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Rajendra Prasad
Rajendra Prasad
(; 3 December 1884 – 28 February 1963) was the
first
President of the Republic of India
. An Indian political leader, lawyer by training, Prasad joined the
Indian National Congress
during the
Indian independence movement
and became a major leader from the region of
Bihar
. A supporter of
Mahatma Gandhi
, Prasad was imprisoned by British authorities during the
Salt Satyagraha
of 1931 and the
Quit India movement
of 1942. Prasad served one term as
President of the Indian National Congress
from 1934 to 1935. After the 1946 elections, Prasad served as minister of food and agriculture in the central government. Upon independence in 1947, Prasad was elected president of the
Constituent Assembly of India
, which prepared the
Constitution of India
and served as its provisional parliament.
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