13 President of India

List of President of India(1947 - 2012)

No.   Name                                    Time Period            Party  

1          Dr. Rajendra Prasad                            Jan. 26,1950 – May 13, 1962  Indian National Congress

2          Dr. S. Radhakrishnan                          May 13,1962 – May 13,1967  Independent
3          Dr. Zakir Hussain                                May 13,1967- Aug 24,1969   Independent
4          Shri Varahagiri Venkata Giri               Aug 24,1969-Aug 24,1974     Independent
5          Shri Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed               Aug24,1974-Feb11,1977        Indian National Congress
6          Shri Neelam Sanjiva Reddy                 July25,1977-July25,1982       Janta Party
7          Shri Giani Zail Singh                          July25,1982–July25,1987     Indian National Congress
8          Shri R. Venkataraman                         July25,1987-July25,1992      Indian National Congress
9          Dr.Sankar Dayal Sharma                     July25,1992-July25,1997     Indian National Congress
10        Shri K R Narayanan                             July25,1997-July25,2002      Independent
11        Dr. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam                         July25,2002 -July25,2007     Independent
12        Smt.Pratibha PATIL                             July 25,2007-July25,2012     Indian National Congress
13        Shri Pranab Mukherjee                         July 25,2012-till now            Congress

Rajendra Prasad

 Rajendra Prasad

Rajendra Prasad was born and brought up in Siwan, Bihar in East India.Rajendra Prasad served in various educational institutions as a teacher. After completing his MA in economics, he became a professor of English at the Bhumihar Brahman College in Muzaffarpur, Bihar and went on to become the principal. In the year 1916, he joined the High Court of Bihar and Orissa. Later in the year 1917, he was appointed as one of the first members of the Senate and Syndicate of the Patna University. He also used to practice law at Bhagalpur, the famous silk-town of Bihar.He was the first president of India..