Jitendra Prasada

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| name = Jitendra Prasada

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1938|11|12|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Shahjahanpur, United Provinces, British India
(present day Uttar Pradesh, India)

| nationality = Indian

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2001|01|16|1938|11|12}}

| death_place = New Delhi, India

| office = Vice President, All India Congress Committee

| office2 = Member of 5th, 7th, 8th, 13th Lok Sabha

| constituency2 = Shahjahanpur

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| party = Indian National Congress

| parents = {{plainlist|

Kunwar Jyoti Prasada (father)
Pamela Devi (mother)}}

| spouse = Kanta Prasada

| children = 2 (incl. Jitin Prasada)

| footnotes =

| date = 9 March |

| year = 2009 |

| source = http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=4065

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Jitendra Prasada (12 November 1938 – 16 January 2001) was an Indian politician and a former vice-president of the Indian National Congress. He was also the political advisor to two prime ministers of India, Rajiv Gandhi in 1991 and P. V. Narasimha Rao in 1994.

Prasad fought Congress Party's presidential election against Sonia Gandhi on 9 November 2000{{cite web|url=http://teleradproviders.com/nbn/story.php?id=NjcwNw== |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130630100906/http://teleradproviders.com/nbn/story.php?id=NjcwNw== |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 June 2013 |title=Congress president elections : Sonia vs Jitendra Prasad |date=6 November 2000 |accessdate=28 May 2013 }} but was defeated. He died on 16 January 2001 in New Delhi following a cerebral haemorrhage.{{Cite web|last=MITRA|first=Sumit|title=Congress leader Jitendra Prasada passes away|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/obituary/story/20010129-congress-leader-jitendra-prasada-passes-away-775855-2001-01-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200628163257/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/obituary/story/20010129-congress-leader-jitendra-prasada-passes-away-775855-2001-01-29|archive-date=28 June 2020|access-date=2020-08-24|website=India Today|language=en|url-status=live}}

Personal life

Jitendra Prasada was born to Kunwar Jyoti Prasada and Pamela Devi at Shahjahanpur on 12 November 1938. His grandmother Purnima Devi was the niece of Rabindranath Tagore and mother Pamela Devi belonged to the royal family of Kapurthala State.

He was educated at Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences.{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine|title=India Today Magazine Issue - Dated February 24, 2020|website=indiatoday.in|access-date=16 February 2020|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002512/http://archives.digitaltoday.in/indiatoday/20020128/eyecathers.html|url-status=live}} Other institutes include Sherwood College, Nainital, Colvin Taluqdars College, Lucknow. He married Kanta Prasada on 27 January 1973. This couple has son, Jitin Prasada and a daughter, Jahnavi Prasada. The family of Jitendra Prasada resides at Prasad Bhawan, Shahjahanpur.

Political career

Prasad entered politics as a member of Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Parishad in 1970. He was elected to the 5th Lok Sabha in 1971 from Shahjahanpur constituency. He was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in 1980 and 1984 from the same constituency. He was a member of the Rajya Sabha from 1994 to 1999. He was again elected to the 13th Lok Sabha in 1999 from Shahjahanpur constituency.{{cite web|title=Lok Sabha - Synopsis of Debates, February 19, 2001|url=http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/lsdeb/ls13/ses6/190201.htm|accessdate=27 March 2010|publisher=Indian Parliament website|archive-date=15 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615073705/http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/lsdeb/ls13/ses6/190201.htm|url-status=live}}