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There have been 15 presidents of India since the post was established when India was declared as a republic with the adoption of the Indian constitution in 1950. [4] Apart from these fifteen, three acting presidents have also been in office for short periods of time. V. V. Giri became the acting president in 1969 after Zakir Husain died in ...
Sonia Gandhi is the longest serving president of the party, having held the office for over twenty years from 1998 to 2017 and from 2019 to 2022. The latest election of president was held on 17 October 2022, [12] in which Mallikarjun Kharge became the new president defeating Shashi Tharoor in the 2022 Indian National Congress presidential ...
Since 1947, India has had 14 prime ministers. [a] Jawaharlal Nehru was India's first prime minister, serving as prime minister of the Dominion of India from 15 August 1947 until 26 January 1950, and thereafter of the Republic of India until his death in May 1964. (India conducted its first post-independence general elections in 1952).
(born 1950) President of Guyana: Head of state, Head of government Guyana: 3 December 2011 16 May 2015 3 years, 164 days Caria Caria, British Guiana: Indo-Guyanese of Bhojpuri descent [36] [37] 21 Kailash Purryag (born 1947) President of Mauritius: Head of state Mauritius: 21 July 2012 29 May 2015 2 years, 312 days Camp Fouquereaux, British ...
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. Droupadi Murmu is the 15th and current president, having taken office on 25 July 2022.
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.
The constitution adopted in 1950 made India a democratic republic with Westminster style parliamentary system of government, both at federal and state level respectively. The democracy has been sustained since then. India's sustained democratic freedoms are unique among the world's newly independent states. [2]
Indian National Congress: Incumbent Ruling Party MLAS Defected To Congress: 23. 31 March 1983 Meghalaya: B. B. Lyngdoh: All Party Hill Leaders Conference: Williamson A. Sangma: Indian National Congress: Incumbent Ruling Party MLAS Defected To Congress: 24. 24 June 1983 Puducherry: M. D. R. Ramachandran: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam: President's rule