Pranab mukherjee biography in marathi
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Pranab Mukherjee
Pranab Mukherjee is the former president of India. A former leader of the Indian National Congress, he held the presidential post from 2012 to 2017. Prior to that he was the finance minister and at various moments of his political career held portfolios of foreign affairs, defence and commerce. Born in Birbhum district of Bengal, he went on to complete his higher education from University of Calcutta with an MA degree in Political Science and an LLB. Before joining politics he worked as a professor of Political Science at Vidyanagar College and as a journalist with the Bengali journal 'Desher Dak'. Mukherjee's initiation into national politics took place in 1969 when he got elected to the Rajya Sabha, under the guidance of former prime minister Indira Gandhi. After the assassination of Indira Gandhi, Mukherjee's political career took a back seat. However, he revived his political portfolio under the prime ministerial tenure of P V Narasimha Rao, when he was appoint
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Pranab Mukherjee's unheard stories from his memoir ‘The Coalition Years: 1996-2012’
New Delhi: Former president Pranab Mukherjee died on Monday in an army hospital at the age of 84. Mukherjee was admitted to hospital on August 10 and a health bulletin this morning said he was in a deep coma and on ventilator support.
"With a Heavy Heart, this is to inform you that my father Shri Pranab Mukherjee has just passed away in spite of the best efforts of Doctors of RR Hospital and prayers duas and prarthanas from people throughout India! I thank all of You Folded hands," his son Abhijit Mukherjee tweeted.
The former president was admitted to the hospital in Delhi Cantonment on August 10 and was operated the same day for removal of a clot in his brain. He later developed a lung infection.
A Congress stalwart before he was elected as India's 13th President, Mukherjee served from July 2012 to 2017 in the top post. A powerful orator and scholar, he made several revelations in this autobiog
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Remembering Pranab, a remarkable politician
Jan 14, 2023 07:56 PM IST
Pranab was the quintessential witness to an era. Born in 1935, his career began as a clerk in the brev and telegraph department in West Bengal and culminated as the 13th President of India
Last week, the Pranab Mukherjee Legacy Foundation invited me to be a speaker at a function in his memory, organised bygd his daughter, Sharmishtha Mukherjee. The other speakers were Sitaram Yechury, leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), NK Singh, chairman of the 15th Finance kommission, and Shekhar Dutt, former defence sekreterare and current governor of Chhattisgarh. Dinesh Singh, former vice-chancellor of Delhi University, delivered the vote of thanks. Curiously, there was no one from the Congress, of which Pranab was an icon.
Pranab was the quintessential witness to an era. Born in 1935, his career began as a clerk in the brev and telegraph department in West Bengal and culminated as the 13th P