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He set several important rules and regulations for later Presidents to follow. In 1962, after 12 years as President, he announced his decision to retire. He was later awarded the Bharat Ratna, nation`s highest civilian award.
However, following the dispute over the enactment of the Hindu Code Bill, he repented his stand.
As the first President, he was indepedent and unwilling to allow the Prime Minister or the party to seize his constitutional Rights.
After India became independent he was elected as the President of India.
He again became the President when Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose resigned in 1939.
He was elected as the President of Indian National Congress during the Bombay session in October 1934.
During the 1935 Quetta earthquake, Rajendra Prasad was not allowed to leave the country, he set up relief committees in Sindh and Punjab.
He started raising funds. The Viceroy had also raised a fund. However, while Rajendra Prasad`s fund collected over 38 Lakhs, three times of what the Viceroy could manage.
When Rajendra Prasad was in jail the earthquake of Bihar occurred on January 15, 1934. During that period, he gave the entire responsibility on his behalf to his close friend and well-known Gandhian Dr. Anugrah Narayan Sinha as he was released two days later.
He wrote articles for News-Papers like `Searchlight` and `the Desh` and also collected funds for these papers. He travelled a lot, for explaining, lecturing and counselling. He took active role in helping the affected people during the 1914 floods that errupted in Bihar and Bengal.
He found the Bihar Vidyapeeth, along with his colleagues on the basis of traditional Indian model.
During one of the fact-finding missions at Champaran, Mahatma Gandhi asked him to come with volunteers. Rajendra Prasad was greatly moved by the dedication, courage, and conviction of Mahatma Gandhi and he quit as a Senator of the University in 1921.
Soon after starting his career as a lawyer he was drawn into the Indian freedom struggle.
His courageous determination towards the service of nation inspired many students like Bihar Kesari Dr. Sri Krishna Sinha and Bihar Bibhuti Dr Anugrah Narayan Sinha who came under his guidance.
He passed in 1915 with a Gold medal in Masters in Law examination with honors.
He stood first in the first division of that examination and joined the Presidency College in 1902.
At the age of 18, Rajendra Prasad again joined the Chhapra Zilla School and from there passed the entrance examination of Calcutta University.
He went on to study at R.K. Ghosh`s Academy in Patna to be with his elder brother Mahendra Prasad.
He was married at the age of 12 to Rajvanshi Devi.
At the age of five, the young Rajendra Prasad was sent to a Maulavi for learning Persian.
His father, Mahadev Sahai, was a Persian and Sanskrit language scholar, his mother, Kamleshwari Devi, was a saintly lady who would tell stories from the Ramayana to her son.
He had also served as a Cabinet Minister briefly in the first Government of Independent India.
He served as President of the Constituent Assembly that drafted the constitution of the Republic from 1948 to 1950.
He played a leading role in the Indian Independence Movement.
Rajendra Prasad was an independence activist and, as a leader of the Congress Party,
He was the first President of Independent India.

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