MCQ 470 Rajendra Prasad

Rajendra Prasad

(3 December 1884 – 28 February 1963) 

The first president of India, in office from 1952 to 1962.

He was an Indian political leader, and lawyer by training, Prasad joined the Indian national Congress during the Indian independent movement and became a major leader from the region of Bihar.

He was imprisoned by British authorities during the salt satyagraha of 1931 and the quit INDIA movement of 1942.

After the 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.

Born 3 December 1884
Jiradei, Bengal Presidency, British India
(now in Bihar, India)

Died 28 February 1963(aged 78)
Patna, Bihar, India

In office (president)
26 January 1950 – 13 May 1962

When India became a republic in 1950, Prasad was elected its first president by the Constituent Assembly. Following the general election of 1951, he was elected president by the electoral college of the first Parliament of India and its state legislatures.