New Delhi: India will get its 14th President on Sunday. UPA candidate Pranab Mukherjee is the overwhelming favourite to take over the post. Opposition sponsored PA Sangma is also in the fray but unlikely to give a tough fight to Mukherjee.
Mukherjee will take over from Pratibha Patil, who took over as the President on July 25, 2007.
Here is a list of the former presidents of India:
Dr APJ Abdul Kalam (born - 1931)
Term of Office: July 25, 2007 - July 25, 2007
KR Narayanan (1920-2005)
Term of Office: July 25, 1997 - July 25, 2002
Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918-1999)
Term of Office: July 25, 1992 - July 25, 1997
R Venkataraman (1910-2009)
Term of Office: July 25, 1987 - July 25, 1992
Giani Zail Singh (1916-1994)
Term of Office: July 25, 1982 - July 25, 1987
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913-1996)
Term of Office: July 25, 1977 - July 25, 1982
Dr. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905-1977)
Term of Office: August 24, 1974 - February 11, 1977
Varahagiri Venkata Giri (1894-1980)
Term of Office: May 3, 1969 - July 20, 1969 and August 24, 1969 - August 24, 1974
Dr. Zakir Husain (1897-1969)
Term of Office: May 13, 1967 - May 3, 1969
Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975)
Term of Office: May 13, 1962 - May 13, 1967
Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963)
Term of Office: January 26, 1950 - May 13, 1962
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