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Pranab Mukherjee cremated with military honours amid precautions
Updated On: 01 September, 2020 04:14 PM IST | New Delhi | IANS
Mukherjee assumed office as the 13th President of India on July 25, 2012 and served his full five-year term till 2017.
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Former President Pranab Mukherjee, who passed away here at Army's R&R Hospital during treatment on Monday at the age of 84, was cremated with full military honours on Tuesday afternoon at the Lodhi Road crematorium following a strict Covid-19 precautionary protocol.
His son Abhijit Mukherjee performed the final rites accompanied by a 21-gun military salute. Only close family members were allowed to enter the crematorium unlike previous cremation ceremonies of such dignitaries, and those handling the mortal remains of Mukherjee wore PPE kits.
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