Rajendra Prasad

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Rajendra Prasad was an Indian independence leader, lawyer, and statesman who became the first President of India and remains the only person to have held the office for two full terms.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian independence activist
head of state
human
lawyer
politician
authorOf Autobiography (Atmakatha)
India Divided
Mahatma Gandhi and Bihar, Some Reminiscences
Since Independence
awardReceived Bharat Ratna
Doctor of Laws (honorary degrees from various universities)
countryOfCitizenship India
dateOfBirth 1884-12-03
dateOfDeath 1963-02-28
educatedAt Calcutta Law College
Chhapra Zilla School
Eden Hindu Hostel (Calcutta University)
Patna College
Presidency College, Calcutta
T.K. Ghosh’s Academy, Patna
University of Calcutta
endTime 1962-05-13
ethnicGroup Bihari
fieldOfStudy economics
history
law
hasHonorificPrefix Dr.
hasHonorificSuffix Bharat Ratna
knownFor close association with Mahatma Gandhi
languageSpoken Bhojpuri
English
Hindi
memberOfPoliticalParty Indian National Congress
movement Indian independence movement
name Rajendra Prasad
notableFor being the first President of India
being the only person to serve two full terms as President of India
numberOfTermsInOffice 2
office 1st President of India
parent Kamleshwari Devi
Mahadev Sahai
participatedIn Constituent Assembly of India
Non-cooperation movement
Quit India Movement
Salt Satyagraha
placeOfBirth Ziradei, Saran district, Bengal Presidency, British India
Ziradei, present-day Bihar, India
placeOfDeath Patna, Bihar, India
positionHeld Minister of Food and Agriculture (India)
President of India
President of the Constituent Assembly of India
precededBy office created (President of India)
religion Hinduism
residence New Delhi, India
Patna, Bihar, India
restingPlace Mahaprayan Ghat, Patna, Bihar, India
roleInEvent President of the Constituent Assembly that drafted the Constitution of India
signature signature of Rajendra Prasad
spouse Rajavanshi Devi
startTime 1950-01-26
succeededBy Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
workedAs lawyer
statesman
teacher


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