Ranchi, Jharkhand 03 December 2014 :: Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren paid tribute to the former first President of India Dr. Rajendra Prasad on his 130 birth anniversary at Rajendra chowk in Ranchi on Wednesday.
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Rajendra Prasad
Dr. 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.
