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Biography of Rajendra Prasad
Name: Rajendra Prasad
Birth Date: December 3, 1884
Death Date: February 28, 1963
Place of Birth: Saran District, India
Nationality: Indian
Gender: Male
Occupations: president
Rajendra Prasad
Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963) was an Indian nationalist and first president of the Republic of India. He was an important leader of the Indian National Congress and a close coworker of Gandhi.Rajendra Prasad was born in Saran District, Bihar State, eastern India, on Dec. 3, 1884, into the Kayastha, or scribe, caste. A devout Hindu, he received his early education in Bihar and then attended Presidency College, Calcutta. The Swadeshi movement and particularly the Dawn Society influenced him to become a nationalist. He continued his education, earned advanced degrees in law, and practiced law in Calcutta and then in Patna.When Mohandas Gandhi arrived in Bihar in 1917 to assist the peasants in Champaran, Prasad soon joined in this activity, becoming a lifelong disciple of Gandhi. Following Gandhi's lead, Prasad joined the Indian National Congress and participated in the noncooperation campaigns of 1919 and 1921-1922. Forsaking his law practice almost entirely, he became principal of the …showed first 150 words…
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…showed last 150 words…Asia. In his speeches he stressed national and communal unity, the need for a national language, the scarcity of food and the ways to increase food production, and the achievements of Indian culture. He often drew upon the words and achievements of his mentor, Gandhi, and gave importance to the need for more extensive educational programs, particularly the implementation of Gandhi's basic education scheme. The difficulties of the postindependence years were eased by the close cooperation between President Prasad and Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Prasad died on Feb. 28, 1963, in Patna. Associated Organizations Further Reading For more detailed information on Prasad the reader should consult Prasad's own massive Autobiography (1957; trans. 1958). The most useful biography is Kewal L. Panjabi, Rajendra Prasad: First President of India (1960).Handa, Rajendra Lal, Rajendra Prasad: twelve years of triumph and despair, New Delhi: Sterling Publishers, 1978. Prasad, Rajendra, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, correspondence and select documents, New Delhi: Allied, 1984.
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