Pranab Mukherjee will be sworn in as the country's 13th President on Wednesday at a special ceremony in the Central…
11: 45am: The ceremony ends with National Anthem in Parliament's Central Hall.
Highlights of President Pranab Mukherjee's acceptance speech
- All for knowledge, knowledge for all
- Hunger is the biggest humiliation.
- Peace is the first ingredient of prosperity.
- For our development to be real, the poorest of our land must feel they are part of the rising India.
- I will strive to preserve, protect and defend our constitution.
- War against terorirsm is the foe and it s a world war because it can raise its head anywhere in the world India has been at frontline of this war long before others recognized its consequences.
- Corruption is an evil that can depress a nation's mood and sap its progress...we cannot allow our progress to be hijacked
- I envisage an India where every revolution is green...where knowledge becomes wisdom...where India becomes model of modernity
- No greater reward for a public servant than to be elected the first citizen of our republic...thank you, ladies and gentlemen. Jai Hind.
11:31 am: Pranab begins his acceptance speech.
11: 30 am: The oath of office for the President of India is as follows:
I, (Pranab Mukherjee), do swear in the name of God (or solemnly affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President (or discharge the functions of the President) of the Republic of India, and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend the Constitution and the law, and that I will devote myself to the service and well-being of the people of Republic of India.
I, (Pranab Mukherjee), do swear in the name of God (or solemnly affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President (or discharge the functions of the President) of the Republic of India, and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend the Constitution and the law, and that I will devote myself to the service and well-being of the people of Republic of India.
11: 28 am: Pranab Mukherjee administered the oath of office by Chief Justice SH Kapadia. India gets its 13th President
11:25 am: Pranab Mukherje reaches the Central Hall of Parliament.
11: 10 am: Pratibha Patil, Pranab Mukherjee take guard of honour
10: 55 am: Pranab Mukherjee will be sworn-in at 11:38 am
10: 50 am: From ambassador to Mercedes
Having elected to the Presidential post, Pranab Mukherjee will now change his mode of transport-from his favourite bullet-proof Ambassador to the posh Mercedes Benz S600L 'Pullman' limousine.The cost of the car is estimated to be around Rs 6 crore.
10:45 am: How 13 is lucky for Pranab Mukherjee
Pranab Mukherjee is set to be sworn in as 13th President of India. That number, conventionally believed to be unlucky, has served Mr Mukherjee well. So well that he has refused to move out of his relatively modest 13, Talkatora Road residence, despite being entitled to a bigger house for many years now. However, He now will move from there straight into the world's largest presidential palace.
10: 35 am: Pranab to be 'guest' in new home
Pranab Mukherjee may have to stay as a 'guest' at Rashtrapati Bhavan for a few days after being sworn-in as the President on Wednesday. The outgoing President Pratibha Patil and her family will leave the presidential household - two double-storey apartments - on July 25 afternoon, giving Mukherjee hardly any time to shift into his new residence.
10:32 am: President-elect Pranab Mukherjee reaches Rashtrapati Bhavan.
10: 30 am: Patil's presidency smooth but lacklustre
Lacklustre, unmotivating and homespun. As Pratibha Patil prepared to walk into history as India's first woman president, analysts struggled to encapsulate her five-year tenure that was mostly uneventful but ended with the taint of controversy over her foreign visits, clemency petitions and post-retirement home.
10: 15 am: Pranab takes austerity drive to Rashtrapati Bhavan
As former finance minister Pranab Mukherjee steps into the Rashtrapati Bhavan, he brings along with him a key mantra from his previous job to his new address: austerity measures. Top government sources told that Mukherjee, who maintains a simple lifestyle, has already issued instructions against large-scale decorations or buying of whole new furniture for the presidential household.
As former finance minister Pranab Mukherjee steps into the Rashtrapati Bhavan, he brings along with him a key mantra from his previous job to his new address: austerity measures. Top government sources told that Mukherjee, who maintains a simple lifestyle, has already issued instructions against large-scale decorations or buying of whole new furniture for the presidential household.
10:05 am: Pranab visits the memorial of India's first PM Jawaharlal Nehru at Shanti Van.
9:55 am: Pranab Mukherjee pays respect to Indira Gandhi at Shakti Sthal.
9:50 am: From Rajghat, Pranab went to Veer Bhoomi and he paid respect to Rajiv Gandhi.
9:30 am: Pranab Mukherjee visited Mahatma Gandhi's 'samadhi' at Rajghat here this morning to pay his respects to the Father of the Nation before taking oath as the country's 13th President.
9:15 am: Chief Justice of India S H Kapadia will administer the oath to Mukherjee at 11:30 a.m. at a special ceremony in the Central Hall of Parliament.
Pranab's steps till Presidential seatAs India’s 13th President Pranab Mukherjee steps into a new office that he says he knows "little about”, he’s being briefed on every step he’ll take moments ahead of taking oath on July 25.
9:00 am: Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Union Ministers, Governors, Chief Ministers and a host of dignitaries will be present on the historic occasion.
8:55 am: The function will begin with the arrival of President Pratibha Patil and President-elect Mukherjee in a ceremonial procession from the Rashtrapati Bhawan to the Parliament Building.
8:45 am: After Mukherjee takes over, he will be given a 21-gun salute, address the gathering and then leave for the Rashtrapati Bhawan with Patil. He will also be given an inter-services guard of honour in the forecourt of the Presidential palace. Mukherjee will then escort President Patil to her temporary accommodation on Tughlak Lane, where she will stay till her post-retirement home in Pune is ready.
Edited By Cen Fox Post Team
