New Delhi (NVI): The nation paid tributes to India’s first President Rajendra Prasad on his 136th birth anniversary today.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Vice President Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu were among the political leaders who remembered Dr Prasad.
Taking to Twitter, the PM Modi wrote in Hindi, “My sincere tribute to former President Bharat Ratna Dr. Rajendra Prasad on his birth anniversary. He played an incomparable role in the freedom struggle and constitution making. His life, based on the principle of simple living and high thinking, will always inspire the countrymen.”
पूर्व राष्ट्रपति भारत रत्न डॉ. राजेन्द्र प्रसाद की जयंती पर उन्हें मेरी सादर श्रद्धांजलि। स्वतंत्रता संग्राम और संविधान निर्माण में उन्होंने अतुलनीय भूमिका निभाई। सादा जीवन और उच्च विचार के सिद्धांत पर आधारित उनका जीवन देशवासियों को सदैव प्रेरित करता रहेगा।
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 3, 2020
Venkaiah Naidu paying his humble tributes said, Dr Prasad was a selfless leader who played a key role in shaping the polity of the country.
“My humble tributes to former president of India, Dr Rajendra Prasad on his birth anniversary today. He was a selfless & visionary leader who played a significant role in shaping the polity of India. He will always be remembered for his simplicity and compassion for others,” the Vice President Secretariat tweeted quoting Naidu.
My humble tributes to former President of India, Dr Rajendra Prasad on his birth anniversary today. He was a selfless & visionary leader who played a significant role in shaping the polity of India. He will always be remembered for his simplicity and compassion for others. pic.twitter.com/mUgT560mCb
— Vice President of India (@VPSecretariat) December 3, 2020
Prasad was born on December 3, 1884, in an obscure village in the Saran district of North Bihar. He was a a brilliant scholar, great teacher, lawyer, freedom fighter. Prasad was a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi and became the first President of India after its Independence.
He also headed the constituent assembly. Prasad is the only person to have held office for two terms as the President of India, from 1950 to 1962. Prasad was awarded the ‘Bharat Ratna’ before he demitted office in 1962.
-RJV
