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This list is numbered based on presidents elected after winning an Indian presidential election. The terms of V. V. Giri, Mohammad Hidayatullah and B. D. Jatti, who served as acting president are therefore not numbered or counted as actual terms in office. The president of India does not represent any political party.
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.
Malaysian Indian of Malayali descent [4] [5] 10 May 2018 1 March 2020: 4 Devan Nair (1923–2005) President of Singapore: Head of state Singapore: 23 October 1981 27 March 1985 3 years, 155 days Jasin, Malacca, Straits Settlements: Indian Singaporean of Malayali descent [6] [7] 5 Fred Ramdat Misier (1926–2004) President of Suriname: Head of ...
The Indian government's chief legal adviser, Attorney-General for India, is appointed by the president of India under Article 76(1) and holds office during the pleasure of the president. If the president considers a question of law or a matter of public importance has arisen, they can also ask for the advisory opinion of the supreme court per ...
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 ...
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 ...
President John Quincy Adams brought an enviable personal biography (son of the second president) and an excellent résumé (successful diplomat) to his tenure as the sixth president, but that hasn ...
The Interim Government of India was formed on 2 September 1946 from the newly elected Constituent Assembly. The Indian National Congress held a large majority in the Assembly, with 69 percent of all of the seats, while the Muslim League held almost all of the seats reserved in the Assembly for Muslims.