Jitendra Prasada

Jitendra Prasada (12 November 1938 – 16 January 2001) was an Indian politician and a former vice-president of the Indian National Congress.

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.

Other institutes include Sherwood College, Nainital, Colvin Taluqdars College, Lucknow.

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 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.

He was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in 1980 and 1984 from the same constituency.

He was also the political advisor to two prime ministers of India, Rajiv Gandhi in 1991 and P. V. Narasimha Rao in 1994.

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.

Prasad fought Congress Party's presidential election against Sonia Gandhi on 9 November 2000 but was defeated.

He died on 16 January 2001 in New Delhi following a cerebral haemorrhage.