Prez hosts `At Home’ reception for freedom fighters

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New Delhi : President of India Ram Nath Kovind on August 9, 2017, hosted an ‘At Home’ reception for freedom fighters on the occasion of the 75^th   anniversary of the Quit India Movement at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. The President, on the occasion, honoured and felicitated 93 freedom fighters from across the country in the presence of the Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari, PM  Narendra Modi, Union Minister for Home Affairs Rajnath Singh and other dignitaries.

Each of the freedom fighters was gifted an electric kettle with a personal message from the President.  In his message, the President said, “I extend warm greetings to you on the 75^th Anniversary of the Quit India Movement.  The nation is proud of our freedom fighters and salutes them.  This small token is our people’s appreciation of your successful struggle against colonialism.  I wish you happiness, good health and a long life.”

On the occasion, the President also released a set of 8 Commemorative Postage Stamps on 75 years of 1942 Freedom Struggle.