Introduction

One of the key architects of independent India, Babu Rajendra Prasad was an eminent freedom fighter, an acclaimed jurist, an eloquent speaker, a progressive visionary, a statesman and above all a humanist. Dr. Rajendra Prasad was one of the dasratnas of Gandhiji alias Ajat Shatru who placed service over self. As a repository of trust and confidence of Gandhiji, he inherited all that was best to emancipate India from alien domination. Babu Rajendra Prasad was one of the greatest gentlemen that Indian politics ever witnessed since time immemorial.