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dated July 3, 1956: A unique function

A unique function took place at Rashtrapathi Nilayam in Hyderabad on July 1 when the President, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, gave a party to about 1,400 workers who had laboured hard to make the Nilayam suitable for his occupation. The workers and artisans included about 50 Banjara women in their picturesque dress and ornaments. Speaking to them for about ten minutes, the President emphasised that work was more important than the person who did it, and the time had come when they should bridge the gulf between the rich and the poor, the small and the big. A realisation of the dignity of labour was of utmost importance. Every kind of work was of equal value provided it was done with the requisite earnestness and sincerity of purpose. Those who had worked at the Rashtrapathi Nilayam during the last eight months had transformed into a fairy land the spot that almost looked a jungle when he last visited it and they deserved great praise. When he arrived at Hyderabad some days back, the first decision he made was to meet these simple folk and entertain them.

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