Dr. Rajendra Prasad
2007-03-09 21:28:33
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answered by Anonymous
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Dr. Rajendra Prasad (Hindi: डाक्टर राजेन्द्र प्रसाद) (December 3, 1884 – February 28, 1963) was the first President of India.
Rajendra Prasad was a independence activist and, as a leader of the Congress Party, played a prominent role in the Indian 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.
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2007-03-13 02:16:48
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answered by Hope Summer 6
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Dr. Rajendra prasad
India became formally independent from the United Kingdom on August 15, 1947. However, the country remained a Commonwealth Realm, and continued in a personal union relationship with the other countries who each regarded the same person as their monarch and Head of State. The Monarch of India was represented by the Governor-General of India, now appointed by the King of the United Kingdom upon the advice of the Prime Minister of India, instead of the British government.
This was a temporary measure, however, as the continued existence of a shared monarch in the Indian political system was not considered appropriate for a truly sovereign nation. The first Governor General of India, Lord Mountbatten, was also the last British Viceroy of India before independence. He soon handed power over to C. Rajagopalachari, who became the first (and only) ethnically Indian governor general. In the meantime, the Constituent Assembly led by B. R. Ambedkar worked on drafting independent India's Constitution. The drafting was finished on November 26, 1949, and the Constitution was formally adopted on January 26, 1950—a date of symbolic importance as it was on January 26, 1930, that the Congress Party had first issued the call for complete independence from Britain. When the constitution took effect, the Governor General and King were replaced by an elected president, with Rajendra Prasad serving as the first President of India.
The move ended India's status as a Commonwealth Realm, but the republic remained in the Commonwealth of Nations. Nehru argued that a nation should be allowed to stay in the Commonwealth simply by observing the British monarch as "Head of the Commonwealth" but not necessarily head of state. This was a ground-breaking decision that would set a precedent in the second half of the twentieth century for many other former British colonies to remain in the Commonwealth after becoming newly-independent republics.
2007-03-13 17:53:16
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answered by rimple 1
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Dr.Rajendra Prasad was the first President of Independent India
2007-03-12 08:12:40
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answered by singh_kv 2
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Dr.Rajendra Prasad was the first President of India.
2007-03-10 02:46:04
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answered by ? 4
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Dr. Rajendra Prasad
2007-03-13 22:01:53
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answered by TrueWOW 3
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Dr. Rajendra Prasad.
2007-03-13 06:33:38
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answered by laxmi kumar n 6
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Dr.Rajendra Prasad
2007-03-09 21:40:50
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answered by Rayomand 1
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Who is Rajendra Prasad
2007-03-09 21:29:02
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answered by Anonymous
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Dr. rajendra prasad
2007-03-13 04:17:30
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answered by dilu d 1
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