OUR PRESIDENTS AND PRIME MINISTERS

Our Presidents and Prime ministers Dr. Rajendra Prasad Presidential Tenure 26 th January, 1950-13th may 1962 Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first president of In-dia; was born on 3rd Dec, 1884. He lived 79 successful years with great zeal, strengthening the foundation of our country, in a nice way. He served the nation for a long time with his extremely strong leadership. The great leader contributed a lot to motivate the Indian citizens to attain freedom and live the life with full liberty. That's why he was admired by the people as the first president of India after freedom. He was proved as an intelligent motiva-tor for young people and proved as a role model for them, He remained in a thatched-roof house before he shifted to Delhi in 1946 and took to office as Minister Food and Agriculture, later as President of the Constituent Assem-bly(1946-1949) and still later, as the First President of the Republic of India (1952-1962). After relinquishing the of-fice of the President of India in may 1962, he returned to patna on 14th may 1962 and preferred to stay in the campus of Bihar vidyapeeth rather than anywhere else. He lived for some months in the old house with thatched roof, which he had occupied earlier till 1946.