Rajendra Prasad

Rajendra Prasad was the first President of India. He was the president from 1950 to 1962.The President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee. Presidentofindia.nic.in. Retrieved on 12 December 2013. He was an Indian political leader and lawyer. Prasad joined the Indian National Congress during the Indian Independence Movement. He became a major leader from Bihar. He is a supporter of Mahatma Gandhi. Prasad was put in jail by Britishers during the Salt Satyagraha of 1931. He was also put in jail during the Quit India movement of 1942.

 First President of India 
Prasad served as Minister of Food and Agriculture in the central government, after the 1946 elections. After independence in 1947, Prasad was elected as President of the Constituent Assembly of India. This assembly prepared the Constitution of India. When India became a Republic in 1950, Prasad was elected as the first President by the Constituent Assembly.In 1957, Prasad was re-elected as the President. By this he became the only president of India to serve two full terms.President's Secretariat National Informatics Centre He died on 28 February 1963.

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