Overview

• Murmu formally opened the renovated Presidential Retreat in Dehradun—now called Rashtrapati Niketan—and laid the foundation for a 132-acre public garden, Rashtrapati Udyan
• At the National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Visual Disabilities, she was brought to tears when visually impaired students sang a birthday song
• Birthday greetings from Prime Minister Modi, Vice President Dhankhar and other leaders praised her life-long commitment to public service, social justice and inclusive development
• As the first tribal woman to serve as India’s president, her journey from a Santhali village in Odisha to the highest constitutional office highlights the nation’s democratic inclusivity
• She will cap her three-day Uttarakhand visit by leading a mass yoga demonstration in Dehradun on International Yoga Day