The Union government has sanctioned a dedicated site within the 'Rashtriya Smriti' complex, located in the Rajghat precinct, to establish a memorial honouring former President Pranab Mukherjee. Sharmistha Mukherjee, daughter of the former president, today met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and thanked him for his government's decision to create a memorial for her father.
Vidyanagar College (Mahavidyalaya) is notable as the place where Pranab Mukherjee, the only Bengali President of India, began and ended his teaching career.
The author’s inclusion of her father’s own assess- ments, notably his observation that Sonia Gandhi was “only trying to protect her own and her family’s interests,” adds a layer of candid introspection to the narrative.
Rahul Gandhi's tearing of the ordinance in 2013 was deemed arrogant and politically immature, according to Sharmistha Mukherjee, the daughter of late President Pranab Mukherjee
Sharmishtha Mukherjee has shared excerpts from her new book "Pranab My Father".
As a senior member of the Congress party, he was trusted by his colleagues to present cogent analyses of political issues and chart a course that others could follow, including the drafting of party manifestos
In order to mark respect to the departed leader, the Union Cabinet condoled and expressed profound sorrow at the sad demise of Pranab Mukherjee.
The 84-year-old former President Pranab Mukherjee was admitted after testing positive for coronavirus died yesterday.
Due to the Covid protocol, the dead body of the former President will be taken for last rites in a hearse van instead of the gun carriage. The funeral will take place at the Lodi Road crematorium.
A day before demitting office, Mukherjee said “there are divergent strands in public discourse. We may argue, we may agree or we may not agree. But we cannot deny the essential prevalence of multiplicity of opinion. Otherwise, a fundamental character of our thought process will wither away.”
