Rajvanshi Devi
{{Short description|First Lady of India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Rajvanshi Devi
| office = First Lady of India
| image = Rajvanshi Devi at a Rashtrapati Bhavan ceremony.jpg
| caption = Rajvanshi Devi giving Annual Prize of Government House Estate School at Rashtrapati Bhavan
| president = Rajendra Prasad
| predecessor = Office established
| successor = Shah Jahan Begum
| termend = 12 May 1962
| termstart = 26 January 1950
| occupation = Freedom fighter
| spouse = {{marriage|Rajendra Prasad|1896|1963|reason=died}}
| children = Mrityunjay Prasad
| birth_date = {{birth date|1886|07|17|df=yes}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1962|09|09|1886|07|17|df=yes}}
}}
Rajvanshi Devi (17 July 1886 – 9 September 1962) was an Indian freedom fighter who served as the 1st First Lady of India as the spouse of Rajendra Prasad, President of India.{{Cite web |title=राजवंशी बिना न 'देशरत्न' बन पाते, न प्रभावती बिना 'लोकनायक' |url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/siwan-independance-day-18318241.html |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=Dainik Jagran |language=hi}}{{Cite web |title=Dr. Rajendra Prasad, District Siwan, Government Of Bihar {{!}} India |url=https://siwan.nic.in/dr-rajendra-prasad/ |access-date=2022-09-16 |website=Government of Siwan |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=राजवंशी देवी धर्मपरायण महिला होने के साथ ही देशसेवा के प्रति समर्पित रहीं |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/bihar/patna/rajvanshi-devi-was-devoted-to-being-a-devout-woman-devoted-to-nation-service-045106-2664432.html/ |website=Dainik Bhaskar}}
Personal life
She was born on 17 July 1886.{{Cite web |title=Rajvanshi Devi |url=https://www.myheritage.com/names/rajvanshi_devi#:~:text=Rajvanshi%20Devi,%20died%201962&text=Rajendra%20was%20born%20on%20December%203%201884. |access-date=2022-09-16 |website=My Heritage}} Her father was mukhtiyar in Arrah and her brother was lawyer in Ballia.{{Cite book |last=Prasad |first=Rajendra |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9vM6CwAAQBAJ&q=rajvanshi |title=Autobiography |date=2010-05-10 |publisher=Penguin UK |isbn=978-93-5214-105-0 |language=en}} She was a true-to-tradition Hindu lady.{{Cite web |title=DR. RAJENDRA PRASAD |url=https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/58684/1/Eminent_Parliamentarians_Series_Rajendra_Prasad.pdf |website=Digital Parliament Library}} She married Rajendra Prasad in June 1896{{Cite book |last=Sinha |first=Tara |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tZ8wBQAAQBAJ&dq=rajvanshi+Devi+married+age&pg=PA22 |title=Dr. Rajendra Prasad: A Brief Biography |date=2021-01-19 |publisher=Prabhat Prakashan |isbn=978-81-8430-173-1 |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Rajendra Prasad Biography |url=https://www.vedantu.com/biography/dr-rajendra-prasad-biography |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=Vedantu}} when he was 12 years old.{{Cite web |last=Rai |first=Avinash |title=Dr.Rajendra Prasad: नेहरू ने मना किया, फिर भी सोमनाथ मंदिर चले गए थे राजेंद्र प्रसाद, जानें देश के पहले राष्ट्रपति की कहानी |url=https://www.india.com/hindi-news/special-hindi/list-of-presidents-of-india-from-1950-to-2022-dr-rajendra-prasad-to-ramnath-kovind-jawaharlal-nehru-refused-then-rajendra-prasad-went-to-somnath-temple-know-the-story-of-bihars-gandhi-rajendra-prasa-5472447/ |access-date=2022-09-16 |website=www.india.com |language=hi}}{{Cite web |last=Eshwar |date=2018-02-28 |title=Dr Rajendra Prasad: Remembering the Man and the President |url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/dr-rajendra-prasad-remembering-the-man-and-the-president-death-anniversary |access-date=2022-09-16 |website=TheQuint |language=en}} She married with Rajendra Prasad at Dalan Chhapra Village, Ballia district. In 1947, she was arrested along with Chandrawati Devi for celebrating Indian independence movement at Patna.{{Cite book |last=Thakur |first=Bharti |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7qJesClv4z4C&dq=rajbanshi+devi+rajendra+prasad&pg=PA119 |title=Women in Gandhi's Mass Movements |date=2006 |publisher=Deep & Deep Publications |isbn=978-81-7629-818-6 |language=en}} She inaugurated Rajendra Prasad's Hospital.{{Cite web |title=राजेंद्र प्रसाद यांच्या रुग्णालयाची दुरवस्था |url=https://divyamarathi.bhaskar.com/news/NAT-rajendra-prasads-favourite-ayurvedic-hospital-in-poor-health-%E2%80%8E-3116619.html |website=Divya Marathi}} She died on 9 September 1962.{{Cite web |title=Rajendra Prasad Biography |url=https://www.vedantu.com/biography/dr-rajendra-prasad-biography |access-date=2022-12-11 |website=Vedantu}}{{Cite web |title=Major Events of Dr. Rajendra Prasad |url=http://www.brandbharat.com/english/bihar/dr_rajendra_prasad/Major%20Events%20of%20Dr.%20Rajendra%20Prasad.html |access-date=2022-12-11 |website=Brand Bharat}} After her death, her husband donated her jewelry to India's treasury during Sino-Indian War.{{Cite web |title=How Rajendra Prasad became the president of India against Nehru's wish |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/fyi/story/presidential-elections-rajendra-prasad-president-twice-congress-sarvepally-radhakrishnan-1022967-2017-07-07 |access-date=2022-12-11 |website=India Today |date=7 July 2017 |language=en}}
Honor
- In 1962,{{Cite web |title=RAJBANSHI DEVI HIGH SCHOOL CUM INTER COLLEGE THEPHAN - Thepaha, District Siwan (Bihar) |url=https://schools.org.in/siwan/10161901105/rajbanshi-devi-high-school-cum-inter-college-thephan.html |access-date=2022-09-16 |website=schools.org.in |language=en}} a higher secondary school built in Siwan, Bihar (Home City of Rajendra Prasad) was named after.{{Cite web |title=राजेन्द्र बाबू की पत्नी राजवंशी देवी के नाम पर बना है स्कूल |trans-title=School built in the name of Rajendra's wife Rajvanshi Devi |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/bihar/patna/news/school-is-named-after-rajendra-babu39s-wife-rajvanshi-devi-052639-3336469.html |website=Dainik Bhaskar}}{{Cite web |title=राजवंशी देवी: 5 रूम, 1800 छात्राएं, एक क्लास रूम में बैठती है 150 छात्राएं |url=https://www.livehindustan.com/bihar/siwan/story-rajvanshi-devi-5-rooms-1800-girl-students-150-girl-students-sit-in-one-class-room-5991933.html |access-date=2022-09-16 |website=Hindustan |language=hindi}}
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