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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.
This is a timeline of Indian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in India and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of India. Also see the list of governors-general of India, list of prime ministers of India and list of years in India.
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.
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 ...
1 January – India asks Soviet Union for troop withdrawal from Afghanistan. [3] Indira Gandhi the first female Prime Minister of India is returned to the office a second time. 14 January – Indira Gandhi returned to power. [4] 5 April - Bharatiya Janata Party was formed. [5] 23 June – Sanjay Gandhi is killed in a plane crash near Safdarjung ...
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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).
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. ... For Lists of rulers of India, see: ... List of presidents of India (1950–present) List of prime ministers of India