Bio sketch on Dr rajendra Prasad
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Birthday: December 3, 1884
Nationality: Indian
Famous: Presidents Political Leaders
Died At Age: 78
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Born in: Ziradei, Siwan, Bihar
Famous as: Former President of India
Family:
Spouse/Ex-: Rajvanshi Devi
father: Mahadev Sahai
mother: Kamleshwari Dev
children: Mrityunjaya Prasad
Died on: February 28, 1963
place of death: Patna, Bihar
Rajendra Prasad was born to Mahadev Sahai and Kamleshwari Devi at Zeradei, in the Siwan district of Bihar on December 3, 1884. He was the youngest kid of the family.
While his father, a scholar of Persian and Sanskrit language, was a dawning influence on young Prasad’s life and career, his mother took care of the moral upbringing, teaching him Indian mythology.
A meritorious student, he received his early education from Moulavi, an accomplished Muslim scholar, who taught him Persian, Hindi and arithmetic.
He later studied at the Chapra District School and T.K. Ghosh's Academy in Patna. For higher education, he moved to Calcutta where he secured a scholarship at the Presidency College, for a degree in science.
He later changed his stream of studies from science to arts, attaining his MA in Economics in 1907.
It was while in college that he first became acquainted with The Dawn Society and he became an active member of the same. In 1906, he played a crucial role in the formation of the Bihari Students Conference.