Droupadi Murmu is an Indian politician who is serving as the 15th and current President of India since 25 July 2022.
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29 Facts About Draupadi Murmu
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Draupadi Murmu is the first person belonging to the tribal community and the second woman after Pratibha Patil to hold the office.
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Draupadi Murmu is the youngest person to occupy the post of President.
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Droupadi Draupadi Murmu was born to a Santali family on 20 June 1958, in Uparbeda village in the Baidaposi area of Rairangpur, Odisha.
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Draupadi Murmu was renamed by her school teacher to Droupadi, and her name was changed several times to those including Durpadi and Dorpdi in the past.
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Draupadi Murmu studied elementary education at the local primary school in Uparbeda.
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Draupadi Murmu married Shyam Charan Murmu, a banker, in 1980 with whom she had two sons and a daughter.
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Draupadi Murmu is a follower of the Brahma Kumaris spiritual movement.
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From 1979 to 1983, Draupadi Murmu worked as a junior assistant at the irrigation department of the Government of Odisha.
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In 1997, Droupadi Draupadi Murmu was elected as the councillor of the Rairangpur Nagar Panchayat as an independent candidate from a reserved seat for women.
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Draupadi Murmu was elected to the BJP National Executive in 2013, and was the district president until 2015.
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Draupadi Murmu was sworn in as the Governor of Jharkhand on 18 May 2015, becoming the first woman to hold the position.
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Draupadi Murmu appointed Hemant Soren as Chief Minister of Jharkhand in 2019.
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Ratan Tirkey, a former BJP politician and activist, said that Draupadi Murmu had not done enough to make sure that the self-governance rights granted to tribal communities were properly implemented.
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Draupadi Murmu was criticized for her soft stand on police aggression against tribal communities during the movement.
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Draupadi Murmu had received total of 192 memorandums against the amendments in the bill.
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On 24 May 2017, Draupadi Murmu relented and refused to give assent to the bills and returned the bill to the state government along with the memorandums she had received.
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Draupadi Murmu was elected as the President of India and assumed office on 25 July 2022.
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Draupadi Murmu is the first person from India's designated tribal communities to be elected president.
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Draupadi Murmu is the youngest and first individual born after India's independence in 1947 to have been elected president.
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Draupadi Murmu is only the second woman after Pratibha Patil to serve as President of India.
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Draupadi Murmu addressed the nation for the first time as the President of India, on 14 August 2022, Independence day eve.
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Draupadi Murmu greeted the citizens of the country on the 75th Independence.
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Draupadi Murmu follows the BJP party line on making Hindi the national language of India and their support of Hindu nationalism.
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Draupadi Murmu has expressed admiration for India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru.
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