The President of India is the head of the state and the Indian Armed Forces. But most of the decisions are made based on the recommendation of the Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers elected by the people of India. Below, is the list of the Presidents of India from 1950 to the Present. No.NameTerm of OfficeImportance1Rajendra Prasad1950 - 19622S. Radhakrishnan1962 - 19673Zakir Husain1967 - 1969The first Indian President to die in officeV. V. Giri1969First VP became President of IndiaMohammad Hidayatullah1969Served as Chief Justice of India (CJI), Vice President of India (VP) and President of India4V. V. Giri1969 - 19745Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed1974 - 1977President during National EmergencyB. D. Jatti19776Neelam Sanjiva Reddy1977 - 19827Zail Singh1982 - 19878R. Venkataraman1987 - 19929Shankar Dayal Sharma1992 - 199710K. R. Narayanan1997 - 2002First Malayali became president of India11A. P. J. Abdul Kalam2002 - 2007Known as "People's President"12Pratibha Patil2007 - 2012First women president of India13Pranab Mukherjee2012 - 201714Ram Nath Kovind2017 - 202215Droupadi Murmu2022 - IncumbentFirst tribal to be elected as President of India
