New Delhi, Dec 3: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday paid tribute to the country’s first President, Rajendra Prasad on his birth anniversary.
“Tributes to the first President of India, Bharat Ratna Dr Rajendra Prasad. A man of high talent, and symbol of simple life-high thinking Rajendra Babu will always be a source of inspiration for the citizens of the country,” Modi tweeted in Hindi.
देश के प्रथम राष्ट्रपति भारत रत्न डॉ. राजेन्द्र प्रसाद को उनकी जयंती पर कोटि-कोटि नमन।अप्रतिम प्रतिभा के धनी एवं सादा जीवन-उच्च विचार के प्रतीक राजेन्द्र बाबू देशवासियों के लिए सदा प्रेरणास्रोत रहेंगे।
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 3, 2018
Prasad was born on December 3, 1884 in Siwan, Bihar.
He held the highest office in the country from January 26, 1950, to May 13, 1962.
IANS
