New Delhi, 10 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 Shri C. Rajagopalachari in the Central Hall of Parliament House on his Birth Anniversary, today.

Other dignitaries who paid tributes to Shri C. Rajagopalachari included Leader of Opposition (Lok Sabha) Shri L.K. Advani; several Union Ministers; Members of Parliament; and former Members of Parliament. Lok Sabha Secretary-General, Shri P.D.T. Achary also paid floral tributes.

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

The portrait of Shri C. Rajagopalachari was unveiled by the then President of India,  Dr. N. Sanjiva Reddy, in the Central Hall of Parliament House on   21 August 1978.