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President Ram Nath Kovind will on Wednesday visit the birthplace of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore and the residence of nationalist leader Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in Kolkata, officials said.
Kovind, who arrived in the city on Tuesday will first visit Jorasanko, birthplace of the great poet and philosopher Tagore and will then head to Netaji Bhavan, the residence of Bose.
On his four-day maiden visit to West Bengal, Mizoram and Nagaland after assuming office, Kovind would also attend the closing ceremony of centenary celebrations of Bose Institute, a premier research institute established by Acharya Jagadis.
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The president would then visit the global headquarters of Ramakrishna Mission and Math at Belur Math before leaving for Mizoram’s capital city Aizawl.
Speaking at a civic reception accorded to him in Kolkata on Tuesday, Kovind had said that three sons of Bengal – Rabindranath Tagore, Bankim Chanra Chattorpadhyay and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose – were instrumental for defining nationalism.
“Our freedom came faster because of the energy they gave our people,” he said.
The President described Kolkata as the city with a heart and Bengalis as people with a heart.
He also mentioned that nation building owed a lot to Bengal and the sacrifices and historical achievements of the people of the state.
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