a George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 41st

President of the United States (19891993). A Republican, he had previously served as the 43rd Vice
President of the United States (19811989), a congressman, an ambassador, and Director of Central
Intelligence. He is the oldest former President and Vice President, and the last former President who
is a veteran of World War II. Bush is often referred to as "George H. W. Bush", "Bush 41", "Bush the
Elder", and "George Bush, Sr." to distinguish him from his son, former President George W. Bush.
Prior to that son's fame or notability, he was widely known simply as George Bush.

Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts, to Senator Prescott Bush and Dorothy Walker Bush.
Following the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, Bush postponed college, enlisted in the U.S. Navy on
his 18th birthday, and became the youngest aviator in the U.S. Navy at the time.[1][2] He served
until the end of the war, then attended Yale University. Graduating in 1948, he moved his family to
West Texas and entered the oil business, becoming a millionaire by the age of 40.

He became involved in politics soon after founding his own oil company, serving as a member of the
House of Representatives, among other positions. He failed to win the Republican nomination for
President in 1980, but was chosen by party nominee Ronald Reagan to be his running mate, and the
two were elected. During his tenure, Bush headed administration task forces on deregulation and
fighting the "War on Drugs".

In 1988, Bush ran a successful campaign to succeed Reagan as President, defeating Democratic
opponent Michael Dukakis. Foreign policy drove the Bush presidency: military operations were
conducted in Panama and the Persian Gulf; the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, and the Soviet Union
dissolved two years later. Domestically, Bush reneged on a 1988 campaign promise and after a
struggle with Congress, signed an increase in taxes that Congress had passed. In the wake of a weak
recovery from an economic recession, along with continuing budget deficits, he lost the 1992
presidential election to Democrat Bill Clinton.

Bush left office in 1993. His presidential library was dedicated in 1997, and he has been active
along with President Clintonin various humanitarian activities. Bush's eldest son, George W. Bush,
later served as the 46th Governor of Texas (19952000) and as the 43rd President of the United
States (20012009), becoming one of only two presidentsthe other being John Quincy Adamsto
be the son of a former president. His second son, Jeb Bush, served as the 43rd Governor of Florida
(19992007).
Rajendra Prasad (About this sound listen (helpinfo); 3 December 1884 28 February 1963) was an
Indian political leader who served as the first President of the Republic of India from 1950 to 1962. A
lawyer by training, Prasad joined the Indian National Congress during the Indian independence
movement and became a major leader from the region of Bihar. A supporter of Mahatma Gandhi,
Prasad was imprisoned by British authorities during the Salt Satyagraha of 1931 and the Quit

Indimovement of 1942. Prasad served one term as President of the Indian National Congress from
1934 to 1935. After the 1946 elections, Prasad served as minister of food and agriculture in the
central government. Upon independence in 1947, Prasad was elected president of the Constituent
Assembly of India, which prepared the Constitution of India and served as its provisional parliament.

When India became a Republic in 1950, Prasad was elected its first President by the Constituent
Assembly. Following the general election of 1951, he was elected President by the electoral college
of the first Parliament of India and its state legislatures. As President, Prasad established a tradition
of non-partisanship and independence for the office-bearer, and retired from Congress party
politics. Although a ceremonial head of state, Prasad encouraged the development of education in
India and advised the Nehru government on several occasions. In 1957, Prasad was re-elected to the
presidency, becoming the only president to have been elected twice for the office.
Barack Hussein Obama II (Listeni/brk husen obm/; born August 4, 1961) is the 44th and
current President of the United States, the first African American to hold the office. Born in
Honolulu, Hawaii, Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he
was president of the Harvard Law Review. He was a community organizer in Chicago before earning
his law degree. He worked as a civil rights attorney in Chicago and taught constitutional law at the
University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. He served three terms representing the 13th
District in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004, running unsuccessfully for the United States House
of Representatives in 2000.

In 2004, Obama received national attention during his campaign to represent Illinois in the United
States Senate with his victory in the March Democratic Party primary, his keynote address at the
Democratic National Convention in July, and his election to the Senate in November. He began his
presidential campaign in 2007, and in 2008, after a close primary campaign against Hillary Rodham
Clinton, he won sufficient delegates in the Democratic Party primaries to receive the presidential
nomination. He then defeated Republican nominee John McCain in the general election, and was
inaugurated as president on January 20, 2009. Nine months after his election, Obama was named
the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

During his first two years in office, Obama signed into law economic stimulus legislation in response
to the Great Recession in the form of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and the
Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010. Other major
domestic initiatives in his first term include the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, often
referred to as "Obamacare"; the DoddFrank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act; and
the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010. In foreign policy, Obama ended U.S. military
involvement in the Iraq War, increased U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan, signed the New START arms
control treaty with Russia, ordered U.S. military involvement in Libya, and ordered the military
operation that resulted in the death of Osama bin Laden. He later became the first sitting U.S.
president to publicly support same-sex marriage. In November 2010, the Republicans regained

control of the House of Representatives as the Democratic Party lost a total of 63 seats, and after a
lengthy debate over federal spending and whether or not to raise the nation's debt limit, Obama
signed the Budget Control Act of 2011 and the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012.

Obama was re-elected president in November 2012, defeating Republican nominee Mitt Romney,
and was sworn in for a second term on January 20, 2013. During his second term in domestic policy,
Obama has promoted policies related to gun control in response to the Sandy Hook Elementary
School shooting, has called for full equality for LGBT Americans, and his administration filed briefs
which urged the Supreme Court to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act of 1996 and California's
Proposition 8 as unconstitutional. In foreign policy, Obama has continued the process of ending U.S.
combat operations in Afghanistan
Dr. Zakir Hussain About this sound pronunciation (helpinfo) (Urdu:

, Telugu:

), ; February 1897 3 May 1969) was the 3rd President of India, from 13 May 1967 until his
death on 3 May 1969. An educationist and intellectual, Hussain was the country's first Muslim
president. He previously served as Governor of Bihar from 1957 to 1962 and as Vice President of
India from 1962 to 1967.

Zakir Hussain was also co-founder of Jamia Milia Islamia, serving as its Vice Chancellor from 1928.
Under Hussain, Jamia became closely associated with the Indian freedom movement. He was
awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest national honour, in 1963.
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (About this sound listen (helpinfo); 5 September 1888 17 April 1975) was
an Indian philosopher and statesman who was the first Vice President of India (19521962) and the
second President of India from 1962 to 1967.[1]

One of India's most influential scholars of comparative religion and philosophy, Radhakrishnan built
a bridge between the East and the West by showing how the philosophical systems of each tradition
are comprehensible within the terms of the other. He wrote authoritative exegeses of India's
religious and philosophical literature for the English-speaking world. His academic appointments
included the King George V Chair of Mental and Moral Science at the University of Calcutta (1921
1932) and Spalding Professor of Eastern Religion and Ethics at University of Oxford (19361952).

Radhakrishnan was awarded the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award in India, in 1954. Among
the many other honours he received were the British Knight Bachelor in 1931 and honorary
membership of the Order of Merit (1963), but ceased to use the title "Sir" after India attained
independence.[2] Dr Radhakrishnan believed that "teachers should be the best minds in the
country". Since 1962, his birthday is celebrated in India as Teachers' Day on 5 September.[3] He was
also awarded the Templeton Prize in 1975 in recognition of the fact that "his accessible writings

underscored his countrys religious heritage and sought to convey a universal reality of God that
embraced love and wisdom for all people".