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President to start her maiden visit to Bengal from Monday after taking oath

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Kolkata: President Droupadi Murmu will embark upon a two-day visit to West Bengal from Monday.

This will be her maiden visit to the state after becoming the President. She will pay tributes to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and Rabindranath Tagore.

On Monday the President will visit Netaji Bhawan in Kolkata to pay homage to Netaji. She will also attend a civic reception, hosted in her honour at Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata, the same evening.

Later in the day, she will pay respect to Rabindranath Tagore at his house, Jorasanko Thakurbari.

She will also hold a meeting of tribal groups at Raj Bhawan. On Tuesday the President will visit Santiniketan to attend the annual convocation of Visva- Bharati.

The President will also visit Belur Math, besides gracing the celebration of the completion of 80 years of UCO Bank in Kolkata.

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