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The President of India is the Executive President of the Republic of India. All executive functions of the association are done in his name. According to Article 53, the executive power of the Union lies in them. He is also the highest commander of the Indian Armed Forces. All types of emergencies are imposed and removed, declaring war/peace. He is the first citizen of the country. The Indian President is required to be an Indian citizen. The president has enough power in principle. But with few exceptions, most of the powers vested in the post of President are actually exercised by the Council of Ministers headed by the Prime Minister.
On 15 August 1947, India became independent from Britain, and under the interim arrangement, the country became a Commonwealth dominion. Under this arrangement, the Governor-General of India was established as the head of the nation of India, who was to be appointed in British India by the interim king of Britain – George VI on the advice of the Prime Minister of India rather than the British government. This was a temporary measure, but continuing the existence of a shared monarchy in the Indian political system was not in the true sense of a right for a sovereign nation. Lord Mountbatten, the last British Viceroy of India before independence, became the first Governor-General of India. Soon he handed over the post to Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, who became the only Governor-General of Indian origin.
The President of India is elected according to Article 55 by the single transferable vote system of the proportional representation system. The President is elected by the elected members of both the Houses of Parliament of India (Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha) as well as state legislatures (Legislative Assemblies) for a term of five years.A formula has been used to allocate votes so that there is a ratio between the population of each state and the number of votes cast by the members of the Legislative Assembly from that state and a proportion between the members of the state legislatures and the national MPs. If a candidate does not get a majority, then there is an established system whereby the losing candidates are removed from the contest and the votes they get are transferred to other candidates until one gets a majority.
The President of India resides in Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi, also known as Raisina Hill. There is no limit to the number of times a president can hold office. So far, only the first President Rajendra Prasad has completed his term on this post twice. Pratibha Patil is the 12th President of India and the first woman President to hold this position. He took the oath of office and secrecy on 25 July 2007. Presently Ram Nath Kovind is the fourteenth President of India.
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