Rajendra Prasad was drawn into the Indian Freedom Struggle soon after starting his career as a lawyer. During one of the fact-finding missions at Champaran, Mahatma Gandhi asked him to come with volunteers. In July 1946, when the Constituent Assembly was established to frame the Constitutions of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad was elected its President. Two and half years after independence, on January 26, 1950, the Constitution of Independent India was ratified and Dr. Rajendra Prasad was elected The Nation’s First President. In 1962, after 12 years as President, Dr. Prasad retired, and was subsequently awarded the Bharat Ratna, the nation’s highest civilian award. The books contain the life and works of Rajendra Prasad, a prominent leader of freedom struggle and politician of repute. Thoughts of Prasad on various subjects are also included.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Anil Kumar Singh
Dr. Anil Kumar Sing currently working with India's foremost news channel Aaj Tak Earlier he was associated with Zee News. He had a brief stint in teaching Political Science at a Delhi Universitsy affiliated college till 1995. He then joined Dileep Padgaonkar's organization APCA and worked in the field of television journalism. He did his B.A. Hons. Political Science, M.A. Political Science, M.Phil, and Ph.D. in International Relations from the University of Delhi. Dr. Singh is a keen student of international relations and his areas of special interest are National Security, Indian Ocean, SAARC, New World Orderr, Globalization, New International Order and other related issues. He has contributed several research papers/articles to national level seminars and leading newspapers. Presently he is working on his forthcoming book on India-Mauritius relations.
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