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Dr. Rajendra Prasad (डॉ0
राजेन्द्र प्रसाद ) (December 3,1884– February
28,
1963) was the first
President of India.He
was born in
Zeradei, in
the
Siwan district of
Bihar.
Rajendra Prasad was an
independence activist and, as a leader of the
Congress Party, played a prominent role in the Indain Independence
Movement.
He served as
President of the Constituent assembly
that drafted the
constitution of the Republic from 1948 to 1950. He had
also served as a
Cabinet Minister
briefly in the first Government of Independent India.
Deshratna Dr. Rajendra Prasad as long as he remained in Patna to
lead the Freedom Movement.
He lived and worked here since the establishment of
Bihar Vidyapeeth on 6th February 1921.
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