Don't Miss: 11 unmissable photos of the day that was

Here we present a series of defining photographs from across the country of the day that was.

Opening photo: Former Gujarat Home Minister Amit Shah seeks the blessings of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, after the former was declared the national president of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, at the party headquarters in New Delhi on Wednesday.

Shah was largely credited for BJP’s stunning performance in Lok Sabha polls in the superlatively crucial Uttar Pradesh, where he worked as the party’s state in-charge.

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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa smiles at a sniffer dog during a function to felicitate state fire and rescue personnel, in Chennai.

The southern state had witnessed 11-storey building collapse in Chennai suburb Porur, followed by compound wall collapse in Tiruvallur district where scores lost their lives.

However, the fire and rescue personnel did a stunning job in pulling out several people from under the debris.

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Police in action against students protesting over the cancellation of an examination in Jammu on Wednesday.

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Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi seen ‘sleeping’ inside the Parliament on Wednesday, however there were reports stating the leader wasn’t sleeping.

The image became viral on social media circles.

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Devotees throng around chariots during the return of chariots event that marks the end of the nine-day chariot festival of Lord Jagannath in Puri on Tuesday.

The three idols of Lord Jagannath, his brother Balabhadra and sister Subhadra are taken out in a grand procession in specially made chariots and are pulled by thousands of devotees during the festival.

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A tree falls on a vehicle during a thunder storm accompanied by heavy rains in Bhopal.

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Muslim devotees offer Asr prayers at Shah-i-Hamdaan shrine on the 10th day of holy month of Ramzan in Srinagar on Wednesday.

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Farmers ready a field for plantation of paddy saplings in Moradabad.

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Trinamool Congress MP Moon Moon Sen with Aam Aadmi Party MP Bhagwant Mann at the Parliament House during Budget Session in New Delhi on Wednesday.

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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav with controversial minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya release a book on late Prime Minister Chandra Shekar during a function in Lucknow.

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Trinamool Congress activists in Kolkata burn the effigy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a protest against Rail Budget.