SSC MTS EXAM

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 January 26, 1950, two and a half years after India’s independence, the Constitution of Independent India was ratified, and Rajendra Prasad was elected the country’s first president. He acted independently of any political party as President of India, as mandated by the Constitution.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.