Dr Rajendra Prasad was the first President of India, from 1950 to 1962. He was an Indian political leader and lawyer by training. Dr 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. After the 1946 elections, he served as Minister of Food and Agriculture in the central government.
Upon independence in 1947, Dr Rajendra Prasad was elected as President of the Constituent Assembly of India, which prepared the Constitution of India and served as its provisional parliament.
देश के पहले राष्ट्रपति भारत रत्न डॉ. राजेन्द्र प्रसाद को उनकी जन्म-जयंती पर शत-शत नमन।