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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 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.
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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 .
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Download as PDF; Printable version ... President of India; Droupadi ... Elections in the Republic of India in 1969 included elections to six state legislative ...
Constitutional law of India. Prentice-Hall of India. ISBN 0-87692-679-0. Noorani, A.G. (2002). Constitutional Questions in India: The President, Parliament and the States. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-565877-9. Sharma, Brij Kishore (2007). Introduction to the Constitution of India. PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd. p. 8120332466. ISBN 978-81-203-3246-1
The constitution replaced the Government of India Act 1935 as the country's fundamental governing document, and the Dominion of India became the Republic of India. To ensure constitutional autochthony, its framers repealed prior acts of the British parliament in Article 395. [7] India celebrates its constitution on 26 January as Republic Day. [8]