President to turn 81 tomorrow

President Pranab Mukherjee will mark his 81st birthday tomorrow and will attend a number of programmes, including release of three books and launch of a campaign organised by Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi in which about 5,000 children will participate.
Born at Mirati in West Bengal on December 11, 1935, Mukherjee assumed office as the 13th President of India on July 25, 2012, crowning a political career of over five decades of exemplary service to the nation in government as well as Parliament.
Mukherjee will launch '100 Million for 100 Million Campaign' organised by the Satyarthi Children's Foundation in which about 5,000 children will participate.

The Campaign aims to mobilise 100 million youth and children for 100 million underprivileged children across the world, to end child labour, child slavery, violence against children and promote the right of every child to be safe, free, and educated, over the next 5 years.
The President will release three books 'Rashtrapati Bhavan: From Raj to Swaraj'; 'Life at Rashtrapati Bhavan' and 'Indradhanush - Volume II'.
Three books will be released by the Vice President of India and Prime Minister of India in the presence of the President, an official release said.

Mukherjee will inaugurate a museum of vintage tapestries and carpets of Rashtrapati Bhavan in the Marble Hall of the premises.

It will display Zardozi canopies and spreads belonging to the early 1900s. It will include a section of the red embroidered canopy prepared for the 1911 Delhi Durbar of King George VI.
The President will inaugurate a hall -- Navachara-II --
for permanent exhibition of grassroots innovations and innovative ideas set up with the assistance of National Innovation Foundation (A science and innovation museum called Navachara was inaugurated by the President on August 4, 2015).
Navachara-II will be open to visitors on every Friday, Saturday and Sunday as part of the Rashtrapati Bhavan tour.
Mukherjee will also inaugurate a housing complex near Dr. RML Hospital comprising Type II/III houses for staff of Rashtrapati Bhavan, the release said.

This complex comprises 2 ten storey residential towers of Type II/III houses. The towers will have features like CCTV, Intercom System, Solar Water Heating System, Energy Efficient LED Fittings, Garbage Management system, and an Earthquake Resistant structure.
During his long and distinguished career, Mukherjee served at different times as Foreign, Defence, Commerce and Finance Minister.
He was elected to the Rajya Sabha five times from 1969 and twice to the Lok Sabha from 2004. He was a member of the Congress Working Committee, the highest policy making body of the Party for a period of 23 years.