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 |