The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee hosted an ‘At Home’ reception for freedom fighters on the occasion of the 74th anniversary of the Quit India Movement today (August 9, 2016) at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

On the occasion, the President honoured and felicitated around 100 freedom fighters from across the country in the presence of the Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari; Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi; Union Minister for Home Affairs Shri Rajnath Singh and other dignitaries.

This release issued at 2000 hrs.