The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee received the first copy of a book“President Pranab Mukherjee – A Statesman” on 2ndJuly 2017 from ________ at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

The President expressed his gratitude to The Statesman for bringing out a photo essay on the 13th Presidency. He appreciated the wonderful photos taken by Shri Varun Joshi from The Statesman that feature in the photo essay. Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi said that the photo essay was important from the historical perspective.