2. India achieved independence from the United
Kingdom, on 15 August 1947, as a Dominion
within the Commonwealth of Nations.
Under the new constitution, India became a
republic. The office of Governor-General and role
of the King were swept aside, being replaced by
the new office of President of India and Dr. Rajendra
Prasad became the first President.
3. The President of India is the head of state of
the Republic of India.
The President is the formal head of the
legislature, executive and judiciary branches of
Indian Democracy and is the commander-in-chief
of the Indian Armed Forces.
On 25 July 2007, Pratibha Devisingh Patil became
the 12th and the current President and also the
first woman to serve in the office.
The 14th indirect presidential election will be held
in India on July 19th 2012 to elect the 13th President
of India. The last date for filing nominations is the 30 of
June while the counting of votes is set to be done on the
22nd of July 2012.
4. A citizen of India
Of 35 years of age or above
Qualified to become a member of the Lok
Sabha
Certain office-holders, however, are
permitted to stand as Presidential
candidates. These are:
-The current Vice President.
-The Governor of any State.
-A Minister of the Union or of any State
(Including Prime Minister and Chief
Ministers).
5. Whenever the office becomes vacant, the
new President is chosen by an electoral
college consisting of the elected members of
both houses of Parliament, the elected
members of the State Legislative Assemblies
(Vidhan Sabha) and the elected members of
the legislative assemblies of the Union
Territories of Delhi and Puducherry.
7. -Manmohan Singh, present Prime Minister of
India
-Pranab Mukherjee, present Finance Minister of
India
-Hamid Ansari, present Vice President of India
-A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, former President of India
-Gopal Krishna Gandhi, former Governor of West
Bengal and grandson of Mahatma Gandhi
-P. A. Sangma, senior NCP leader
from Meghalaya and former Speaker of the
Loksabha
-Meira Kumar, present Speaker of the Loksabha
-Somnath Chatterjee, former Speaker of the
Loksabha
8. On Wednesday,TMC chief Mamta Banerjee had
got SP Chief Mulayam singh yadav on her side
to reject Sonia Gandhi’s nominees Finance
Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Vice-President
Hamid Ansari as Presidential Candidates.
Congress general seceratary Janardan Dwivedi
declared after the meeting with Sonia Gandhi
that party cannot afford former president APJ
Abdul Kalam ,Somnath Chaterjee and PM
Manmohan Singh as Presidents, suggested by
Mamta Banerjee.
Although the BJP hasn’t made it Official but
many of its leaders have said that they would
have no objection to Kalam’s Candidature.
9. We would like to choose former president of India Dr. APJ
Abdul Kalam as our future President.
Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam(born 15 October
1931), is an Indian scientist and administrator who served as
the 11th President of India from 26 July 2002 to 24 July 2007.
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After graduating from Madras Institute of Technology (MIT –
Chennai) in 1960, Kalam joined Aeronautical Development
Establishment of Defense Research and Development
Organization as a chief scientist. There, Kalam started his
career by designing a small helicopter for theIndian Army
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam's 79th birthday was recognised as World
Students' Day by United Nations.
He also has received honorary doctorates from 40
universities.
The Government of Indiahas honoured him with the Padma
Bhushan in 1981 and the Padma Vibhushan in 1990 for his
work with ISRO and DRDO and his role as a scientific advisor
to the Government.
10. In 1997, Kalam received India's highest civilian
honour, the prestigious Bharat Ratna for his
immense and valuable contribution to the
scientific research and modernisation of defence
technology. He was the second scientist after the
late Homi Bhabha to receive this award.
In May 2011, Kalam launched his mission for the
youth of the nation called the What Can I Give
Movement with a central theme to defeat
corruption.
He was nominated for the MTV Youth Icon of the
Year award in 2003.
In his book India 2020, Kalam strongly advocates
an action plan to develop India into a knowledge
superpower and a developed nation by the year
2020.
Kalam had taken credit of inventing
the Agni,Prithvi, and Aakash missile system.