Frases de Rajendra Prasad

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. Wikipedia  

✵ 3. diciembre 1884 – 28. febrero 1963
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Rajendra Prasad: Frases en inglés

“He organized the much talked about Salt Satyagraha in the state of Bihar.”

Fuente: Presidents of India, 1950-2003, p. 4

“We have got used to relying on precedents of England to such an extent that it seems almost sacrilegious to have a different interpretation even if our conditions and circumstances might seem to require a different interpretation.”

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
Presidents of India, 1950-2003

“Today, for the first time in our long and chequered history, we find the whole of this vast land… brought together under the jurisdiction of one constitution and one union which takes over responsibility for the welfare of more than 320 million men and women who inhabit it.”

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

“I feel assured in my mind that your personality will help to soothe the injured souls and bring peace and unity into an atmosphere of mistrust and chaos.”

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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“All through his political career he held coveted positions.”

Fuente: Presidents of India, 1950-2003, P.6

“He had a very rich background and belonged to a scholarly family.”

Fuente: Presidents of India, 1950-2003, p. 1

“Honourable Members…I ask you, Members, to stand in your places to pay our tribute of respect to Quaid-e-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah, who by his grim determination and stead fast devotion was able to carve out and found Pakistan and whose passing away at this moment is an irreparable loss to all.”

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