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Dr. Rajendra Prasad's Ancestral House, Ziradei

Ziradei birthplace of Rajendra Prasad, India's first President, now an ASI-protected monument

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01 — The story

The story

This house in Ziradei block of Siwan district, Bihar, was the family home of Dr Rajendra Prasad, a central figure in India's freedom movement and the country's first President. He was born here in 1884, and the house is valued as a landmark in his life.

It is now a protected monument. The Patna circle of the Archaeological Survey of India has looked after it since 26 July 2001, and it is entered as N-BR-65 among Bihar's Monuments of National Importance.

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02 — About

About Dr. Rajendra Prasad's Ancestral House, Ziradei

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Where it is

Siwan, Bihar

26.19° N 84.25° E