Pranab Mukherjee
President of India from 2012 to 2017
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Pranab Kumar Mukherjee was an Indian politician who served as the president of India from 2012 until 2017. He was the first person from West Bengal to hold the post of President of India. In a political career spanning five decades, Mukherjee was a senior leader in the Indian National Congress and occupied several ministerial portfolios in the Government of India. Prior to his election as President, Mukherjee was Finance Minister from 2009 to 2012. He was awarded India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 2019, by his successor as president, Ram Nath Kovind.
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Centre offers plot for Manmohan Singh memorial next to Pranab Mukherjee's, awaits family's nodThe government is awaiting a response from Manmohan Singh's family about his proposed memorial. An adjacent plot at Smriti Sthal and Rs 25 lakh allocation have been offered. Singh's family needs to..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Government picks 1.5-acre site next to Pranab's samadhi for Manmohan Singh's memorialThe government has dedicated 1.5 acres at Rashtriya Smriti complex in New Delhi for a memorial for former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, adjacent to the site designated for former President Pranab..IndiaTimes - Published | |
'Good news on Manmohan Singh memorial in 1-2 days'Union urban affairs minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced that positive news regarding the memorial for former PM Manmohan Singh will emerge within the next two days. Singh's family was expected to..IndiaTimes - Published | |
'Insulting intelligence of Rahul Gandhi's predecessors': Pranab Mukherjee's daughter on Congress leader's 'love for RSS' remark amid memorial rowIndiaTimes - Published | |
'For his love for the Sangh': Congress MP Danish Ali links memorial site for Pranab Mukherjee to RSSCongress MP Danish Ali accuses the Union government of indulging in 'dirty politics' by designating a memorial site for former President Pranab Mukherjee in Rajghat, while rejecting opposition's demand..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Centre has cleared site for Pranab memorial: Sharmistha MukherjeeThe Indian government has designated a site at Rashtriya Smriti Sthal for a memorial to late President Pranab Mukherjee. This was revealed by his daughter Sharmistha after meeting PM Modi. Speculations..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Centre to build memorial for late President Pranab Mukherjee here, daughter Sharmistha Mukherjee expresses happinessLate president Pranab Mukherjee's memorial comes in the wake of demands by the Congress for having a memorial for former prime minister Manmohan Singh, who died at AIIMS at the age of 92 on December..DNA - Published | |
'Immensely touched': Sharmistha thanks PM Modi after govt earmarks land for memorial of ex-president Pranab MukherjeeSharmistha Mukherjee thanked PM Modi for earmarking land for a memorial for former President Pranab Mukherjee. She expressed gratitude for the decision, highlighting that they didn't request the honor,..IndiaTimes - Published | |
'When baba passed away ... ': Why Pranab Mukherjee's daughter Sharmistha alleged 'rot' in Congress partySharmistha Mukherjee criticizes Congress for trolling her and her father, ex-President Pranab Mukherjee, questioning the lack of a condolence CWC meeting. She claims the party is plagued by internal..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Pranab Mukherjee's daughter, PV Narasimha Rao's grandson slam Cong amid row over SinghSharmistha Mukherjee criticizes Congress for not holding a CWC meeting or passing a condolence resolution after former President Pranab Mukherjee's death. She highlights Congress's treatment of former..IndiaTimes - Published | |
"Congress didn't even bother to...," Pranab Mukherjee's daughter condemns Congress after its request for Manmohan Singh'Former president Pranab Mukherjee condemned Congress' president Mallikarjun Kharge of asking for a memorial in honour of late former PM Manmohan Singh, who died on December 26, as she alleged that the..DNA - Published | |
In 2012, Manmohan underwent operations, never quite recovered physicallyMani Shankar Aiyar reveals in his book how Dr. Manmohan Singh, after undergoing multiple coronary bypasses in 2012, never fully recovered, affecting his governance. Aiyar suggests that Pranab Mukherjee..IndiaTimes - Published | |
'My political career made & unmade by the Gandhis': What senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar said on Sonia, Rahul & Priyanka GandhiMani Shankar Aiyar, in an interview, revealed his limited interaction with the Gandhi family, stating his career was both built and destroyed by them. He also suggested that Congress's 2014 defeat..IndiaTimes - Published | My father would say his stint with Indira Gandhi was 'golden period': Sharmishtha MukherjeeFormer president Pranab Mukherjee's daughter, Sharmishtha Mukherjee, revealed that her father felt excluded from Rajiv Gandhi's cabinet due to his non-subservient attitude. She also highlighted his..IndiaTimes - Published |
'What right does he have to humiliate PM like this': What Pranab Mukherjee told his daughter about Rahul GandhiPranab Mukherjee mentioned how Rahul's strong opposition to a government ordinance in 2013, where he publicly criticised it, hurt the Congress in the 2014 elections.DNA - Published | 'Sonia won't make me PM, said Pranab Mukherjee'Late former President Pranab Mukherjee, once a close confidant of Indira Gandhi, believed that Narendra Modi is the only Prime Minister after Indira who can feel the pulse of the people accurately. In..IndiaTimes - Published |
'He wanted to become the PM but...': Pranab Mukherjee's daughter Sharmistha's big revelationPranab Mukherjee served as India's finance minister and subsequently became minister for External Affairs, Defence, Finance and Commerce. He was India's 13th president (2012 to 2017).DNA - Published | Rahul Gandhi, PMO, and Pranab Mukherjee: Sharmishtha Mukherjee's revelations about her father's political journeyIndiaTimes - Published |
