“He organized the much talked about Salt Satyagraha in the state of Bihar.”
Fuente: Presidents of India, 1950-2003, p. 4
Rajendra Prasad fue un político y abogado indio, el primer Presidente de la India, perteneciente al Congreso Nacional Indio durante el movimiento de independencia de la India, el más importante líder de la región del Bihar. Apoyó a Mahatma Gandhi, y fue encarcelado por las autoridades británicas durante la Marcha de la sal de 1931 y nuevamente en el movimiento Quit India en 1942. Fue Presidente del Congreso Nacional Indio entre 1934 y 1935. Tras las elecciones de 1946, Prasad se desempeñó como ministro de comida y agricultura del gobierno central. Al conseguirse la independencia en 1947, Prasad fue electo Presidente la Asamblea Constituyente de la India, que tenía como misión la redacción de la Constitución, como tal legisló en el parlamento interino.
Cuando India se convirtió en una república, fue designado presiente por la Asamblea Constituyente. En las elecciones de 1951, fue electo presidente por el colegio electoral del primer parlamento indio y las legislaturas estatales. En 1957 fue reelecto en el cargo, permaneciendo hasta 1962.
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“He organized the much talked about Salt Satyagraha in the state of Bihar.”
Fuente: Presidents of India, 1950-2003, p. 4
From his speech given on 28 November 1960 at laying the foundation-stone of the building of the Law Institute of India, in: p. 14
Presidents of India, 1950-2003
From his speech given on 28 November 1960 at laying the foundation-stone of the building of the Law Institute of India, in: p. 16
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"Spiritualism, Morality and Eating Habits" (Inaugural speech at the International Vegetarian Congress at Bombay on November 9, 1957), in Speeches Of Dr. Rajendra Prasad, President Of India, 1957-58, p. 96 https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.100670/2015.100670.Speeches-Of-Drrajendra-Prasad-President-Of-India1957-58#page/n105/mode/2up/search/MORALITY+AND+EATING.
From his speech given on 28 November 1960 at laying the foundation-stone of the building of the Law Institute of India, in: p. 15
Presidents of India, 1950-2003
On 26 January 1950 when took over as the President of India after it was proclained by the 34th and last Governor-General of India, Chakravarti Rajagopalachari as a Republic.
Fuente: BBC News: 1950: India becomes a republic http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/26/newsid_3475000/3475569.stm, BBC News, 26 January 2005
“There is no resting place for a nation or a people on their onward march.”
On his becoming the first President of India after the constitution was adopted
Fuente: Presidents of India, 1950-2003, p. 11
From his speech given on 28 November 1960 at laying the foundation-stone of the building of the Law Institute of India, in: p. 15
Presidents of India, 1950-2003
T Prakasam in letter dated 20 July 1945, in: p. 5
Muslim League had demanded for partition of the country.
Dr. Rajendra Prasad: Correspondence and Select Documents : Presidency Period
After lot of exchange of letters with the political people concerned, the issue did not come up before the Parliament, in 1960, in p. 21
Fuente: First Citizen, p. 16
First Citizen
Rabindranath Tagore in appreciation of his efforts to heal the rift between Gandhi and Subashchandra Bose due to ideological differences. He was elected President of the National Congress.
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Chester Bowles, American Ambassador to India in: p. 14
Presidents of India, 1950-2003
“All through his political career he held coveted positions.”
Fuente: Presidents of India, 1950-2003, P.6
Fuente: Presidents of India, 1950-2003, p. 4
Fuente: Presidents of India, 1950-2003, p. 1
Fuente: Presidents of India, 1950-2003, P.2
“He had a very rich background and belonged to a scholarly family.”
Fuente: Presidents of India, 1950-2003, p. 1
Dr. Rajendra Prasad addressing the Constituent Assembly of India on Thursday, 4 November 1948. Constituent Assembly Debates, Book No. 2, Volume VII: 4 November 1948—8 January 1949: Lok Sabha Secretariat, 1999