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Fri, 31 Jul 2026

• On 31 July 2026 PM Narendra Modi paid tribute to Hindi-Urdu writer Munshi Premchand on his birth anniversary, recalling Kashi as his birthplace and karmabhoomi.

Tue, 28 Jul 2026

• On 28 July 2026 Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan released five commemorative books at Rashtrapati Bhavan marking four years of President Droupadi Murmu's Presidency.

Fri, 17 Jul 2026

• Vice-President C. P. Radhakrishnan released the book 'RSS @100: A Century of Service, Unity & Sacrifice', authored by Shyam Jaju and Anupam Trivedi, on 17 July 2026.

Tue, 14 Jul 2026

• Vice-President C. P. Radhakrishnan released the book 'The Voice of Justice: Justice Gavai Speaks', a collection of speeches of former Chief Justice of India B. R. Gavai, on 14 July 2026.

Fri, 22 May 2026

• On 22 May 2026 Vice President C.P. Radhakrishnan released 'The Library Man of India: The Story of P.N. Panicker', written by P.P. Sathyan, at Uprashtrapati Bhavan.

Sun, 10 May 2026

• On 10 May 2026 Union Home Minister Amit Shah released Solicitor General Tushar Mehta's book 'The Bench, the Bar, and the Bizarre and the Lawful and the Awful' in New Delhi, in the presence of Chief Justice of India Justice Surya Kant.

Thu, 12 Mar 2026

• The Publications Division of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry released 'Bharat 2026 – A Reference Annual' in English and Hindi on 12 March 2026.

Sun, 08 Feb 2026

• Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressed a national conclave in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, on 8 February 2026 on the book 'Chhattisgarh @ 25: Shifting the Lens', published by Bharat Prakashan, publisher of the weekly Organiser.

Fri, 23 Jan 2026

• President Droupadi Murmu inaugurated Granth Kutir at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 23 January 2026, a collection of about 2,300 books and around 50 manuscripts in India's 11 classical languages.

Sun, 11 Jan 2026

• PM Narendra Modi released the 500th book of Shrimad Vijayaratna Sunder Surishwarji Maharaj through a video message on 11 January 2026.

Sat, 10 Jan 2026

• Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated the New Delhi World Book Fair 2026 at Bharat Mandapam on 10 January 2026; organised by the National Book Trust from 10–18 January, the fair has free entry for the first time.

Tue, 06 Jan 2026

• Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan released 55 literary works in classical Indian languages in New Delhi on 6 January 2026, including a Tirukkural series in Indian Sign Language.

Thu, 25 Dec 2025

• Vice President C.P. Radhakrishnan released 'Mahamana Vangmay', the final series of the collected works of Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, on 25 December 2025.

Wed, 22 Oct 2025

• On 22 October 2025 in New Delhi, Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh launched 'Civil-Military Fusion as a Metric of National Power & Comprehensive Security' by Lt Gen Raj Shukla (Retd).