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Bhopal: Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma, former President of India and architect of modern Bhopal, was a freedom fighter, had led the merger movement at the time of Independence and was the first Chief Minister of Bhopal. He was a great scholar who rose to the highest office in the country. He also was the Vice President of India, Congress President, Union Minister, Governor and a minister in Madhya Pradesh for long years. The nation remembered him as a great son of the soil on his 102nd birth Anniversary on 19 August.

President of India Ram Nath Kovind, paid homage to Dr Shanker Dayal Sharma, former President of India, on his birth anniversary at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Wednesday (August 19, 2020).  The President and officials of Rashtrapati Bhavan, paid floral tributes in front of the portrait of Dr Sharma.