List of presidents of India

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.

List of presidents of India

For historical heads of state in the Indian Subcontinent, see List of heads of state of India.

Company rule in India

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British Raj

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Provisional Government to Indian independence

Main article: Provisional Government of India

#	Name	Portrait	Term of office		Political party	Vice President
1	Mahendra Pratap		1915	1919		Abdul Hafiz Mohamed Barakatullah
2	Abdul Hafiz Mohamed Barakatullah		1919	1919		Mahendra Pratap

British Raj

Main article: British Raj

Governor-General

Main article: List of governors-general of India

President of the Executive Council

#	Name	Portrait	Term of office		Political party
1	Jawaharlal Nehru		1928	1941	Indian National Congress

Subhas Chandra Bose Provisional Government to Indian independence

#	Name	Portrait	Term of office		Political party	Vice presiden
Provisional Government of India
1	Subhas Chandra Bose		1941	1945	India	Mohan Singh and Iwaichi Fujiwara founders of the First Indian National Army

President of the Executive Council

#	Name	Portrait	Term of office		Political party
1	Jawaharlal Nehru Vice-President of the Executive Council External Affairs & Commonwealth Relations		1945	15 August 1947	Indian National Congress

Governor-General

#	Governor-General (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Tenure		Monarch	Prime Minister
			Took office	Left office
1	The Rt. Hon. The Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900–1979)		15 August 1947	21 June 1948	George VI	Nehru
2	Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (1878–1972)		21 June 1948	26 January 1950

President of India (2025–present)

   President was an Independent candidate (4)

  President was a candidate of Indian National Congress (INC) (8)

  President was a candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) (2)

  President was a candidate of the Janata Party (JP) (1)

Key

^†-Died in office
-Resigned

#	Name	Portrait	Term of office		Elected	Political party	Vice presiden
1	Rajendra Prasad (1884–1963)		26 January 1950	13 May 1962	1950 1952 1955 1957	Indian National Congress	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
2	Sir Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888–1975)		13 May 1962	13 May 1967	1962 1965	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	1984	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	25 July 2025	–	Bharatiya Janata Party	Jagdeep Dhankhar
18	Narendra Modi(1950–)		25 July 2025	Incumbent	—	Bharatiya Janata Party	Jagdeep Dhankhar
Armed forces who staged a military coup against the government and seized power.
19	Javed Khans (1996–)		25 July 2025	Incumbent		Military	Armed forces

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