first president of independent India

Dr. Rajendra prasad served as the first president of independent india, being in office from 1950 to 1962. He was the only president to serve two full terms.Rajendra prasad was born in Zeraddai in Bihar on 3rd December 1884. 
A lawyer by profession ,Dr. prasad had been an influential leader during the indian freedom struggle.As the first president of india,he set himself as a powerful precedent for others to follow.
 

Dr.prasad retired from public life in 1962, after serving as the president of india for 12 years because of his deteriorating health.That same year he was honoured with the Bharat Ratna , india's highest civillian award.

Besides being the first president of india,Dr Rrajendra prasad was a prolific writer.  
He was know for his literary contributions.

This inspiring bookwas first published in hindi.He has beautifullydetailed his childhood inhis native village Chapra ,  early education with his teacher maulvisaheb,years as a student in Calcutta married life at the age of twelve and his legal career .The book also highlights his valuableobservation onBritish colonialrulein india.

Literary contributions

Rajendra Prasad painting as Indian National Congress President by Swamy in 1948 issue of Chandamama magazine.
President of Constituent Assembly
Satyagraha at Champaran (1922)
Division of India (1946, online)
Atmakatha (1946), his autobiography written during his 3-year prison term in Bankipur Jail
Mahatma Gandhi and Bihar, Some Reminiscences" (1949)
Bapu Ke Kadmon Mein (1954)
Since Independence (published in 1960)
Bharatiya Shiksha
At the feet of Mahatma Gandhi