Mrityunjay Prasad

{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1906)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}

{{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Mrityunjay Prasad

| office = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha

| constituency = Maharajganj, Bihar

| termstart = 1967

| predecessor = Krishnakanta Singh

| termend = 1971

| successor = Ram Deo Singh

| constituency1 = Siwan, Bihar

| termstart1 = 1977

| predecessor1 = Mohammad Yusuf

| termend1 = 1980

| successor1 = Mohammad Yusuf

| parents = Rajendra Prasad (father)
Rajvanshi Devi (mother)

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1906|01|02}}

| birth_place = Jiradei, Bengal Presidency, British India

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1984|10|19|1906|01|02}}

| death_place = Patna, Bihar, India

| party = Janata Party (1967–1980)

| residence = 274, Pataliputra Colony, Patna

| otherparty = Indian National Congress (till 1967)

| spouse =

| children = Tara Sinha (Daughter)

}}

Mrityunjaya Prasad (2 January 1906{{snd}}19 October 1984) was an Indian politician and son of Rajendra Prasad and Rajvanshi Devi{{Cite web |title=Rajendra Prasad Biography |url=https://www.vedantu.com/biography/dr-rajendra-prasad-biography |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=Vedantu}}{{Cite book |last=Prasad |first=Rajendra |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q2FDAAAAYAAJ&q=Mrityunjaya+Prasad |title=Dr. Rajendra Prasad, Correspondence and Select Documents |date=1984 |publisher=Allied |isbn=978-81-7023-002-1 |language=en}} who served as Member of 6th Lok Sabha from Siwan Lok Sabha constituency{{Cite web |title=Members of 6th Lok Sabha |url=https://loksabha.nic.in/Members/lokaralpha.aspx?lsno=6&search=M |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=Lok Sabha, Parliament of India}} and Member of 4th Lok Sabha from Maharajganj, Bihar Lok Sabha constituency.{{Cite web |title=Members of 4th Lok Sabha |url=https://loksabha.nic.in/Members/lokaralpha.aspx?lsno=4&search=M |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=Lok Sabha}} He was the only member of Rajendra Prasad's family who joined politics.{{Cite web |title=The legacy of 1947 |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/the-legacy-of-1947/502468/2 |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=The Indian Express}}