Excerpts of Speech by the President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee on the Occasion Inauguration of the 77th Session of Indian History Congress
We must keep in mind that there is no conflict or contradiction between the promotion of regional history and the pursuit of the history of our country as a whole. Indeed, the more we know about our regions, the more we enrich the history of the whole country. My first Master’s degree is in the subject of History. Kolkata, where I studied, has been home to some of our great historians like Sir Jadunath Sarkar, Professor R. C. Majumdar, Professor N. K. Sinha, Professor D. C. Sircar, Professor B. N. Mukherjee and others.
It gives me great pleasure to be in Chennai today to deliver the valedictory address on the occasion of the 150th anniversary celebrations of the High Court of Madras. The Madras High Court has an illustrious history.
Your Excellency, President Mahmoud Abbas,
I am happy to join you today on this occasion of the 58th Convocation of IIT Kharagpur - in the Diamond Jubilee year of this proud institution. I recall my visit here in 2011 when the celebrations were launched.
