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President Droupadi Murmu connected Monday (February 23, 2026) unveiled the bust of Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, the archetypal and lone Indian Governor General of autarkic India, astatine the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
The inaugural is portion of a bid of steps being taken towards shedding vestiges of assemblage mindset, the President's secretariat said. Rajagopalachari's bust astatine the expansive unfastened staircase adjacent Ashok Mandap successful the Rashtrapati Bhavan replaces that of Edwin Lutyens, the main designer of respective structures successful New Delhi.
"This inaugural is portion of bid of steps being taken towards shedding the vestiges of assemblage mindset and embracing, with pride, the richness of India's culture, heritage, timeless traditions and honouring those who served Bharat Mata with their bonzer contributions," the President's Secretariat said connected X.
President Droupadi Murmu unveiled bust of Shri Chakravarti Rajagopalachari Ji, the archetypal and lone Indian Governor General of autarkic India astatine Rashtrapati Bhavan.
The bust of Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, situated astatine the Grand Open Staircase adjacent Ashok Mandap, replaces the bust… pic.twitter.com/xEkZHcwVhA
Among the dignitaries contiguous connected the juncture were Vice President C.P. Radhakrishnan, Minister of Health and Family Welfare J.P. Nadda, Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar, Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Culture and Tourism Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting L. Murugan and household members of Rajagopalachari.
