Rajendra Prasad

Rajendra Prasad was an Indian lawyer, independence leader, and politician who served as India’s first president from 1950 to 1962.

Mahatma Gandhi: Mahatma Gandhi led campaigns of nonviolent resistance against British rule in India. Gandhi’s Champaran campaign drew Prasad into organized satyagraha and shaped his political work.
President of India: The President of India is the constitutional head of the Indian Union and its head of state. Prasad was the first person to hold this office under the republic’s Constitution.
Ziradei: Ziradei is a village in Bihar, India, and the birthplace of Rajendra Prasad. Prasad was born there in 1884, before pursuing education and a legal career.
Constituent Assembly of India: The Constituent Assembly of India drafted the Constitution and served as the country’s provisional legislature. Prasad chaired the Assembly that adopted the Constitution before he became president.
Jawaharlal Nehru: Jawaharlal Nehru was an Indian independence leader and the country’s first prime minister. Prasad and Nehru worked together in the Congress and served as president and prime minister after independence.
Constitution of India: The Constitution of India is the supreme law that establishes the country’s institutions and rights. It defined the powers Prasad exercised when the Constitution took effect in 1950.
University of Calcutta: The University of Calcutta is a public university established in 1857 in Kolkata, India. Prasad studied there and graduated with distinction before entering professional life.
Republic of India: The Republic of India is the sovereign state established when the Constitution took effect on 26 January 1950. Prasad became its first president on the day the republic began.
Vallabhbhai Patel: Vallabhbhai Patel was an Indian independence leader and the country’s first deputy prime minister. Patel was a senior Congress colleague during the transition from British rule to the republic.
Indian presidential election, 1952: The 1952 Indian presidential election was the first election to choose India’s president under its Constitution. Prasad won the first presidential election held after the republic’s founding.

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