15th President of India: Draupadi Murmu, a tribal leader and former Jharkhand Governor, has been elected as the 15th President of India. The presidential election results were announced on 21st July 2022. With this, Draupadi Murmu has become the 2nd women President of India and the first tribal woman President of India. The BJP nominated Draupadi Murmu as the National Democratic Alliance’s candidate for President of India for the 2022 election in June 2022. As part of her presidential campaign for 2022, she visited various States to see support for her candidature from BJP lawmakers and other opposition parties. As a part of a campaign, she visited not Eastern states the JMM party of Jharkhand, BJD of Odisha, Shivsena of Maharashtra, BSP of Uttar Pradesh, JDS of Karnataka, and many other prominent opposition parties.
Name | Draupadi Murmu |
Born | June 20, 1958 |
Birth Place | Uparbeda, Mayurbhanj, Odisha, India |
Age | 64 years |
Parents | Biranchi Narayan Tudu |
Category | Scheduled Tribe |
Ethnicity | Santhal Tribe |
Spouse | Shyam Charan Murmu (passed away in 2014) |
Marital Status | Widow |
School | K.B. HS Uparbeda School, Mayurbhanj |
College | Ramadevi Women’s University, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha |
Children | Itishri Murmu |
Political Party | Bhartiya Janata Party |
Previous Offices | Governor of Jharkhand, Minister of State for Fisheries and Animal, Minister of State for Commerce and Transport, Member of the Odisha Legislative Assembly |
Awards | Nilkantha Award for Best MLA in 2007 |
Draupadi Murmu was born in a Santal tribal family on June 20, 1958, in Uparbeda village of Mayurbhanj district in Odisha. Both her father, Biranchi Narayan Tudu, and grandfather were elected as sarpanch under the Panchayati Raj system. Draupadi Murmu married Shyam Charan Murmu, a banker, who died in 2014. The couple had two sons, both of whom are dead, and a daughter. She lost her husband, two sons, mother, and a brother in a span of 7 years, from 2009 to 2015. Spiritually Murmu has been associated with the Brahma Kumaris.
Draupadi Murmu is an arts graduate of Rama Devi Women’s College. She was appointed as a junior assistant in the Odisha Irrigation Department after serving as an honorary assistant professor at Shri Aurobindo Integral Education and Research in Rairangpur. Murmu started out as a school teacher before entering state politics. She worked as an assistant professor at the Shri Aurobindo Integral Education and Research Institute, Rairangpur and junior assistant at irrigation department Government of Odisha.
Murmu joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 1997 and was elected as the councillor of the Rairangpur Nagar Panchayat. Murmu became the Chairperson of Rairangpur Nagar Panchayat in 2000. During the BJP and Biju Janata Dal coalition government in Odisha, she was the Minister of State with Independent Charge for Commerce and Transportation from March 6, 2000, to August 6, 2002, and Fisheries and Animal Resources Development from August 6, 2002, to May 16, 2004. Murmu took oath as the Governor of Jharkhand on 18 May 2015, becoming the first woman Governor of Jharkhand. As Governor in 2017, Murmu had refused to give assent to a bill approved by the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly seeking amendments to the Chhotanagpur Tenancy Act, 1908, and the Santhal Pargana Tenancy Act, 1949. The bill sought to give rights to tribals to make commercial use of their land, while ensuring that the ownership of land does not change. Murmu sought an explanation from the Raghubar Das-led BJP government about the changes it would bring for the well-being of tribals.
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Draupadi Murmu is the 15th President of India.
Draupadi Murmu - the 15th President of India belongs to the Santhal Tribe.
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