Mukherjee pays floral tributes to Shankar Dayal Sharma

President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday paid floral tributes to former President Shankar Dayal Sharma on the occasion of his birth anniversary.

"The President, family members of Shankar Dayal Sharma, officers and staff of Rashtrapati Bhavan paid floral tributes in front of a portrait of late President," said a Rashtrapati Bhavan release.

Sharma served as the President of India from 1992 to 1997.

He died of a heart attack on December 26, 1999.

--IANS

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