Question

Collect pictures and information of India’s Presidents since independence.

Answer 1

India got independence on 15^th August 1947 from British rule. Since then, there have been 14 presidents. Following is the chronological list of Presidents of India:

1. Rajendra Prasad (elected in 1952 and 1957):
   
   He was the first President of independent India and also the longest-serving President. He was a freedom fighter also during the Indian independence movement.
   
2. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (elected in 1962):
   
   He was a prominent philosopher and writer and also received the Bharat Ratna award in 1954 before becoming president. He was the first president from south India.
   
3. Zakir Hussain (elected in 1967):
   
   Husain was vice chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University and a recipient of Padma Vibhushan and Bharat Ratna. He died in office, the first to do so. He was also the first Muslim President.
   
4. Varahagiri Venkata Giri:
   
   Following the death of President Zakir Husain, Giri was appointed as acting president.
   
5. Mohammad Hidayatullah (elected in 1969):
   
   He served as acting president until the election of Giri as the President of India. He has also served as the chief justice of India.
   
6. Varahgiri Venkata Giri (elected in 1969):
   
   He was the first person to have served as both an acting president and President of India. He was a recipient of Bharat Ratna.
   
7. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (Elected in 1974):
   
   He was the second Indian President to die in office. He was a minister before being elected president.
   
8. Basappa Danappapa Jatti (elected in 1977):
   He was the vice president of India during Ahmed's term of office and was sworn in as acting president upon Ahmed's death.
   
9. Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy (elected in 1977):
   
   He was the first chief minister of Andhra Pradesh and unanimously elected speaker of the Lok Sabha.
   
10. Zail Singh (elected in 1982):
    
    He was the chief minister of Punjab and he became Union Home Minister. He was also secretary general of the Non-Alignment Movement.
    
11. Ramaswamy Venkataraman (elected in 1987):
    
    He was jailed by the British for his involvement in the Indian Independence Movement. After his release, he was elected to independent India’s Provisional Parliament as a member of the Congress Party in 1950 and eventually joined the central government.
    
12. Shankar Dayal Sharma (elected in 1992):
    
    Sharma was the CM of Madhya Pradesh and the Indian Minister for Communications.
    
13. Kocher Raman Narayanan:
    
    He served as India's ambassador to Thailand, Turkey, China and the United States of America. He was the first Dalit president. He also received doctorates in science and law.
    
14. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (elected in 2002):
    
    He was an educator and engineer who played a leading role in the development of India's ballistic missile and nuclear weapons programs.He also received the Bharat Ratna.
    
15. Pratibha Patil (elected in 2007):
    
    She was also the first female governor of Rajasthan
    

16. Pranab Mukherjee (elected in 2012):
    
    He held various posts as cabinet minister for the Government of India, such as Finance Minister, Foreign Minister, and Defense Minister.
    

17. Ram Nath Kovind (elected in 2017):
    
    He was governor of Bihar from 2015 to 2017 and a Member of Parliament from 1994 to 2006. He is the second Dalit President after K. R. Narayanan and has been an active member of the RSS since his youth.