Month: January 2024

The Vice-President of India is the second highest constitutional office in the country. He serves for a five-year term , but can continue to be in office , irrespective of the expiry of the term , until the successor assumes office . The Vice-President is the ex-officio Chairperson of the Council of States [ Rajya Sabha ] . The Vice-President acts as President, during casual vacancy in the office of the President by reason of death, resignation or removal or otherwise, until a new President is elected

There have been 14 Vice-Presidents of India since the inception of the post in 1950 . Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was the first Vice-President of India. He took oath at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 13 May 1952 . Krishan Kant is the first and only Vice-President to die in office

Article 63 : The Office of the Vice- President

Article 64 : The Vice-President as Chairperson [ ex-officio ] of the Rajya Sabha

Article 65 : The Vice-President as Acting President of India

List of Vice-Presidents of India

	Sarvepalli RadhaKrishnan [ 13 May 1952 – 12 May 1957 ] 13 May 1957 – 12 May 1962
	Zakir Hussain [ 13 May 1962 – 12 May 1967 ]
	V.V. Giri [ 13 May 1967 – 3 May 1969 ]
	Gopal Swarup Pathak [ 31 August 1969 – 30 August 1974 ]
	B.D. Jatti [ 31 August 1974 – 30 August 1979 ]
	Mohammad Hidayatullah [ 31 August 1979 – 30 August 1984 ]
	R Ventakaraman [ 31 August 1984 – 24 July 1987 ]
	Shankar Dayal Sharma [ 3 September 1987 – 24 July 1992 ]
	K.R. Narayan [ 21 August 1992 – 24 July 1997 ]
	Krishan Kant [ 21 August 1997 – 27 July 2002 ]
	Bhairon Singh Shekhawat [ 19 August 2002 – 21 July 2007 ]
	Mohammad Hamid Ansari [ 11 August 2007 – 11 August 2012 ] 11 August 2012 – 11 August 2017
	M Venkaiah Naidu [ 11 August 2017 – 11 August 2022 ]
	Jagdeep Dhankhar [ 11 August 2022 – incumbent

The President is the Head of the State in India . He or she is the first citizen of the country. Article 52 of the Indian Consitution states that there shall be a President of India and as per Article 53 , all the executive powers of the Union shall be executed by him or her either directly or through officers subordinates to him. 

On 26 November 1949, the Constitution of India was adopted and came into force on 26 January 1950 and Rajendra Prasad was elected as the first President of India . There have been 15 Presidents of India . Apart from these 15 , 3 acting Presidents have also been in office for short periods of time . Zakir Hussain and Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed are the only two Presiddent died while in office

Acting Presidents of India

VV Giri	3 May 1969 – 20 July 1969
M Hidayatullah	20 July 1969 – 24 August 1969
BD Jatti	11 February 1977 – 25 July 1977

List of Presidents of India

	Rajendra Prasad [ 13 May 1952 – May 1957 ] 13 May 1957 – 13 May 1962
	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan [ 13 May 1962 – 13 May 1967 ]
	Zakir Hussain [ 13 May 1967 – 3 May 1969 ]
	V V Giri [ 3 May 1969 – 20 July 1969 ] 24 August 1969 – 24 August 1974
	Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed [ 24 August 1974 – 11 February 1977 ]
	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy [ 25 July 1977 – 25 July 1982 ]
	Giani Zail Singh [ 25 July 1982 – 25 July 1987 ]
	Ramaswamy Venkataraman [ 25 July 1987 – 25 July 1992 ]
	Shankar Dayal Sharma [ 25 July 1992 – 25 July 1997 ]
	KR Narayanan [ 25 July 1997 – 25 July 2002 ]
	Dr APJ Abdul Kalam [ 25 July 2002 – 25 July 2007 ]
	Pratibha Patil [ 25 July 2007 – 25 July 2012 ]
	Pranab Mukherjee [ 25 July 2012 – 25 July 2017 ]
	Ram Nath Kovind [ 25 July 2017 – 25 July 2022 ]
	Draupadi Murmu [ 25 July 2022 – incumbent