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 Former Presidents of India
Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963)
In Office: 26 January 1950 thru 13 May 1962
Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975)
In Office: 13 May 1962 thru 13 May 1967
Dr. Zakir Husain (1897-1969)
In Office: 13 May 1967 thru 3 May 1969
Sh. Varahagiri Venkata Giri (1894-1980)
In Office: 3 May 1969 thru 20 July 1969 & 24 August 1969 thru 24 August 1974
Dr. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905-1977)
In Office: 24 August 1974 thru 11 February 1977
Sh. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913-1996)
In Office: 25 July 1977 thru 25 July 1982
Giani Zail Singh (1916-1994)
In Office: 25 July 1982 thru 25 July 1987
Sh. Ramaswamy Venkataraman (1910-2009)
In Office: 25 July 1987 thru 25 July 1992
Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918-1999)
In Office: 25 July 1992 thru 25 July 1997
Sh. Kocheril Raman Narayanan (1920-2005)
In Office: 25 July 1997 thru 25 July 2002
Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (1931-2015)
In Office: 25 July 2002 thru 25 July 2007
Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil (born 1934)
In Office: 25 July 2007 thru 25 July 2012
Sh. Pranab Mukherjee (1935-2020)
In Office: 25 July 2012 thru 25 July 2017
Shri Ram Nath Kovind (born 1945)
In Office: 25 July 2017 thru 25 July 2022

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India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grand mother of tradition. Our most valuable and most artistic materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only!
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