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Article: RASHTRAPATI BHAVAN BRINGS OUT A NEW BOOK ENTITLED "MANSION NONPAREIL - MARVEL ON RAISINA HILL"
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- The Hindustan Times
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- June 2, 2006
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NEW DELHI, India, June 2 -- The Presidents Secretariat issued the following press release:Rashtrapati Bhavan has brought out a pictorial book on this beautiful edifice. The book captures in an encapsulated form some historic moments that this mansion had witnesses over a period of 75 years. From the architecture to the fragrance of Mughal Gardens, the book depicts various additions that have been made, the latest being the twin Musical Fountains.
Major events ranging from swearing-in ceremonies, conferment of highest civilian and defence awards, ceremonial receptions to visiting foreign heads of States, Presidential Banquets and 'At Home" functions to informal gatherings like religious ...