Rajendra Prasad
Rajendra Prasad (born Rajendra Prasad Sahay; 3 December 1884 – 28 February 1963) was an Indian politician, lawyer, journalist and scholar who served as the first president of India from 1952 to 1962. He joined the Indian National Congress during the Indian independence movement and became a major leader from the region of Bihar. A supporter of Mahatma Gandhi, Prasad was imprisoned by British authorities during the Salt Satyagraha of 1930 and the Quit India movement of 1942. After the constituent assembly 1946 elections, Prasad served as 1st Minister of Food and Agriculture in the central government from 1947 to 1948. Upon independence in 1947, Prasad was elected as President of the Constituent Assembly of India, which prepared the Constitution of India and which served as its provisional Parliament.When India became a republic in 1950, Prasad was elected as its first president by the Constituent Assembly. As president, Prasad established a tradition for non-partisanship and independence for the office-bearer and retired from Congress party politics. Although a ceremonial head of state, Prasad encouraged the development of education in India and advised government on several occasions. In 1957, Prasad was re-elected to the presidency, becoming the only president to serve two full terms. Prasad stayed in office for the longest term of around 12 years. Post the completion of his tenure, he quit the Congress and set up new guidelines for parliamentarians which are still followed. Provided by Wikipedia
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3by Rajendra Prasad Bangam Rao, Lalatendu Mohanty, Amit Jajodia, Santosh SharmaGet access
Published in Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine (2023)
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4by Kirkwood, S., Belova, E., Satheesan, K., Narayana Rao, T., Rajendra Prasad, T., Satheesh Kumar, S.Get access
Published in Annales Geophysicae (2010)
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6by S. Kirkwood, E. Belova, K. Satheesan, T. Narayana Rao, T. Rajendra Prasad, S. Satheesh KumarGet access
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7by Kirkwood, S., Belova, E., Satheesan, K., Narayana Rao, T., Rajendra Prasad, T., Satheesh Kumar, S.Get access
Published 2010
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8by RK Rajeshkumar, R Vennila, S Karthikeyan, N Rajendra Prasad, M Arumugam, T Velpandian, T BalasubramaniamGet access
Published in Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases (2015)
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9by Kivimäenpää, Minna, Markkanen, Juha-Matti, Ghimire, Rajendra Prasad, Holopainen, Toini, Vuorinen, Martti, Holopainen, JarmoGet access
Published 2018
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10by Kasiganesan Harinath, Anand Sawrup Malhotra, Karan Pal, Rajendra Prasad, Rajesh Kumar, Ramesh Chand SawhneyContributors: “...Rajendra Prasad...”
Published in Wilderness & Environmental Medicine (2005)
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11by Rajib Deb, Basavraj Sajjanar, Karuna Devi, K. M. Reddy, Rajendra Prasad, Sushil Kumar, Arjava SharmaGet access
Published 2013
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12by Parajuli, Rajendra Prasad, Goodrich, Jaclyn M., Chan, Hing Man, Lemire, Melanie, Ayotte, Pierre, Hegele, Robert A., Basu, NiladriGet access
Published in Environmental Research (2021)
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13by Parajuli, Rajendra Prasad, Goodrich, Jaclyn M., Chan, Laurie H.M., Ayotte, Pierre, Lemire, Melanie, Hegele, Robert A., Basu, NiladriGet access
Published in Science of The Total Environment (2018)
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15by Chan, Hing Man, Hu, Xue Feng, Cheung, Janet S., Parajuli, Rajendra Prasad, Rosol, Renata, Yumvihoze, Emmanuel, Williams, Linna, Mohapatra, AsishGet access
Published in BMJ Open (2020)
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16by Hing Man Chan, Xue Feng Hu, Janet S. Cheung, Rajendra Prasad Parajuli, Renata Rosol, Emmanuel Yumvihoze, Linna Williams, Asish MohapatraGet access
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17by Chan, Hing Man, Hu, Xue Feng, Cheung, Janet S., Parajuli, Rajendra Prasad, Rosol, Renata, Yumvihoze, Emmanuel, Williams, Linna, Mohapatra, AsishGet access
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18by Cheung, Janet Sze-Jing, Hu, Xue Feng, Parajuli, Rajendra Prasad, Rosol, Renata, Torng, Allan, Mohapatra, Asish, Lye, Ellen, Chan, Hing ManGet access
Published in International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health (2020)
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