Draupadi Murmu has become the 15th President of India by defeating Yashwant Sinha in the elections. Here know all about her family, personal life and her teaching and political career.
Draupadi Murmu has become the 15th President of India. She defeated Yashwant Sinha in the Presidential elections 2022 and becomes the first tribal and the second woman to hold the highest office.
Here know all about Draupadi Murmu’s birth, husband, daughter, teaching and political career.
Draupadi Murmu’s birth and personal details
Draupadi Murmu was born in a Santali tribal family on June 20, 1958 in Uparbeda village of Mayurbhanj district in Odisha. Her father and grandfather were elected as the head of village under the Panchayati Raj system.
She married Shyam Charan Murmu, a banker, who died in 2014. They had two sons, both of whom are dead, and a daughter Itishri Murmu. She lost her husband and sons in a span of 4 years.
Draupadi Murmu’s teaching career
Murmu started out her career as a school teacher before entering state politics. She became an assistant professor at the Shri Aurobindo Integral Education and Research Institute, Rairangpur. She also worked as a Junior Assistant at the Irrigation department of the Government of Odisha.
Draupadi Murmu’s political career
Murmu joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 1997 and was elected as the councillor of the Rairangpur Nagar Panchayat. She became the Chairperson of Rairangpur Nagar Panchayat in 2000 and also served as the national vice-president of BJP Scheduled Tribes Morcha.
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.
She is former Odisha minister and an MLA from Rairangpur Assembly Constituency in the years 2000 and 2004.
Draupadi Murmu: Governor of Jharkhand
Murmu took oath as the Governor of Jharkhand on May 18, 2015, becoming the first woman Governor of Jharkhand. She served as the ninth governor of Jharkhand from 2015 to 2021.
Murmu as the governor of Jharkhand in 2017 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.
Draupadi Murmu nominated as NDA’s Presidential candidate
In June 2022, the BJP nominated Murmu as the National Democratic Alliance’s candidate for President of India for the 2022 Presidential election. She is the second person belonging to a scheduled tribe, to be nominated as a candidate for the post of President of India.
Draupadi Murmu’s awards
In 2007, the Odisha Legislative Assembly conferred Nilkantha award to Murmu for best MLA (Member of Legislative Assembly).
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