Bust of C. Rajagopalachari Unveiled at Rashtrapati Bhavan:

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The President of India unveiled a bust of Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (Rajaji) at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Chakravarti Rajagopalachari:

• First and only Indian Governor-General of independent India.
• Served as the last Governor-General (1948–1950)

Close associate of Mahatma Gandhi

• Known as the “conscience-keeper of Gandhi”

Participated in major movements:

• Non-Cooperation Movement (1920)
• Civil Disobedience Movement (1930)
• Vedaranyam Salt Satyagraha (1930)

Proposed the C.R. Formula (1944):

• Aimed to resolve the Congress–Muslim League deadlock