President
|
Date of
inauguration |
End of term
|
Length of
retirement |
Date of death
|
|
1
|
Rajendra Prasad
|
26 January 1950
|
13 May 1962
|
291 days
|
28 February 1963
|
2
|
Sarvepalli
Radhakrishnan
|
13 May 1962
|
13 May 1967
|
2,896 days
|
17 April 1975
|
3
|
Zakir Hussain
|
13 May 1967
|
3 May 1969
|
N/A[1]
|
3 May 1969
|
4
|
V.V. Giri
|
24 August 1969
|
24 August 1974
|
2,130 days
|
23 June 1980
|
5
|
Fakhruddin Ahmed
|
24 August 1974
|
11 February 1977
|
N/A
|
11 February 1977
|
6
|
Neelam Reddy
|
25 July 1977
|
25 July 1982
|
5,060 days
|
1 June 1996
|
7
|
Zail Singh
|
25 July 1982
|
25 July 1987
|
2,710 days
|
25 December 1994
|
8
|
Ramaswamy
Venkataraman
|
25 July 1987
|
25 July 1992
|
6,030 days
|
27 January 2009
|
9
|
Shankar Dayal
Sharma
|
25 July 1992
|
25 July 1997
|
884 days
|
26 December 1999
|
10
|
K.R. Narayanan
|
25 July 1997
|
25 July 2002
|
1,203 days
|
9 November 2005
|
11
|
A. P. J. Abdul
Kalam
|
25 July 2002
|
25 July 2007
|
2,924 days
|
27 July 2015
|
12
|
Pratibha Patil
|
25 July 2007
|
25 July 2012
|
1,256 days
|
|
13
|
Pranab Mukherjee
|
25 July 2012
|
Incumbent
|
Incumbent
|