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RAJENDRA PRASAD
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Rajendra Prasad was born on 3 December 1884 in Ziradei, in the Siwan district of Bihar.
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He was an Indian independence activist, lawyer, scholar and subsequently, the first President of India.
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He was an Indian political leader and lawyer by training.
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Rajendra Prasad was a landholding and rich Hindu Kayastha and his mother, Kamleshwari Devi, was a devout woman.
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June 1896, at an early age of 12, he was married to Rajavanshi Devi.
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He secured first in the entrance examination to the University of Calcutta and was awarded Rs. 30 per month as a scholarship.
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Prasad joined the Indian National Congress during the Indian Independence Movement and became a major leader from the region of Bihar.
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Prasad was imprisoned by British authorities during the Salt Satyagraha of 1931 and the Quit India movement of 1942.
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After the 1946 elections, Prasad served as Minister of Food and Agriculture in the central government.
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Although a ceremonial head of state, Prasad encouraged the development of education in India and advised the Nehru government on several occasions.
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He died on 28 February 1963, at the age of 79 due to heart attack.
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