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Rajendra Prasad

1884 - 1963

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Rajendra Prasad (3 December 1884 – 28 February 1963) was an Indian politician, lawyer, journalist and scholar who served as the first president of India from 1950 to 1962. He 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 1930 and the Quit India movement of 1942. After the constituent assembly 1946 elections, Prasad served as 1st Minister of Food and Agriculture in the central government from 1947 to 1948. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rajendra Prasad is the 3,018th most popular politician (down from 2,328th in 2019), the 122nd most popular biography from India (down from 83rd in 2019) and the 47th most popular Indian Politician.

Rajendra Prasad was the first president of India, and he is most famous for the role he played in India's independence movement.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Rajendra Prasad ranks 3,018 out of 19,576. Before him are Vytautas Landsbergis, Amalie Auguste of Bavaria, Candaules, Siptah, Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, and Topa Inca Yupanqui. After him are Ben Ferencz, Baron Alexander von Bach, Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg, Psusennes I, Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd Allah al-Ghafiqi, and Canute Lavard.

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Among people born in 1884, Rajendra Prasad ranks 33. Before him are Vincent Auriol, Emil Jannings, Rudolf Bultmann, Gerald Gardner, Edward Sapir, and Yitzhak Ben-Zvi. After him are Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, Max Beckmann, Panait Istrati, Otto Rank, Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland, and Étienne Gilson. Among people deceased in 1963, Rajendra Prasad ranks 32. Before him are J. D. Tippit, Herbert Spencer Gasser, Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, Jacques Hadamard, Richard Baer, and Richard Barthelmess. After him are Theodore von Kármán, Kurt Zeitzler, Karl Bühler, Oleg Penkovsky, Princess Alexandra of Hanover, and Georg-Hans Reinhardt.

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In India

Among people born in India, Rajendra Prasad ranks 122 out of 1,861. Before him are Tipu Sultan (1750), Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1856), Baji Rao I (1700), Satyendra Nath Bose (1894), Maharana Pratap (1540), and Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri (1855). After him are A. R. Rahman (1966), Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835), Samudragupta (335), Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888), Pete Best (1941), and Ravi Shankar (1920).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Rajendra Prasad ranks 47. Before him are Rajiv Gandhi (1944), Ram Nath Kovind (1945), Pervez Musharraf (1943), Muhammad Azam Shah (1653), Tipu Sultan (1750), and Maharana Pratap (1540). After him are Samudragupta (335), Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888), Ghiyas ud din Balban (1200), Rajendra Chola I (1000), Sambhaji (1657), and Sanghamitta (-281).

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