President Pranab Mukherjee Visits Assam
Amidst tight security arrangements made in and around Guwahati city, President Pranab Mukherjee arrived in the city on Monday.A special aircraft of the Indian Air Force carrying the President landed at the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport at 12:30 pm.Where he was greeted by Assam Governor J B Patnaik, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi & APCC President Bhubaneswar Kalita.
Mukherjee conferred the Asom Ratna Award for 2012 to Jnanpith winner & writer Mamoni Raisom Goswami posthumously & gave away Srimanta Shankardev Award for the year 2008 to actor Sharmila Tagore in Guwahati at a ceremony held at Pragjyoti ITA Centre for Performing Arts at Machkhowa, from 4pm.
Assam Governor J B Patnaik, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi & Assam Cultural Affairs Minister Pranatee Phukan were also present at the award ceremony.
The President also attended the closing ceremony of the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the Pandu College.
It was Pranab Mukherjee's maiden visit to Assam after assuming the office of the President
As per his Schedule, Mukherjee will leave for Silchar on 14th May to address the 13th Annual Convocation of Assam University.
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