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{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1906)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Mrityunjay Prasad
| office = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| constituency = [[Maharajganj, Bihar Lok Sabha constituency|Maharajganj, Bihar]]
| term_start = 1967
| predecessor = Krishnakanta Singh
| term_end = 1971
| successor = [[Ram Deo Singh]]
| constituency1 = [[Siwan Lok Sabha constituency|Siwan, Bihar]]
| term_start1 = 1977
| predecessor1 = Mohammad Yusuf
| term_end1 = 1980
| successor1 = Mohammad Yusuf
| parents = [[Rajendra Prasad]] (father)<br>[[Rajvanshi Devi]] (mother)
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1906|01|02}}
| birth_place = [[Siwan district|Jiradei]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1984|10|19|1906|01|02}}
| death_place = [[Patna]], [[Bihar]], [[India]]
| party = [[Janata Party]] (1967–1980)
| other_party = [[Indian National Congress]] (till 1967)
| spouse =
| children = Tara Sinha (Daughter)
}}

'''Mrityunjaya Prasad''' (2 January 1906{{snd}}19 October 1984) was an [[Indian politician]] and son of [[Rajendra Prasad]] and [[Rajvanshi Devi]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rajendra Prasad Biography |url=https://www.vedantu.com/biography/dr-rajendra-prasad-biography |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=Vedantu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Prasad |first=Rajendra |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q2FDAAAAYAAJ&q=Mrityunjaya+Prasad |title=Dr. Rajendra Prasad, Correspondence and Select Documents |date=1984 |publisher=Allied |isbn=978-81-7023-002-1 |language=en}}</ref> who served as [[Member of 6th Lok Sabha]] from [[Siwan Lok Sabha constituency]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Members of 6th Lok Sabha |url=https://loksabha.nic.in/Members/lokaralpha.aspx?lsno=6&search=M |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=Lok Sabha, Parliament of India}}</ref> and [[Member of 4th Lok Sabha]] from [[Maharajganj, Bihar Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Members of 4th Lok Sabha |url=https://loksabha.nic.in/Members/lokaralpha.aspx?lsno=4&search=M |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=Lok Sabha}}</ref> He was the only member of Rajendra Prasad's family who joined [[politics]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The legacy of 1947 |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/the-legacy-of-1947/502468/2 |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=The Indian Express}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
He was born on 2 January 1906 in [[Ziradei]], [[Siwan district]]. He was the founder-member of [[College of Commerce, Arts and Science, Patna]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bVVPAQAAMAAJ&q=College+of+Commerce,+Patna+Mrityunjay+Prasad |title=Lok Sabha Debates |date=1985 |publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat. |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3OBFAQAAIAAJ&q=College+of+Commerce,+Patna+Mrityunjay+Prasad |title=Who's who |date=1977 |publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Members Bioprofile |url=https://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/1863.htm |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=Lok Sabha}}</ref> He died at [[Patna]] on 19 October 1984.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/812687/1/08_I_18-01-1985_p7_p14_PII.pdf | date = 1985-01-18 | access-date = 2025-05-21 | title = Lok Sabah debates - 18 January 1985 - Obituary references}}</ref>

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[[Category:1906 births]]
[[Category:1984 deaths]]
[[Category:India MPs 1967–1970]]
[[Category:India MPs 1977–1979]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Bihar]]
[[Category:People from Siwan district]]
[[Category:Children of presidents of India]]

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