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Dr. Zakir Hussain is the first Muslim to become president of India.

Dr: 1967 archival photograph of Dr Zakir Husain with Aga Khan IV. Husain was elected India's president in May 1967; not an election ceremony photograph. — 1967 archival photograph of Dr Zakir Husain with Aga Khan IV. Husain was elected India's president in May 1967; not an election ceremony photograph. · Credit: President's Secretariat, Government of India; photographic reconstruction contributor · License: CC BY-SA 4.0

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