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Rajendra Prasad

Personal data
Date of birth3 December 1884
Place of birthJiradei, SiwanBihar, British India
Date of death28 February 1963(age 78)
Political partyIndian National Congress
SpouseRajvanshi Devi
1st President of India
In office26 January 1950 - 13 May 1962
PresidentSarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Prime ministerJawaharlal Nehru
Vice PresidentSarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Succeeded bySarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Preceded byOffice Created

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Dr. Rajendra Prasad ( ) (3 December 1884 - 28 February 1963) was the youngest son of Mahadev Sahay from the village Ziradei, then the Saran district of Bihar. Dr. Prasad is considered to be one of the architects of the Indian Republic, having drafted its first constitution and serving as the first president of India.

During the independence movement, he left his law work and joined the Congress Party, playing a prominent role in the Indian Independence Movement. He served as the president of the Constituent Assembly that drafted the first constitution of the Republic, which lasted from 1948 to 1950. He also briefly served as a cabinet minister in the first Government of the Indian Republic.

He was a vegetarian .

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Himalayan Times--Ganesh had earlier defeated another veteran -Rajendra Prasad- Shrestha in his sixth round match. Madan � the only player from the top of the table to ... - Date : Sun, 10 Oct 2010 19:20:19 GMT+00:00
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CineGoer.com--A jury member whose name the site wishes to keep under wraps was offered Rs. 50000 for a -Rajendra Prasad- starrer based on suicides years back. ... - Date : Sun, 10 Oct 2010 13:09:17 GMT+00:00
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Super Good Movies--Dr. -Rajendra Prasad- is playing Siddharth's father in this movie. Praneeta is making her Telugu cinema debut. Siddharth's 'Bava' movie depicts the story and ... - Date : Sun, 10 Oct 2010 05:22:46 GMT+00:00
'Bhale Mogudu Bhale Pellam' busy finishing post-production - IndiaGlitz Tweet this news
IndiaGlitz--Directed by Dineshbabu and produced by Jonnada Ramanamurthy on the banner of Usha Charan Creations, 'Bhale Mogudu Bhale Pellam' with -Rajendra Prasad- and ... - Date : Fri, 01 Oct 2010 08:03:56 GMT+00:00
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CineGoer.com---Rajendra Prasad- and Suhasini play the lead in the film. Producer Jonnada Ramana Murthy said, "The middle class environment is illustrated in this film. ... - Date : Tue, 28 Sep 2010 10:01:27 GMT+00:00
Universities haven't learnt the N-lesson. Safety is just theory - Tehelka Tweet this news
Tehelka--He recovered after two months, but -Rajendra Prasad-, who worked in close vicinity to Deepak's shop, died of pneumonia while exhibiting signs of kidney and ... - Date : Fri, 01 Oct 2010 14:10:07 GMT+00:00
Training for cops to be people-friendly - Times of India Tweet this news
Times of India---Rajendra Prasad- told `TOI' the group will train 2000 plus personnel in the city in the next four days about Janamitra (people friendly) police. ... - Date : Sat, 25 Sep 2010 16:59:16 GMT+00:00
India's coffee exports jump by 52 percent in 2009-10 - Business Recorder (press release) (blog) Tweet this news
Business Recorder (press release) (blog)--"We have a positive outlook on exports, and see it growing by 5 percent (in tonnage terms)," said C. -Rajendra Prasad-, chairman and managing director, ... - Date : Fri, 01 Oct 2010 23:44:03 GMT+00:00
Ramjas student suspended for ragging - India Today Tweet this news
India Today--Principal -Rajendra Prasad-, on the recommendation of a sub-committee of the anti-ragging panel, has also banned the student's entry in the college. ... - Date : Fri, 24 Sep 2010 04:31:12 GMT+00:00
'KUMBHA MELA' TYPE TRAINING FOR 'SUPER 50 COPS' IN CITY - Star of Mysore Tweet this news
Star of Mysore--The training was being imparted by DCP -Rajendra Prasad-. It may be recalled that the Super 50 Police are a batch of knowledgeable cops with good ... - Date : Fri, 24 Sep 2010 10:20:18 GMT+00:00

Political offices
Preceded by
Governor-General of India Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari
President of India
26 January 1950 - 13 May 1962
Succeeded by
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan


IN Presidents of India

Rajendra Prasad * Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan * Zakir Hussain * V.V. Giri � * Muhammad Hidayatullah � * V.V. Giri * Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed * Basappa Danappa Jatti � * Neelam Sanjiva Reddy * Zail Singh * R. Venkataraman * Shankar Dayal Sharma * K.R. Narayanan * Abdul Kalam * Pratibha Patil |

Indian independence movement

HistoryColonisation * East India Company * British India * French India * Portuguese India * Plassey * Buxar * Anglo-Mysore Wars * Anglo-Maratha Wars (First * Second * Third) * Polygar War * Vellore Mutiny * First Anglo-Sikh War * Second Anglo-Sikh War * Rebellion of 1857 * British Raj * more
Philosophies
and ideologies
Indian nationalism * Swaraj * Hindu nationalism * Gandhism * Satyagraha * Indian Muslim nationalism * Swadeshi * Socialism * Khilafat Movement
Events and
movements
Partition of Bengal * Revolutionaries * Delhi-Lahore Conspiracy * The Indian Sociologist * The Sedetious conspiracy * Champaran and Kheda * Rowlatt Committee * Rowlatt Bills * Jallianwala Bagh Massacre * Non-Cooperation * Qissa Khwani bazaar massacre * Flag Satyagraha * Bardoli * 1928 Protests * Nehru Report * Purna Swaraj * Salt Satyagraha * Round table conferences * Act of 1935 * Legion Freies Indien * Cripps' mission * Quit India * Indian National Army * Tiger Legion * Bombay Mutiny * Coup d'État de Yanaon * Provisional Government of India
OrganisationsIndian National Congress * All-India Muslim League * Anushilan Samiti * Jugantar * Arya Samaj * Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh * India House * Berlin Committee * Ghadar * Home Rule * Khaksar Tehrik * Khudai Khidmatgar * Hindustan Republican Association * Swaraj Party * Indian Independence League * Azad Hind * more
Social
reformers
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi * Rahul Sankrityayan * Mahatma Jyotirao Phule * Gopal Ganesh Agarkar * Shahu Maharaj * Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar * Dhondo Keshav Karve * Vitthal Ramji Shinde * Mahadev Govind Ranade * Swami Dayananda Saraswati * Ramakrishna * Swami Vivekananda * Vinoba Bhave * Baba Amte * Ram Mohan Roy * Gopal Hari Deshmukh
Indian leaders
and activists
Puli Thevar * Yashwantrao Holkar * Rahul Sankrityayan * Veerapandiya Kattabomman * Sangolli Rayanna * Baba Ram Singh * Mangal Pandey * Veer Kunwar Singh * Rae Ahmed Nawaz Khan Kharal � * Rani of Jhansi * Bahadur Shah Zafar * Swami Dayanand Saraswati * Bal Gangadhar Tilak * Gopal Krishna Gokhale * Dadabhai Naoroji * Bhikaiji Cama * Shyamji Krishna Varma * Annie Besant * Har Dayal * Subramanya Bharathi * Lala Lajpat Rai * Bipin Chandra Pal * Rash Behari Bose * Chittaranjan Das * Bidhan Chandra Roy * Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan * Maulana Azad * Ashfaqullah Khan * Ram Prasad Bismil * Chandrasekhar Azad * Rajaji * Bhagat Singh * Sarojini Naidu * Purushottam Das Tandon * Alluri Sitaramaraju * M. Ali Jinnah * Sardar Patel * Vakkom Majeed * Subhash Chandra Bose * Jawaharlal Nehru * Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi * Allama Mashriqi * Akkamma Cherian * Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai * Kotwal Dhan Singh Gurjar * more |
British leadersRobert Clive * James Outram * Dalhousie * Irwin * Linlithgow * Wavell * Stafford Cripps * Mountbatten * more
IndependenceSimla Conference * Cabinet Mission * Indian Independence Act * Partition of India * Political integration * Constitution * Republic of India |

Bharat Ratna laureates

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1954) * C. Rajagopalachari (1954) * C. V. Raman (1954) * Bhagwan Das (1955) * Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya (1955) * Jawaharlal Nehru (1955) * Govind Ballabh Pant (1957) * Dhondo Keshav Karve (1958) * Bidhan Chandra Roy (1961) * Purushottam Das Tandon (1961) * Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1962) * Dr. Zakir Hussain (1963) * Pandurang Vaman Kane (1963) * Lal Bahadur Shastri (1966) * Indira Gandhi (1971) * V. V. Giri (1975) * K. Kamaraj (1976) * Mother Teresa (1980) * Acharya Vinoba Bhave (1983) * Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1987) * M. G. Ramachandran (1988) * B. R. Ambedkar (1990) * Nelson Mandela (1990) * Rajiv Gandhi (1991) * Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (1991) * Morarji Desai (1991) * Abul Kalam Azad (1992) * J. R. D. Tata (1992) * Satyajit Ray (1992) * A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (1997) * Gulzarilal Nanda (1997) * Aruna Asaf Ali (1997) * M. S. Subbulakshmi (1998) * Chidambaram Subramaniam (1998) * Jayaprakash Narayan (1998) * Ravi Shankar (1999) * Amartya Sen (1999) * Gopinath Bordoloi (1999) * Lata Mangeshkar (2001) * Bismillah Khan (2001) * Bhimsen Joshi (2008)



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