GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Rajendra Prasad (3 December 1884 – 28 February 1963) was an Indian politician, lawyer, Indian independence activist, journalist & scholar who served as the first President of India from 1950 to 1962.

Detailed explanation-2: -On April 30, 1789, George Washington, standing on the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York, took his oath of office as the first President of the United States.

Detailed explanation-3: -Two and a half years after independence, on 26 January 1950, Prasad was elected the nation’s first President. He stayed in office for the longest term of around 12 years (from 1950 to 1962).