The reward
* Do you know Dr. Rajendra Prasad was?
He was the first president of India our country got its freedom in 1947.
Life history
Rajendra Prasad was born on the 3 rd of December collage, Calcutta, and passed Master of Arts MA and master of law ML with high marks. He started working as a lawyer in Calcutta 1911. He moved to Patna in 1916.
Rajendra Prasad met Mahatma Gandhi in April 1917. That meeting changed his life. He became a follower of Gandhi and joined the freedom movement.
Like Gandhi, Rajendra Prasad Babu was a simple and humble person. He was attracted by the ideals of Mahatma Gandhi. They worked together in the freedom movement. But he always remained a peasant in his heart. He gave us the slogan Grow More Food.
After India became independent in 1947, Rajendra Prasad became the chairman of the constitute Assemble. It was the constituent assemble which prepared the constitution of India.
In 1950, when India became a republic, Rajendra Prasad was elected the first president. He continued in that position for ten years.
Rajendra Prasad did on 28 February 1963. Although Rajendra Prasad Babu occupied the highest position in our country, he was not proud. He was very modest. Being a true leader he liked to serve his country and help his countrymen, than to lead them. We wanted to see that all Indians lived peacefully and comfortable. Even before Rajendra Prasad became the president of our country, people of different groups met in his house to discuss how all Indians could live together as friends.
This great was very kind to children. He did not want to hurt them or frighten them by speaking harshly to them. One day Rajendra Prasad Babu found many pages of his book torn. He immediately understood that was done by the children at home. He wanted them to admit their mistake, but did not want to accuse them of the act. He thought that accusing them would only make them feel guilty. He thought of a way in which this could be avoided. He called al the children and said, ‘’I shall give as a reward the same amount of rupee as the number of pages torn by each one of you’’.
All the children readily told him how many pages they had torn in anticipation of getting the same amount of rupee. Rajendra Babu gave them the money but told them that it was not good habit to tear off pages from books.
The children realized their mistake. They promised never to do such a thing again.
What a wonderful way to teach such an important lesson!
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