28 Facts About Droupadi Murmu

Droupadi Murmu won the 2022 presidential election as the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate.

Droupadi Murmu is the first person belonging to a tribal community and the second woman, after Pratibha Patil, to hold the office.

Droupadi Murmu is the youngest person to occupy the post and the first president born in independent India.

Droupadi Murmu was born to a Santali family on 20 June 1958, in Uparbeda village in the Baidaposi area of Rairangpur, Odisha.

Droupadi Murmu's family named her Durgi Tudu, after her paternal grandmother, and her nickname was Batti which eventually became Puti.

Droupadi 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.

Droupadi Murmu married Shyam Charan Murmu, a banker, in 1980 with whom she had two sons and a daughter, Itishree Murmu.

Droupadi Murmu is a follower of the Brahma Kumaris spiritual movement.

Droupadi Murmu is an admirer of India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru.

From 1979 to 1983, Droupadi Murmu worked as a junior assistant at the irrigation department of the Government of Odisha.

Droupadi Murmu never claimed a full salary at the school.

In 1997, Droupadi Murmu was elected as the councillor of the Rairangpur Nagar Panchayat as an independent candidate from a reserved seat for women.

Droupadi Murmu won the 2000 Odisha Legislative Assembly election from the Rairangpur Assembly constituency and served two terms in the Odisha Legislative Assembly between 2000 and 2009.

Droupadi Murmu was elected to the BJP National Executive in 2013, and was the district president until 2015.

Droupadi Murmu was sworn in as the Governor of Jharkhand on 18 May 2015, becoming the first woman to hold the position.

Droupadi Murmu administered the oath of office to Hemant Soren as Chief Minister of Jharkhand in 2019.

Droupadi Murmu was criticised for her soft stand on police aggression against tribal communities during the movement.

Droupadi Murmu had received total of 192 memorandums against the amendments in the bill.

On 24 May 2017, Droupadi 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.

On 21 July 2022, Droupadi Murmu secured a clear majority in the 2022 Presidential election defeating common opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha with 676,803 electoral votes in 21 of the 28 states to become the 15th President of India.

Droupadi Murmu is the first person from India's designated tribal communities to be elected president.

Droupadi Murmu is the youngest and first individual born after India's independence in 1947 to have been elected president.

Droupadi Murmu is the second woman after Pratibha Patil to serve as president.

Droupadi Murmu addressed the nation for the first time as president on 14 August 2022, the eve of the 75th Independence Day.

Droupadi Murmu visited her alma mater and later met school children along the sideways of the road and walked two kilometres to pay obeisance to the deities of Puri Jagannath Temple.

Droupadi Murmu flew for around 30 minutes over the Brahmaputra and Tezpur valleys covering the Himalayan ranges.

However later, Droupadi Murmu stated that the "Prime Minister symbolises parliament's trust, and she was proud and deeply satisfied with the inauguration".

Droupadi Murmu stated "enough is enough" and stated that the incident had left the nation shocked, and condemned violence and crime against women.