List of presidents of India by longevity

This is a list of presidents of India by longevity. This table can be sorted to display the presidents by name, order of office, date of birth, age at inauguration, length of retirement, or lifespan.

Two measures of longevity are given; this is to allow for the differing number of leap days occurring within the life of each President. The first figure is the number of days between date of birth and date of death, allowing for leap days; in parentheses the same period given in years and days, with the years being the number of whole years the President lived, and the days being the remaining number of days after his last birthday. Where the president in question is still living, the longevity is calculated up to 1 February 2021.

Overview

All presidents of independent India so far have been aged over 60 when they assumed office. The median age of accession is roughly 71 years and 8 months, which falls between Prathiba Patil and A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. The youngest President to assume office was Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, who was inaugurated at the age of 64 years, 67 days. The oldest President to assume office was K. R. Narayanan, who was inaugurated at the age of 77.

The longest-lived president was Ramaswamy Venkataraman, who died at the age of 98 years, 54 days. The shortest-lived president was Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, who died at the age of 71 years, 274 days.

Indian President's ages

  Living
  Currently in Office


 President
 Date of birth
 Date of
inauguration		 Age at
inauguration		 End of term Length of
retirement		 Date of death
 Lifespan
1 Rajendra Prasad (1884-12-03)3 December 1884 26 January 1950 (1950-01-26) 65 years, 54 days 13 May 1962 (1962-05-13) 291 days (1963-02-28)28 February 1963 28,575 days (78 years, 87 days)
2 Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-09-05)5 September 1888 13 May 1962 (1962-05-13) 73 years, 250 days 13 May 1967 (1967-05-13) 2,896 days (1975-04-17)17 April 1975 31,634 days (86 years, 224 days)
3 Zakir Husain (1897-02-08)8 February 1897 13 May 1967 (1967-05-13) 70 years, 94 days 3 May 1969 (1969-05-03) N/A[1] (1969-05-03)3 May 1969 26,381 days (72 years, 84 days)
4 V. V. Giri (1894-08-10)10 August 1894 24 August 1969 (1969-08-24) 75 years, 14 days 24 August 1974 (1974-08-24) 2,130 days (1980-06-23)23 June 1980 31,363 days (85 years, 318 days)
5 Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905-05-13)13 May 1905 24 August 1974 (1974-08-24) 69 years, 103 days 11 February 1977 (1977-02-11) N/A[1] (1977-02-11)11 February 1977 26,207 days (71 years, 274 days)
6 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913-05-19)19 May 1913 25 July 1977 (1977-07-25) 64 years, 67 days 25 July 1982 (1982-07-25) 5,060 days (1996-06-01)1 June 1996 30,329 days (83 years, 13 days)
7 Zail Singh (1916-05-05)5 May 1916 25 July 1982 (1982-07-25) 66 years, 81 days 25 July 1987 (1987-07-25) 2,710 days (1994-12-25)25 December 1994 28,723 days (78 years, 234 days)
8 Ramaswamy Venkataraman (1910-12-04)4 December 1910 25 July 1987 (1987-07-25) 76 years, 233 days 25 July 1992 (1992-07-25) 6,030 days (2009-01-27)27 January 2009 35,849 days (98 years, 54 days)
9 Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918-08-19)19 August 1918 25 July 1992 (1992-07-25) 73 years, 341 days 25 July 1997 (1997-07-25) 884 days (1999-12-26)26 December 1999 29,714 days (81 years, 129 days)
10 K. R. Narayanan (1920-10-27)27 October 1920 25 July 1997 (1997-07-25) 76 years, 271 days 25 July 2002 (2002-07-25) 1,203 days (2005-11-09)9 November 2005 31,059 days (85 years, 13 days)
11 A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (1931-10-15)15 October 1931 25 July 2002 (2002-07-25) 70 years, 283 days 25 July 2007 (2007-07-25) 2,924 days (2015-07-27)27 July 2015 30,601 days (83 years, 285 days)
12 Pratibha Patil (1934-12-19)19 December 1934 25 July 2007 (2007-07-25) 72 years, 218 days 25 July 2012 (2012-07-25) 3,113 days 31,456 days (86 years, 44 days)
13 Pranab Mukherjee (1935-12-11)11 December 1935 25 July 2012 (2012-07-25) 76 years, 227 days 25 July 2017 (2017-07-25) 1,287 days (2020-08-31)31 August 2020 31,099 days (85 years, 52 days)
14 Ram Nath Kovind (1945-10-01)1 October 1945 25 July 2017 (2017-07-25) 71 years, 297 days Incumbent Incumbent 27,517 days (75 years, 123 days)
# President Date of birth Date of
inauguration		 Age at
inauguration		 End of term Length of
retirement		 Date of death Lifespan

See also
  • List of Prime Ministers of India by longevity

References

Notes
  1. Died in office.

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