CEREMONY OF ASSUMPTION OF OFFICE BY PRESIDENT-ELECT TO BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY
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July 23, 2007 16:13 IST
The ceremony of assumption of office by Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, the
President-elect will be held on Wednesday, July 25, 2007, at 2.30 p.m. in
the Central Hall of Parliament House, New Delhi.
The Prime Minister, members of the Council of Ministers, Speaker of the Lok
Sabha, Chief Justice of India, Deputy Chair person of the Rajya Sabha,
Governors, Chief Ministers, Heads of Diplomatic Missions, Members of
Parliament and principal Civil and Military Officers of the Government of
India will assemble in the Central Hall for the ceremony.
The President and the President-elect will arrive in the Central Hall in a
ceremonial procession. After the President-elect takes the oath of office in
the presence of the Chief Justice of India, a 21 - gun salute will be fired.
The President will then deliver an address. On the conclusion of the
ceremony in Central Hall, the President will leave for the Rashtrapati
Bhavan where an inter-services guard of honour will be given to her in the
forecourt and courtesies will be extended to the outgoing President.
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