15 Gallery

Photographs from public life

Every photograph is shown whole — nothing is cropped. Captions give the date and place where they are known, and say so where they are not.

23photographs

Bhagirath Choudhary, in an orange turban and ICAR stole, cuts a ribbon among a line of officials and scientists at the entrance to a millets exhibition — G. 01Inaugurating a millets exhibition organised with ICAR.2025

Bhagirath Choudhary, in a red turban, presents a framed miniature painting of a horseman to Prime Minister Narendra Modi — G. 02Presenting a painting to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Date not recorded.

I Portrait feature

The safa, the stole, the lectern

Across these photographs one image recurs: the Rajasthani safa — red bandhani, pink, saffron — worn at the ICAR lectern, in the Lok Sabha, at the swearing-in at Rashtrapati Bhavan and on the dais at farmers' meets. The photographs span 2019, when he campaigned for his first Lok Sabha term, to August 2026.

Close portrait of Bhagirath Choudhary smiling, in a red bandhani turban — G. 03Portrait.

Parliament & office

Bhagirath Choudhary reads the oath at a lectern at Rashtrapati Bhavan — G. 04Taking the oath of office.Rashtrapati Bhavan · 9 June 2024

Bhagirath Choudhary speaking in the Lok Sabha, wearing a headset — G. 05Speaking in the Lok Sabha.

Bhagirath Choudhary clasps hands with Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan among colleagues — G. 06With Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.

Bhagirath Choudhary receives a memento on stage at the National Agri Input Conclave — G. 07National Agri Input Conclave.New Delhi · 25 March 2025

Agriculture & research

Bhagirath Choudhary speaks at the flower-decked ICAR lectern at the 97th Annual General Meeting — G. 0897th Annual General Meeting of ICAR.New Delhi · 18 August 2026

Bhagirath Choudhary and Shivraj Singh Chouhan present an AgriSURE Greenathon award cheque — G. 09AgriSURE Greenathon awards.Pusa, New Delhi · 3 September 2024

Bhagirath Choudhary speaks at the 36th Annual Conference of Vice-Chancellors — G. 1036th Conference of Vice-Chancellors.New Delhi · 25 August 2026

Bhagirath Choudhary gestures while speaking at a FICCI event — G. 11At a FICCI agriculture event.

Bhagirath Choudhary chairs a review meeting in the Nagaon District Commissioner's conference hall — G. 12District review meeting.Nagaon, Assam · December 2024

Contact strip — people, press & campaign

Bhagirath Choudhary and Sunny Deol wave from a flower-covered open vehicle during a roadshow — G. 13Roadshow with Sunny Deol.Ajmer · 27 April 2019

Bhagirath Choudhary, in a multicoloured turban, greets Prime Minister Narendra Modi with folded hands on an airport apron — G. 14Greeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an airport. Date not recorded.

Bhagirath Choudhary greets Prime Minister Narendra Modi with folded hands — G. 15With Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Date not recorded.

Bhagirath Choudhary speaks at a podium at a BJP Mizoram meeting — G. 16Party meeting.Aizawl · July 2024

Bhagirath Choudhary at a press conference table in Aizawl — G. 17Press conference.Aizawl · 19 July 2024

Bhagirath Choudhary at a press conference table in Udaipur — G. 18Press conference.Udaipur

Bhagirath Choudhary speaks to television reporters — G. 19Speaking to reporters.

Bhagirath Choudhary seated among men at a public meeting — G. 20At a public meeting.

Bhagirath Choudhary speaks into a handheld microphone — G. 21Addressing a gathering.

Bhagirath Choudhary adjusts his stole on a stage decorated with palms — G. 22At a public event.

Bhagirath Choudhary speaks to camera in an office — G. 23Recording a statement.

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