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Top left: Rajendra Prasad was the first and longest-serving President of India. Top right: Zakir Husain was the first from a minority religion to become President of India. Bottom left: Pratibha Patil was the first female President of India. Bottom right: Droupadi Murmu is the current President and the first President from the tribal community.
The current head of state of India is Droupadi Murmu, elected in 2022 after being nominated by the National Democratic Alliance. From 1947 to 1950, the head of state under the Indian Independence Act 1947 was King of India , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] who was also the monarch of the United Kingdom and of the other Dominions of the British Commonwealth .
25 July 2017: Ram Nath Kovind (NDA) took oath as 17th President of India. 26 July 2017: Nitish Kumar resigned as Chief Minister of Bihar due to differences with the coalition partner, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), following the naming of Tejashwi Yadav , the Deputy Chief Minister and RJD member, in a corruption-based First Information Report by ...
The president of India (ISO: Bhārata kē Rāṣṭrapati) is the head of state of the Republic of India.The president is the nominal head of the executive, [a] the first citizen of the country, as well as the supreme commander of the Indian Armed Forces.
Communist Party of India (Marxist) [42] [43] Vangaveeti Mohana Ranga: 1988 Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh: MLA: Indian National Congress [44] Hit Abhilashi: Punjab: Punjab wing president, former state minister, and former MLA: Bharatiya Janata Party: Sikh militants [45] Khushi Ram Sharma Punjab wing vice-president Khalistan Liberation Force (Sikh ...
India's largest-ever rural jobs scheme is launched, aimed at lifting around 60 million families out of poverty. March: US and India sign a nuclear agreement during a visit by US President George W. Bush. The US gives India access to civilian nuclear technology while India agrees to greater scrutiny for its nuclear programme. 2007: February
The 17th Lok Sabha was formed by the members elected in the 2019 Indian general election. [1] Elections, all across India, were conducted in seven phases from 11 April 2019 to 19 May 2019 by the Election Commission of India. Counting started officially on the morning of 23 May 2019 and the results were declared on the same day.
The 2017 presidential election was held in India on 17 July 2017 with the votes counted and the results announced on 20 July 2017.President Pranab Mukherjee, whose term of office was due to expire on 24 July 2017, [2] declined to seek re-election due to health concerns and old age.