According to the President's press secretary, Ashok Malik, each of the freedom fighters was gifted an electric kettle with a personalised message from Kovind.
President Ram Nath Kovind told the staff that they should all be involved in the progress of the country and work together with honesty and dedication.
Congress and BJP sparred over Ram Nath Kovind's maiden speech where the new President skipped mention of India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
Kovind ended his speech citing the vision of Mahatma Gandhi and Deen Dayal Upadhyay
Ram Nath Kovind is the first with RSS-BJP background to occupy Rashtrapati Bhavan.
After he took oath, Ram Nath Kovind was given a 21-gun salute to mark the assumption of office of the highest constitutional post in the country.
Ram Nath Kovind was today sworn in as India's 14th President, the first BJP leader and the second Dalit in the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
The Prime Minister also said that Ram Nath Kovind's swearing-in as the new President is a "significant milestone" in the journey started by BJP ideologue Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
It has been just an hour that Ram Nath Kovind took oath as the 14th President of India and his official Twitter account has already garnered over three million followers
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