New Delhi, 3 December 2009: Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and Lok Sabha Speaker Smt. Meira Kumar led the nation in paying floral tributes at the portrait of Dr. Rajendra Prasad in the Central Hall of Parliament House on his Birth Anniversary, today.

Other dignitaries who paid tributes to Dr. Rajendra Prasad included former Prime Minister Shri H.D. Deve Gowda; Leader of the House (Lok Sabha)  Shri Pranab Mukherjee; Leader of Opposition (Lok Sabha) Shri L.K. Advani; several Union Ministers; Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha, Shri K. Rahman Khan; Members of Parliament; and former Members of Parliament. The Secretaries-General of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, Shri P.D.T. Achary and Dr. V.K. Agnihotri, respectively, also paid floral tributes.

A booklet containing the profile of Dr. Rajendra Prasad, brought out in Hindi and English by the Lok Sabha Secretariat, was presented to the dignitaries who attended the function.

The portrait of Dr. Rajendra Prasad was unveiled by the then President of India, Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, in the Central Hall of Parliament House on  5 May 1964.