The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, paid floral tributes to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on the occasion of his birth anniversary at Rashtrapati Bhavan today (October 31, 2017). The President, officers and staff paid floral tributes in front of a portrait of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in the Durbar Hall of Rashtrapati Bhavan. 

Earlier, this morning, the President visited Sardar Patel Chowk in New Delhi to pay floral tributes at the statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. He also planted a sapling in the Mughal Gardens. 
 

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