Presidents of India

Q.  Which of the following have acted as acting Presidents of India?

1) Dr. Zakir Husain.
2) Justice Mohammad Hidayatullah.
3) Varahagiri Venkatagiri.

- Published on 28 Feb 17

a. 1, 2
b. 1, 3
c. 2, 3
d. All of the above

ANSWER: 2, 3
 
    Former Presidents are -

    1. Dr. Rajendra Prasad - 1950– 1962.

    2. Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan - 1962–1967.

    3. Dr. Zakir Husain - 1967-1969 (Died).

    4. Varahagiri Venkatagiri - 1969-1969 (Acting).

    5. Justice Mohammad Hidayatullah - 1969-1969 (Acting).

    6. Varahagiri Venkatagiri - 1969-1974.

    7. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed - 1974-1977 (Died).

    8. B.D. Jatti - 1977-1977 (Acting).

    9. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy - 1977-1982.

    10. Giani Zail Singh - 1982-1987.

    11. R. Venkataraman - 1987-1992.

    12. Dr. Shanker Dayal Sharma - 1992-1997.

    13. K.R. Narayanan - 1997-2002.

    14. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam - 2002-2007.

    15. Smt. Pratibha Patil - 2007-2012.

    16. Pranab Mukherjee - 2012-till date.

  • The current President is Pranab Mukherjee who is the 13th President of India.

  • The ex-president, Pratibha Patil, who was in office till July 2012, was elected as the 12th President of India in 2007.

  • She is also the first woman to serve as President of India.

  • 7 presidents have been members of a political party before being elected.

  • 6 of these were active party members of the Indian National Congress.

  • The Janata Party has had one member, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, who later became president.

  • Two presidents, Zakir Hussain and Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, have died in office.

  • Their vice-presidents functioned as acting president until a new president was elected.

  • Following Hussain's death, two acting presidents held office until the new president, Varahagiri Venkata Giri, was elected.

  • Varahagiri Venkata Giri himself, Hussain's vice president, was the first acting president.

  • When Giri resigned to take part in the presidential elections, he was superseded by Muhammad Hidayatullah as acting president.

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