Raja Mahendra Pratap | |
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 Raja Mahendra Pratap on a 1979 stamp of India | |
| President of the Provisional Government of India | |
| In office 1 December 1915 — January 1919 | |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 1957–1962 | |
| Preceded by | Raja Giriraj Saran Singh |
| Succeeded by | Chaudhary Digambar Singh (INC) |
| Constituency | Mathura |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 December 1886 Hathras, North-Western Provinces, British India |
| Died | 29 April 1979 (aged 92) |
| Alma mater | Muhammad Anglo-Oriental Collegiate School |
Raja Mahendra Pratap (1 December 1886 — 29 April 1979) was an Indian freedom fighter, journalist, writer, revolutionary, President in the Provisional Government of India, which served as the Indian Government-in-exile during World War I from Kabul in 1915, and social reformist of British India.[1] He also formed the Executive Board of India in Japan in 1940 during the Second World War.[2] He formed the original Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauj) in 1915 in Kabul which was supported by many Nations including Japan. He also took part in the Balkan War in the year 1911 along with his fellow students of Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College.[3] He is popularly known as "Aryan Peshwa".[4]
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