President Pranab Mukherjee completes 4 years in office today

President Pranab Mukherjee will complete four years in the office today. To mark the occasion, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate Phase-II of the Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum in the presence of Mr Mukherjee, Vice President Hamid Ansari and other dignitaries which include Governors. Briefing the media, Secretary to the President Omita Paul said, the inauguration of Phase-II of the Museum will complete the Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum Complex.
The museum will depict the story of the planning and construction of Rashtrapati Bhavan, the British Viceroys who occupied the building till 1947, freedom movement, transfer of power and formation of the Republic. The life and work of all the Presidents since 1950, the beauty and



environment of the campus will also feature in it.
The museum will also have an Art Gallery for holding temporary exhibitions. Three portfolios of paintings in Rashtrapati Bhavan published by the Lalit Kala Academy and five new books on Rashtrapati Bhavan published by the Publications Division will also be released at the inaugural function.
The President will further launch a micro-site on the Rashtrapati Bhavan website which will contain information on Rashtrapati Bhavan as a tourist destination and its three new tourist circuits namely, the Rashtrapati Bhavan main building, museums and the gardens. He will also flag off a Hop on- Hop off tourist bus on the occasion of opening of the Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum to public.