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    Draupadi Murmu Biography: Birthday, Family, Daughter, Husband, Education Qualification, Previous Offices and Other Details

    Jun 20, 2023, 12:43 IST

    Draupadi Murmu has become the 15th President of India. Know about Draupadi Murmu's family, education, political career, previous offices, and other details.

    Draupadi Murmu Biography
    Draupadi Murmu Biography

    Draupadi Murmu Biography: The 15th President of India Draupadi Murmu is celebrating her 65th birth anniversary today.  Draupadi Murmu is a tribal leader from Rairangpur in the Mayurbhanj district in Odisha. Draupadi Murmu is a soft-spoken leader who made her way into the politics of Odisha with her sheer hard work. After winning the Presidential elections in 2022, she has become the first tribal and the second woman to hold the highest office. She contested against Yashwant Sinha, the joint opposition’s nominee for the top constitutional job.

    Read Draupadi Murmu’s Biography and learn about her family, daughter, religion, education, family, religion, previous offices, and other details.

    Draupadi Murmu Biography

    Name

    Draupadi Murmu

    Born

    June 20, 1958

    Birth Place

    Uparbeda, Mayurbhanj, Odisha, India

    Age

    65 years

    Parents

    Biranchi Narayan Tudu

    Political Party

    Bharatiya Janata Party

    Office

    President of India

    Education

    Ramadevi Women’s University

    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

    Children

    Itishri Murmu

    Spouse

    Shyam Charan Murmu (passed away in 2014)

    Draupadi Murmu Husband, Personal Life, Education, Family

    Draupadi Murmu was born on June 20, 1958, in Uparbeda village of Mayurbhanj district in Odisha in a Santali tribal family to Biranchi Narayan Tudu. Bother her father and grandfather were village heads under the Panchayati Raj Systems.

    Draupadi Murmu married Shyam Charan Murmu, a banker who died in 2014. The couple had two sons, both of whom passed away and a daughter Itishri Murmu.

    Draupadi Murmu Teaching Career

    Droupadi Murmu started out as a school teacher before entering state politics. Murmu worked as an assistant professor at the Shri Aurobindo Integral Education and Research Institute, Rairangpur, and as a Junior Assistant at the Irrigation Department of the Government of Odisha.

    Draupadi Murmu Political Career

    Draupadi Murmu joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 1997 and was elected as the councillor of the Rairangpur Nagar Panchayat. In 2000, she became the Chairperson of Rairangpur Nagar Panchayat and also served as the National Vice-President of BJP Scheduled Tribes Morcha.

    During the BJP and Biju Janata Dal coalition government in Odisha, Draupadi Murmu served in the following positions.

    Positions held

    Tenure

    Minister of State with Independent Charge for Commerce and Transportation

    March 6, 2000, to August 6, 2000

    Minister of Fisheries and Animal Resources Development

    August 6, 2002, to May 16, 2004

    Former Odisha Minister

    2000

    MLA from Rairangpur Assembly Constituency

    2004

    Draupadi Murmu: Governor of Jharkhand

    Draupadi Murmu took oath as the Governor of Jharkhand on May 18, 2015, and became the first woman Governor of Jharkhand. She was the first female tribal leader from Odisha to be appointed as a Governor of the Indian State.

    Draupadi 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 the Tribals to make commercial use of their land, while also ensuring that the ownership of land does not change.

    Draupadi Murmu: NDA’s Presidential Candidate 2022

    In June 2022, Draupadi Murmu was nominated by BJPs as the National Democratic Alliance’s candidate for the President of India for the 2022 election. She visited various states as part of the Presidential Campaign 2022 around the country seeking support for her candidature, from BJP lawmakers and other opposition parties.

    Draupadi Murmu visited NE states, BJD of Odisha, JMM Party of Jharkhand, Shiv Sena of Maharashtra, BSP of Uttar Pradesh, JDS of Karnataka and many others were some of the prominent opposition parties that extended their support to her.

    Draupadi Murmu takes oath as the 15th President of India

    Draupadi Murmu on July 25, 2022, took oath as the 15th President of India. Her oath was administered by the Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana in the Central Hall of Parliament. The outgoing President of India Ram Nath Kovind and Draupadi Murmu arrived in the Parliament in a ceremonial procession shortly before the swearing-in commenced.

    In her address, the President of India Draupadi Murmu thanked MPs and MLAs for electing her as the first tribal President of India. In her first address as the President of the world's largest democracy, she said, "I am the first President of the country who was born in Independent India. We will have to speed up our efforts to meet the expectations that our freedom fighters had with the citizens of Independent India."

    Draupadi Murmu Awards & Honours

    Draupadi Murmu, in 2007, received the Nilkantha Award for the best MLA ( Member of the Legislative Assembly) by Odisha Legislative Assembly. 

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      President Draupadi Murmu's birthday is on 20 June.
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      Draupadi Murmu took oath as the 15th President of India on July 25, 2022.
    • Draupadi Murmu served as the Governor of which Indian State?
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      Draupadi Murmu was appointed as the Governor of Jharkhand on May 18, 2015, She became the first woman governor of Jharkhand.
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      Draupadi Murmu was married to Shyam Charan Murmu. He was a banker was passed away in 2014.
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      Draupadi Murmu was born on June 20, 1958, in Uparbeda village of Mayurbhanj district in Odisha.
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      In June 2022, Draupadi Murmu was nominated by BJP as the National Democratic Alliance’s candidate for the President of India for the 2022 election.

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