both the Houses of Parliament.

List of Presidents of India

President No.	Name	Took office	Left office	Profiles
1	Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963)	26th January 1950	13th May 1962	First President of the Republic of India and a member of the Indian National Congress.
2	Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975)	13th May 1962	13th May 1967	Second President of India and the reason why Teacher’s Day is celebrated every year on 5th September.
3	Dr. Zakir Hussain (1897-1969)	13th May 1967	3rd May 1969	Third President of India and the country’s first Muslim President.
	Mohammad Hidayatullah (1905-1992)	20th July 1969	24th August 1969	Hidayatullah served as Acting President of India until the election of Giri as the President of India.
	Varahagiri Venkata Giri (1894-1980)	3rd May 1967	20th July 1969	Giri was the Acting President of India following the death of Hussain. However he resigned in a few months to take part in the presidential elections.
4	Varahagiri Venkata Giri (1894-1980)	24th August 1969	24th August 1974	Fourth President of India belonging to a Telugu Brahmin family residing in Andhra Pradesh.
5	Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905-1977)	24th August 1974	11th February 1977	Fifth President of the Republic of India and an active member of the Indian National Congress.
	Basappa Danappa Jatti (1912-2002)	11th February 1977	25th July 1977	Jatti was sworn in as Acting President of India upon Ahmed’s death. He earlier was the Chief Minister for the State of Mysore.
6	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913-1996)	25th July 1977	25th July 1982	Sixth President of India and the only person to be elected as the president of India unopposed.
7	Giani Zail Singh (1916-1994)	25th July 1982	25th July 1987	Seventh President of India and a member of the Indian National Congress and a sikh by religion.
8	Ramaswamy Venkataraman (1910-2009)	25th July 1987	25th July 1992	Eightth President of India and an indian lawyer and politician by profession.
9	Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918-1999)	25th July 1992	25th July 1997	Ninth President of the Republic of India and a member of the Indian National Congress.
10	Kocheril Raman Narayanan (1920-2005)	25th July 1997	25th July 2002	Tenth President of the Republic of India and one of “the best diplomat of the country”.
11	Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (born on 1931)	25th July 2002	25th July 2007	Eleventh President of India and an extremely talented scientist who has worked in organizations such as DRDO and ISRO.
12	Pratibha Patil (born on 1934)	25th July 2007	25th July 2012	Twelfth President of India and the first women to hold the post.
13	Pranab Mukherjee (born on 1935)	25th July 2012	Incumbent	Thirteenth President of India and a senior leader of the Indian National Congress.