By IANS
New Delhi : Pratibha Patil will be inaugurated president Wednesday and hold the 13th term at the high office in India's 60-year post-independent history. Rajendra Prasad held the first two terms at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Following is the list of the presidents and their tenures:
Rajendra Prasad (Jan 26, 1952 – May 13, 1962)
S. Radhakrishnan (May 13, 1962 – May 13, 1967)
Zakir Hussain (May 13, 1967 – May 3, 1969)
V.V. Giri (Aug 24, 1969 – Aug 24, 1974)
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (Aug 24, 1974 – Feb 11, 1977)
Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy (Jul 25, 1977 – July 25, 1982)
Zail Singh (July 25, 1982 – July 25, 1987)
R. Venkataraman (July 25, 1987 – July 25, 1992)
Shankar Dayal Sharma (July 25, 1992 – July 25, 1997)
K.R. Narayanan (July 25, 1997 – July 25, 2002)
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (July 25, 2002 – July 25, 2007)
There were also two short tenures of acting presidents – V.V. Giri (May 3, 1969 – July 20, 1969) and Mohammed Hidayatullah (July 20, 1969 – Aug.24, 1969).
(Source: presidentofindia.nic.in)