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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 ...
The national president of the Indian National Congress is the chief executive of the Indian National Congress (INC), one of the principal political parties in India. [1] Constitutionally, the president is elected by an electoral college composed of members drawn from the Pradesh Congress Committees and members of the All India Congress ...
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 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.
Pages in category "Presidents of India" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Indian National Congress: 371 123 75.10% Jawaharlal Nehru 1962: Third: 55.42% Indian National Congress: 361 113 73.08% Jawaharlal Nehru (died in 1964) Indian National Congress: Lal Bahadur Shastri (1964-1966) 1967: Fourth: 520 61.04% Indian National Congress: 283 22 54.42% Indira Gandhi: 1971: Fifth: 518 55.27% Indian National Congress: 352 92 ...
In 1986, Lal Krishna Advani was sworn in as the party president and has been the longest serving president over three different periods. [4] [5] As of 2022, 11 people have served as the president of the BJP, including Rajnath Singh and Amit Shah who have also served two terms. J. P. Nadda is the most recent president, having been appointed in ...
List of national presidents of the Indian National Congress This page was last edited on 8 February 2015, at 18:51 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...