BBC News:1950: India becomes a republic, BBC News, 26 January 2005 - Rajendra Prasad

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BBC News:1950: India becomes a republic, BBC News, 26 January 2005

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About Rajendra Prasad

Dr Rajendra Prasad (December 3, 1884 – February 28, 1963) was the first President of the Republic of India. An Indian political leader, lawyer by training, Prasad joined the Indian National Congress during the Indian independence movement and became a major leader from the region of Bihar.

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Native Name: डाक्टर राजेन्द्र प्रसाद
Alternative Names: Babu Rajendra Prasad
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The Head of the State in the British Constitution is a Monarch and the Crown descends according to the rules of heredity. In India the Head of the State is an elected President who holds office for a term and can be removed for misconduct in accordance with the procedure laid down in the Constitution.
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He had been an outstanding student throughout his academic career…the qualities of leadership were very much visible from his earlier career as a student, when he established the Bihar Students Conference, which kept on holding its activities until the beginning of the non-cooperation movement.
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