#  Post-Independence \[c. 1947 CE-present\] 

 



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Copyright © 1978 by the Regents of the University of Minnesota, assigned 1988 to Joseph E. Schwartzberg, additional material copyright © 1992 by Joseph E. Schwartzberg.



 

See 1992 edition [here](https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/schwartzberg/).

See division of region [here](/chronology#).



 

**Rulers**

**India (August 15, 1947 CE-present)**

SortPRESIDENTS

Rajendra Prasad

26 January 1950 - 13 May 1962

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

13 May 1962 - 13 May 1967

Zakir Husain

13 May 1962 - 13 May 1967

Varahagiri Venkata Giri

3 May 1969 - 20 July 1969

Mohammad Hidayatullah

20 July 1969 - 24 August 1969

Varahagiri Venkata Giri

24 August 1969 - 24 August 1974

Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed

24 August 1974 - 11 February 1977

Basappa Danappa Jatti

11 February 1977 - 25 July 1977

Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

25 July 1977 - 25 July 1982

Giani Zail Singh

25 July 1982 - 25 July 1987

Ramaswamy Venkataraman

25 July 1987 - 25 July 1992

Shankar Dayal Sharma

25 July 1992 - 25 July 1997

Kocheril Raman Narayanan

25 July 1997 - 25 July 2002

Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam

25 July 2002 - 25 July 2007

Pratibha Patil

25 July 2007 - 25 July 2012

Pranab Mukherjee

25 July 2012 - 25 July 2017

Ram Nath Kovind

25 July 2017 - Incumbent (Term ends on 25 July 2022)





Sort**PRIME MINISTERS**

Jawaharlal Nehru

15 August 1947 - 27 May 1964

Gulzarilal Nanda (acting)

27 May 1964 - 9 June 1964

Lal Bahadur Shastri

9 June 1964 - 11 January 1966

Gulzarilal Nanda (acting)

11 January 1966 - 24 January 1966

Indira Gandhi

24 January 1966 - 24 March 1977

Morarji Ranchhodji Desai

24 March 1977 - 28 July 1979

Chaudhary Charan Singh

28 July 1979 - 14 January 1980

Indira Gandhi

14 January 1980 - 31 October 1984

Rajiv Gandhi

31 October 1984 - 2 December 1989

Vishwanath Pratap Singh

2 December 1989 - 10 November 1990

Chandra Shekhar

10 November 1990 - 21 June 1991

Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao

21 June 1991 - 16 May 1996

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

16 May 1996 - 1 June 1996

Haradanahalli Doddegowda Deve Gowda

1 June 1996 - 21 April 1997

Inder Kumar Gujral

21 April 1997 - 19 March 1998

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

19 March 1998 - 22 May 2004

Manmohan Singh

22 May 2004 - 26 May 2014

Narendra Damodardas Modi

26 May 2014 - Incumbent





SortPAKISTAN (August 14, 1947 - present)

PRESIDENTS

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_presidents\_of\_Pakistan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_Pakistan)

PRIME MINISTERS

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_prime\_ministers\_of\_Pakistan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Pakistan)





SortEAST PAKISTAN (1947 - 1971)

GOVERNORS

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East\_Pakistan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Pakistan)

CHIEF MINISTERS

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East\_Pakistan\_Provincial\_Assembly](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Pakistan_Provincial_Assembly)





SortBANGLADESH (1971 - present)

PRESIDENTS

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_presidents\_of\_Bangladesh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_Bangladesh)

PRIME MINISTERS

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_prime\_ministers\_of\_Bangladesh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Bangladesh)