Rajendra Prasad
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Rajendra Prasad 🇮🇳

डॉ. राजेंद्र प्रसाद
["First President of India", "President of Constituent Assembly", "Bharat Ratna Laureate"]
Born Dec 03, 1884 🇮🇳 Ziradei (Siwan, Bihar), British India
Passed Away Feb 28, 1963 Patna (Bihar), India
Lifespan 78 years old
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Archival Overview

First President of the Republic of India and President of the Constituent Assembly that drafted the Constitution of India, who served for twelve years setting the democratic conventions of the presidency.

Biographical Record

A brilliant lawyer with a doctorate in law from Calcutta University, Rajendra Prasad (1884–1963) gave up his lucrative legal practice to join Mahatma Gandhi in the 1917 Champaran Satyagraha. He organized massive relief efforts following the catastrophic 1934 Bihar earthquake, earning legendary reverence across the nation.

Prasad served as President of the Constituent Assembly from 1946 to 1950, steering the drafting of the world's longest written constitution. Elected first President of India in 1950, he served until 1962 with Gandhian humility, donating most of his presidential salary back to the state.

Key Life Milestones

1946

President of the Constituent Assembly

Presided over the assembly that debated, drafted, and adopted the Constitution of India.

1950

First President of the Republic of India

Inaugurated as the inaugural constitutional head of state upon India becoming a sovereign democratic republic.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Bans Ghat Cremation Memorial
Patna (Bihar), India
GPS: 25.6250, 85.1500
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