New Delhi, DEc 11: The President of India, Droupadi Murmu paid floral tributes to Pranab Mukherjee, former President of India, on his birth anniversary on Wednesday. at Ashok Mandap, Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Pranab Kumar Mukherjee was an Indian politician who served as the 13th 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.[3] 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 the then President of India Ram Nath Kovind.
