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Rashtrapati Bhavan Rajendra Prasad Droupadi Murmu
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Rashtrapati Bhavan The official residence of the president of India is Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.

president of India

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president of India, the head of state of the Republic of India. The president, or rashtrapati, is indirectly elected every five years by an electoral college comprising the elected members of both houses of Indiaā€™s parliamentā€”the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabhaā€”as well as the elected representatives of all legislative assemblies of the states of India and the union territories of Delhi and Puducherry. The president is called the first citizen of India and serves...

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