Dr. Rajendra Prasad was born into a big joint  family of Mahadev Sahay in the Siwan district of Bihar ,near Chhpara.His father ,Mahadev Sahay was a scholar of Persian and Sanskrit language while his mother Kamleshwari Devi was a religious lady.
When Rajendra Prasad was five years old ,his parents put him under a Maulavi learn Persian language follewed by Hindi and arithmetic.