Q9. Write a biographical account of Dr Rajendra Prasad
(Heads - name, family, education,
hobbies or skills,
achievements, what do you learn from the personality)
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Rajendra Prasad (3 December 1884 – 28 February 1963) was an Indian independence activist, lawyer, scholar and subsequently, the first President of India, in office from 1950 to 1962.[1] He was an Indian political leader and lawyer by training. Prasad joined the Indian National Congress during the Indian Independence Movement and became a major leader from the region of Bihar. A supporter of Mahatma Gandhi, Prasad was imprisoned by British authorities during the Salt Satyagraha of 1931 and the Quit India movement of 1942. After the constituent assembly 1946 elections, Prasad served as Minister of Food and Agriculture in the central government. Upon independence in 1947, Prasad was elected as President of the Constituent Assembly of India, which prepared the Constitution of India and served as its provisional parliament.
When India became a republic in 1950, Prasad was elected its first president by the Constituent Assembly. As president, Prasad established a tradition of non-partisanship and independence for the office-bearer, and retired from Congress party politics. Although a ceremonial head of state, Prasad encouraged the development of education in India and advised the Nehru government on several occasions. In 1957, Prasad was re-elected to the presidency, becoming the only president to serve two full terms.[2] Prasad stayed in office for the longest term of around 12 years. Post the completion of his tenure, he quit the Congress and set up new guidelines for parliamentarians which are still followed. Prasad played a major role in forming the Bihari Students Conference in 1906 and served as the president of the Constituent Assembly that drafted the Constitution of India.
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Dr. Rajendra Prasad : A. Profile
One of the chief architects of modem India, Dr. Rajendra
Prasad was an eminent freedom fighter, a renowned jurist, an
eloquent Parliamentarian, an able administrator, a statesman
par excellence and above all, a humanitarian to the core. An
ardent follower and a repository of the trust and confidence of
Mahatama Gandbi, he represented all that is best in our culture.
As President of the Constituent Assembly and subsequently as
occupant of the highest office of the land consecutively for two
tenns, he played a very important role in shaping the destiny of
the nation and left an indelible imprint on our national 'life and
polity.
Dr. Rajendra Prasad, affectionately addressed as 'Rajen
Babu' by friends and admirers, was born in a remote village in
Saran district of Bihar on 3 December, 1884-a year before the
establishment of the Indian National Congress--the organisa-
tion he ultimately headed not once but thrice. His parents--
Mahadev Sahay and Karnaleshwari Devt-Ied a simple. pure
and dedicated life.· Though the family had sufficient landed
property, it was not, given to ostentatious living mixing freely
with all the co-villagers particularly during festivals and poojas.
Mahadev Sahay, a country gentleman and an eminent scholar
of Persian and Sanskrit, took great delight in providing free
Ayurvedic and Unani medicines to patients approaching him for
treatment. His mother-a deeply religious lady--often used to
narrate to child Rajen, stories from the ancient epics like
Ramayana and Mahabharata. The environment at home in
particular and in his village in general, which symbolised peace