LIST OF PRESIDENT OF INDIA(1947-2013)

NO	PHOTO	NAME	TOOKOFFICE	LEFTOFFICE	POLITICAL PARTY	NOTES
1		Rajendra Prasad	26-Jan-1950	13-May-1962	Indian National Congress	Prasad was the first President of independent India. He was also an independence activist of the Indian Independence Movement. he also had the longest tenure(12 year).
2		Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan	13-May-1962	13-May-1967	Independent	Radhakrishnan was a prominent philosopher, writer, a Knight of the Realm and also held the position of vice chancellor of the Andhra University and Banaras Hindu University. Hewas also made a Knight of the Golden Army of Angels by Pope Paul VI.
3		Zakir Hussain	13-May-1967	3-May-1969	Independent	Hussain was vice chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University and a recipient of Padma Vibhushan and Bharat Ratna. He died before his term of office was ended.shortest tenure, first muslim president.
3		Varahagiri Venkata Giri *	3-May-1969	20-Jul-1969	Independent	Giri was appointed as acting president following the death of Hussain. He resigned in a few months to take partin the presidential elections.
3		Muhammad Hidayatullah *	20-Jul-1969	24-Aug-1969	Independent	Hidayatullah served as the Chief Justice of India, and was a recipient of the Order of the British Empire. He served as acting president until the election of Giri as the President of India.
		V.V GIRI	24-August-1969	24-August-1974	Independent
		Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed	24-August-1974	11-February-1977	Indian National Congress	Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed served as a Minister before being elected as president. He died in 1977 before his term of office ended, and was the second Indian president to die in office.
		Basappa Danappa Jatti	11-February-1977	25-July-1977	Indian National Congress	Acting resident
6		Neelam Sanjiva Reddy	25-July-1977	25-July-1982	Janata Party	Youngest President(64 year)
7		Giani Zail Singh	25-July-1982	25-July-1987	Indian National Congress	First Sikh President.
8		Ramaswamy Venkataraman	25-July-1987	25-July-1992	Indian National Congress	Oldest President(76 Year).
9		Shankar Dayal Sharma	25-July-1992	25-July-1997	Indian National Congress
10		Kocheril Raman Narayanan	25-July-1997	25-July-2002	Indian National Congress	First Dalit President
11		Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam	25-July-2002	25-July-2007	Independent	First Scientist to become President
12		Pratibha Patil	25-July-2007	25-July-2012	Indian National Congress	First Woman President
13		Pranab Mukherjee	25-July-2012	Till Date	Indian National Congress