Who was the first Indian Governor General of Independent India?
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C. Rajgopalachari
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Rajendraprasad
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S. Radhakrishnan
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Maulana Azad
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C. Rajagopalachari (Rajaji) served as the last Governor General of India from 1948-1950 and the first Indian to hold this position after Lord Mountbatten. He was a prominent freedom fighter and the only Indian to serve as Governor General.
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C. Rajagopalachari became independent India's first and only Indian Governor-General in 1948, succeeding the last British Governor-General, Lord Mountbatten, before the post was abolished when India became a republic in 1950. Rajendra Prasad instead became India's first President, and Radhakrishnan and Azad held other high offices.