It is finally official. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will run for President as the ruling UPA's candidate. His candidacy, ratified at a meeting of the Congress's allies at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's 7 Race Course Road residence today, was announced by Congress president Sonia Gandhi. Video courtesy: NDTV

In an interview to NDTV in 2009, Pranab Mukherjee, had said, he is just a 'village boy'. Three years later, as the veteran Congress man is on the brink of becoming India's 13th President, we look at Mr Mukherjee's five-decade-long political journey. Video courtesy: NDTV