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This story is from May 28, 2003
PATNA: President A P J Abdul Kalam arrives here on Thursday packing in his three-day schedule a string of engagements including a train journey from Harnaut to Patna, visit to Buddhist, Jain and Sikh shrines and interaction with different sections of society.
PATNA: President A P J Abdul Kalam arrives here on Thursday packing in his three-day schedule a string of engagements including a train journey from Harnaut to Patna, visit to Buddhist, Jain and Sikh shrines and interaction with different sections of society. During his visit, the President would lay the foundation stone for the construction of rail coach maintenance workshop at Harnaut in Barh parliamentary constituency of Railway Minister Nitish Kumar and dedicate to the nation the newly electrified Patna-Gaya route by flagging off a mainline electrical multiple unit (MEMU) train at Patna junction on May 30.
The President is scheduled to attend a string of functions during his visit including an interaction with school children and legislators. He would address a joint function of the Bihar Industries Association and Confederation Of Indian Industries (CII) and attend the diamond jubilee celebrations of the Bihar Chamber of Commerce and deliver a lecture in memory of Thakur Prasad, father of Information and Broadcasting Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. Kalam will also visit Jain shrine at Pawapuri, archaeological site of the ancient Nalanda University, Mahabodhi Temple, the most sacred of Buddhist shrines at Bodh Gaya, Takh Harmandir Sahib and the Bihar school of Yoga at Munger. According to official sources, massive security arrangements have been made for President's visit with additional police contingents rushed to Nalanda, Munger and Gaya districts to maintain law and order.
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