Mr. Pranav Mukharji

Born : 11th December, 1935 at Mirati, Virbhum (West Bengal)

His Family :-

Mr. Pranav Mukharji was born in the Brahmin family of Kamda Kinkar Mukharji. Her mother was Rajlakshmi. His father was a freedom fighter and he was jailed for more than ten years.

He married Shubhra Mukharji at the age of 22 years. She runs a music group. His eldest son, Indrajit was an orphan. He met them in Kumbh fair of Allahabad. His second son Abhijit is a MLA (Member of Legislative Assembly) in West Bengal. His daughter Sharmishtha is a famous dancer. Mr. Mukharji's nick name is Poltu.

His Study :-

Mr. Mukharji has studied at Suri Vidhyasagar Collage of Kolkatta University. He has studied in History, Political Science and Law. He has also achieved degree of D.Lit.

His Political Career :-

He had become Finance Minister in 1984. And in the similar year he was evaluated as the best Finance Minister by Euro money magazine. At that time Mr. Manmohansinh was the governor of Reserve Bank of India.

He is 13th president of India after Mrs. Pratibha Patil. He is the first Bengali president. He won the election of president against P.A.Sangma. He won the election by 69.3% votes means 7,13,763 votes of 10,29,750. He was crowned on 25th July of 2012.He took a vow before the Chief Justice of Supreme Court, H.H.Kapadiya.

He rejected mercy petitions of Ajmal Kasab, the only survivor among the perpetrators of 26/11, and Mohammad Afzal Guru, the main accused in the case of attack on Parliament in 2001.