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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image =
| name = Jitendra Prasada
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1938|11|12|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Shahjahanpur]], [[United Provinces (1937–50)|United Provinces]], [[British India]]<br>(present day [[Uttar Pradesh]], India)
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2001|01|16|1938|11|12}}
| death_place = [[New Delhi]], India
| office = Vice President, [[All India Congress Committee]]

| office2 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member]] of [[5th Lok Sabha|5th]], [[7th Lok Sabha|7th]], [[8th Lok Sabha|8th]], [[13th Lok Sabha]]
| constituency2 = [[Shahjahanpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Shahjahanpur]]
| term2 =
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 =

| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| spouse = Kanta Prasada
| children = 2 (incl. [[Jitin Prasada]])
| footnotes =
| date = 9 March |
| year = 2009 |
| source = http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=4065
}}

'''Jitendra Prasada''' (12 November 1938 – 16 January 2001) was an Indian politician and a former vice-president of the [[Indian National Congress]]. He was also the political advisor to two prime ministers of India, [[Rajiv Gandhi]] in 1991 and [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]] in 1994.

Prasad fought Congress Party's presidential election against [[Sonia Gandhi]] on 9 November 2000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://teleradproviders.com/nbn/story.php?id=NjcwNw== |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130630100906/http://teleradproviders.com/nbn/story.php?id=NjcwNw== |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 June 2013 |title=Congress president elections : Sonia vs Jitendra Prasad |date=6 November 2000 |accessdate=28 May 2013 }}</ref> but was defeated. He died on 16 January 2001 in [[New Delhi]] following a [[cerebral haemorrhage]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=MITRA|first=Sumit|last2=|first2=|last3=|first3=|last4=|first4=|date=|title=Congress leader Jitendra Prasada passes away|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/obituary/story/20010129-congress-leader-jitendra-prasada-passes-away-775855-2001-01-29|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-24|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
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]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine|title=India Today Magazine Issue - Dated February 24, 2020|website=www.indiatoday.in}}</ref> Other institutes include Sherwood College, [[Nainital]], Colvin Taluqdars College, [[Lucknow]]. 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.

== Political career ==
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 (Lok Sabha constituency)|Shahjahanpur constituency]]. He was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in 1980 and 1984 from the same constituency. 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.<ref name="ip">{{cite web|title=Lok Sabha - Synopsis of Debates, February 19, 2001|url=http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/lsdeb/ls13/ses6/190201.htm|accessdate=27 March 2010|publisher=Indian Parliament website}}</ref>

===Posts held===
*President, Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee since 5 January 1995
*Vice-President, AICC, June, 1997 to April, 1998
*Chairman, Co-operative Bank, Shahjahanpur
*Vice-Chairman, Jawaharlal Nehru Centenary Celebration Committee
*Cabinet Secretariat; General Secretary, AICC, 1985
*Political Secretary to Rajiv Gandhi, (Congress President)
*Political Secretary to P.V. Narasimha Rao, (Congress President)
*Member, Indian delegation to the United Nations General Assembly, 1983
*Member, Congress Working Committee, 1992 and 1997
*Member, Estimates Committee, 1980–82
*Member, Committee of Privileges, 1994–96
*Member, Committee on Home Affairs, 1995–97
*Member, Committee on Commerce
*Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
*Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Commerce

==Notes==

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==External links==
* [http://www.parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok13/biodata/13UP14d.htm Biographical sketch from Parliament of India records]
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