Will the 72-year-old tradition in independent India be broken?
Talking about the oldest President of the country, he is KR Narayanan. Narayanan became the President on 25 July 1997 at the age of 77 years 5 months, 21 days. Similarly, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, who was elected unopposed as the President, is the youngest leader of the country to become the President.
Dates regarding the selection of the new President of the country (Presidential Election) has been announced and all the political parties are busy in deciding the names of the candidates for the post of President. If the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party at the Center is in talks with its NDA alliance and other parties, then the ruckus has also started from the opposition side. Last week Mamta Banerjee (Mamata Banerjee) Has held a big meeting in Delhi on behalf of the opposition parties to make Saksha candidates. But will the new President be able to change the history of independent India which till now the last 14 Presidents could not change.
Since independence in 1947, till 2014, every President and Prime Minister of the country was born before independence. But Narendra Modi, who became the Prime Minister in May 2014, became the first leader who was born after 1947 and held the top post. Modi is the first Prime Minister of the country to be born in independent India, but the number of leaders who have held office as President so far were born before 1947.
4 Presidents born in the 19th century
President Ram Nath Kovind is the 14th President of the country and all the Presidents who have become so far were all born before the independence of the country. The current President Kovind is such a leader who was born a little before the independence of the country. He was born on October 1, 1945, almost 2 years after his birth, the country got independence after a long struggle. But the country is still waiting for the first President who was born in the country’s independent Fiza.
Now let’s talk about the special data related to the birth of the President of the country. Out of 14 full-time presidents in the country, there were 4 presidents who were born in the 19th century i.e. before 1900. The first President Dr. Rajendra Prasad was born on 3 December 1884 while the second President of the country Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was born on 5 September 1888, about 4 years after the first President was born. The country also celebrates Teacher’s Day every year on the birthday of Radhakrishnan.
The country’s third President Zakir Hussain was born in 1897 while the fourth President VV Giri was born on 10 August 1894, 3 years before Zakir Hussain.
The first president to be born in the 20th century
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed became the fifth President of the country and he was the first leader born in the 20th century to become a President. He was born on 13 May 1905.
Talking about the oldest President of the country, he is KR Narayanan. Narayanan became the President on 25 July 1997 at the age of 77 years 5 months, 21 days. Similarly, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, who was elected unopposed as the President, is the youngest leader of the country to become the President. He achieved the distinction of becoming the first citizen of the country on 25 July 1977 at the age of 64 years, 2 months and 6 days. Ram Nath Kovind is the only one among the leaders born after 1940 who became the President.
India is celebrating the Amrit Mahotsav of Independence on the occasion of 75 years of independence, hoping that on the occasion of the year-long holy festival, the country will get a President who was born after August 15, 1947.
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