Ruler · 1916 – 1994

Zail Singh

Lived 1916 – 1994; politician. President of India (India), 1982 – 1987.

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Lived: 1916 – 1994; 78 years
In office: 5 years; one reign
Lines: 1; India
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

President of India

India · the 9th of 17 dated reigns · 1950 – 2022

5 before

Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed1974 – 1977

B. D. Jatti1977

Neelam Sanjiva Reddy1977 – 1982

Zail Singh1982 – 1987

Ramaswamy Venkataraman1987 – 1992

Shankar Dayal Sharma1992 – 1997

K. R. Narayanan1997 – 2002

5 after

died in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recordthis entry

Reigned 1982 – 1987 · 5 years · came to it aged 66

Came to it: elected
Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1987; they died in 1994

In 1982, he was elected president of India, succeeding Neelam Sanjiva Reddy.

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