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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.
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.
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.
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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
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 from 25 July 2022.
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 ...
List of years in India Timeline of Indian history: Events in the year 1918 in India. ... 19 August – Shankar Dayal Sharma, 9th president of India (died 1999) [2]