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Pranab Mukherjee: Life and times of former President, statesman and scholar in pics
Former President of India Pranab Mukherjee was born today in 1935 in Mirati, Bengal Presidency, British India. Known as the ‘Man for All Seasons’, he was the point person of the Congress party in matters of politics as well as governance. Mukherjee died on August 31, 2020, at the age of 84 following brain surgery. He had also tested positive for COVID-19.
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In the early stages of his career, Mukherjee worked as an upper-division Clerk in the Office of the Deputy Accountant-General in Kolkata.
He taught political science at Vidyanagar College in the capacity of an assistant professor. Before entering politics, he also worked as a journalist at Desher Dak.
Mukherjee started his political career when he founded the Bangla Congress in 1967. He forged the United Front alliance against the Indian National Congress. In 1969, he became a member of the Rajya Sabha for the first time on a Bangla Congress ticket.
In 1972, then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi brought Mukherjee into the Indian National Congress as Bangla Congress merged into the grand old party.
Mukherjee improved the finances of the government and helped pay the last instalment of India's first IMF loan. He was voted the Best Finance Minister in the World in 1984 by Euromoney magazine.
As the Minister of Finance, Mukherjee appointed Manmohan Singh to be the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India. He became 13th President of India and stayed in office from 25 July 2012 to 25 July 2017.
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