Meira Kumar leads tributes to Netaji on 115th birth anniv

January 23, 2012 11:57

Parliamentarians led by Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar offered floral tributes to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on his 115th birth anniversary today.

Besides the Speaker, senior BJP leader L K Advani and Congress leader Girija Vyas were among those present at a brief ceremony in the Central Hall of Parliament. The dignitaries and Parliament officials offered floral tributes at a portrait of Bose in the Central Hall.

Bose was an outstanding leader of the freedom movement and a revolutionary par excellence who took the struggle for independence beyond the Indian borders.

A booklet containing the profile of the freedom fighter, brought out in Hindi and English by the Lok Sabha secretariat, was also presented to the dignitaries.

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