India, April 11 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
In a historic and unprecedented moment, the Government of India today marked the 200th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Jyotiba Phule with solemn tributes at the Parliament House Complex, signifying the nation's highest institutional recognition of one of its greatest social reformers.
For the first time ever, floral tributes were offered to Mahatma Jyotiba Phule within the Parliament premises at Prerna Sthal, led by Smt. Droupadi Murmu, Hon'ble President of India, and Shri Narendra Modi, Hon'ble Prime Minister of India, along with Dr. Virendra Kumar, Hon'ble Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment, the Hon'ble Speaker of Lok Sabha, Union Ministers, Members of Parliament, and o...