| Name(s) |
PRANAB
Kumar MUKHERJEE |
| Date of
Birth |
December 11, 1935
– Mirati, West Bengal, India. |
|
Identity |
Indian Politician
and the 13th President of India. |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
- July 24, 1969: He became
the Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) on this day.
- January 1980: He became the
Leader of the House (Rajya Sabha) on this day.
- January 05, 1982: He became
the Minister of Finance, Govt of India, on this day.
- 1984: He was rated as the
best Finance Minister in the
World according to a survey
of Euromoney magazine.
- December 31, 1984: He
retired as the Leader of the House (Rajya Sabha) on this
day.
- December 31, 1984: He
retired as the Minister of Finance, Govt of India, on this
day.
- June 24, 1991: He became
the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission on this day.
- February 10, 1995: He
became the Minister of External Affairs, Govt of India, on
this day.
- May 15, 1996: He retired as
the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission on this day.
- May 16, 1996: He retired as
the Minister of External Affairs, Govt of India, on this
day.
- May 10, 2004: He became the
Member of Lok Sabha for Jangipur on this day.
- May 10, 2004: He retired as
the Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) on this day.
- May 22, 2004: He became the
Minister of Defence, Govt of India, on this day.
- May 22, 2004: He became the
Leader of the House (Lok Sabha) on this day.
- October 24, 2006: He became
the Minister of External Affairs, Govt of India, on this
day.
- October 27, 2006: He
retired as the Minister of Defence, Govt of India, on this
day.
- 2008: Awarded PADMA
VIBHUSHAN by the Govt. of
India.
- May 22, 2009: He retired as
the Minister of External Affairs, Govt of India, on this
day.
- 2010: He was awarded "Finance
Minister of the Year for Asia"
by Emerging Markets, the daily
newspaper of record for the World
Bank and the IMF.
- December 2010: The Banker
recognised him as the "Finance
Minister of the Year".
- June 26, 2012: He retired
as the Leader of the House (Lok Sabha) on this day.
- June 26, 2012: He retired
as the Member of Lok Sabha for Jangipur on this day.
- July 25, 2012 - He became the 13th President
of India on this day.
- March 19, 2017: He
addressed the closing ceremony of International Conference
on Buddhism in the 21st century at Rajgir, Nalanda in Bihar,
India. Over 1,000 delegates from 35 countries, including Sri
Lanka, Nepal, Singapore and Indonesia, participated in the
3-day conference that started on March 17, inaugurated by
Dalai Lama.
- July 25, 2017: He
reliquished his office of the President of India in favour
of the new President, viz. Ram Nath Kovind, who was sworn in
minutes thereafter.
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Other Events &
Developments |
- He was a senior leader
of the Indian National Congress
and occupied several ministerial
portfolios in the Government of
India.
- Soon he became one of Indira
Gandhi's most trusted
lieutenants, and a minister in her
cabinet by 1973.
- During the controversial
Internal Emergency of
1975–77, he was accused of
committing gross excesses.
- He was sidelined
from the Congress during the
premiership of Rajiv Gandhi.
- His political career revived
when Prime Minister P. V.
Narasimha Rao appointed him
Planning Commission head
in 1991 and Foreign Minister
in 1995.
- He was the principal architect
of Sonia Gandhi's
(Rajiv's widow) ascension to the
party's presidency in 1998.
- When the Congress-led United
Progressive Alliance (UPA) came into
power in 2004, Mukherjee won
a Lok Sabha seat for the
first time.
- From then until his resignation
in 2012, Mukherjee was
practically number-two in
Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh's government.
- After securing the UPA's
nomination for the country's
Presidency, in July 2012 Mukherjee
comfortably defeated P. A.
Sangma in the race to
Rashtrapati Bhavan, winning 70
percent of the electoral-college
vote.
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