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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 youngest President and the first President from a tribal community.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 18 January 2025. 2009 Indian general election ← 2004 16 April 2009 – 13 May 2009 (2009-05-13) 2014 → ← outgoing members elected members → 543 of the 545 seats in the Lok Sabha 272 seats needed for a majority Registered 716,985,101 Turnout 58.21% (0.14 pp) First party Second party Third party ...
3 July – Three people die and over a dozen are injured in riots after a dead pig is thrown into an under-construction mosque in Mysore, India. [21] Manmohan Singh with American President Barack Obama at the White House, 24 November 2009. 5 July – At least eight people die in blasts at two explosives factories in Madhya Pradesh. [22]
President Patil addressing the Indians on the eve of Independence Day, 2007 President Patil and her husband with the Queen and Prince Philip at Windsor Castle, 2009. Patil's term as the President of India saw various controversies and is widely considered as lackluster. [26] She commuted death sentences of 35 petitioners to life, a record ...
2 President of India (1950–present) 3 Standards. 4 Notes. 5 References. ... (1910–2009) 1987: 25 July 1987 25 July 1992 Indian National Congress: R. Gandhi V. P ...
The election of the President of India is an indirect election in which electoral college consisting of the elected members of both houses of parliament (M.P.s), the elected members of the state legislative assemblies (Vidhan Sabhas) of all states and the elected members of the legislative assemblies (MLAs) of union territories with legislatures, i.e., National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi ...
The First Manmohan Singh ministry was the first Union Council of Ministers of India under the Prime Ministership of Manmohan Singh.It was formed after the 2004 Indian general election held in four phases during 20 April – 10 May 2004, to elect the 14th Lok Sabha, and it functioned from 2004 to May 2009. [3]
The Indian National Congress (INC) is one of the two major political parties in India. The prominent members of the party are the president Sonia Gandhi, vice-president Rahul Gandhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. INC took part in the elections alongside other members of the United Progressive Alliance. [1]