About draupadi murmu

Known to keep a low-profile, India's President-designate Droupadi Murmu has overcome several personal tragedies in her life. The soft spoken tribal leader from Odisha's Rairangpur lost her husband, two sons, mother and brother in just six years between 2009-2015. Born on June 20, 1958, in a simple Santhal tribal family, Murmu completed her Bachelor's degree in Arts from Bhubaneswar's Ramadevi Women's College in Bhubaneswar. She then served as a junior assistant in the irrigation and power department in Odisha government. She was also an honorary assistant teacher in the Shri Aurobindo Integral Education Centre in Rairangpur. Murmu married Shyam Charan Murmu and had three children -- two sons and a daughter -- with him. According to news reports, one of her sons, Laxman Murmu (25), died in 2009. Her second son passed away in a road accident a few years later in 2012. Two years later, Murmu faced another personal loss as her husband passed away due to cardiac arrest. Murmu's daughter Itishree works at UCO bank in Odisha. She got married to Ganesh Hembram, who is a rugby player, in 2015. They have a little daughter. "Rugby has a lot of scope in future. I have already devoted my life to the sport. So, there is no question joining politics or any other field now," Hembram had told reporters in 2015 when Murmu was sworn-in as Jharkhand Governor. Believed to be deeply spiritual, Murmu is a keen practitioner of the meditation techniques of the Brahma Kumaris, a movement she embrac...

Here`s all you need to know about Draupadi Murmu: Born in a tribal family in a village of Mayurbhanj, a backward district in Odisha, Droupadi Murmu completed her studies despite challenging circumstances. She taught at Shri Aurobindo integral Education Centre, Rairangpur. Pic/PTI Born on June 20, 1958, she earned her Bachelor`s degree in Arts from Ramadevi Women`s College in Bhubaneswar and served as a junior assistant in the irrigation and power department in the Odisha government between 1979 and 1983. Later, she also served as an honorary assistant teacher in the Shri Aurobindo Integral Education Centre in Rairangpur. Born in the Santhal community, Murmu began her political career as a councillor in Rairangpur Nagar Panchayat in 1997 and rose through the ranks to become a minister in the Odisha government in 2000 and later the Governor of Jharkhand in 2015. A sand sculpture of Droupadi Murmu, who is set to be India`s first woman tribal President in Puri. Pic/PTI A two-term former MLA from Rairangpur, Murmu held on to her assembly seat in 2009 when the BJD had snapped ties with the BJP weeks ahead of the state elections which were swept by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. Murmu also holds the distinction of becoming the first woman Governor of Jharkhand. Murmu was awarded the Nilkanth Award for the Best MLA of the year in 2007 by the Odisha Legislative assembly. She has diverse administrative experience having handled ministries such as transport, commerce, fisheries and a...

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President Murmu to visit Suriname, Serbia from June 4 to 9 President Murmu receives warm welcome by Serbian counterpart Vucic at Presidential Palace 64-year-old Murmu was born in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district to a family belonging to the Santhal tribe. Living in one of the state's most underdeveloped regions, her family struggled with poverty. Despite her family's difficult situation, she went on to graduate from the Ramadevi Women’s College in Bhubaneswar. Notably, if she wins, Murmu will become the first Odisha-born president of India. She is also the first woman and tribal leader from Odisha to be appointed governor of a state and complete her tenure. — Naveen Patnaik (@Naveen_Odisha) Murmu who belongs to the BJP, was an MLA from Odisha's Rairangpur. Murmu also served as a minister in the Odisha cabinet. She was conferred with "Nilakantha Award" for the Best MLA of the year 2007 by the Odisha Assembly. She also served as BJP's District President for Mayurbhanj (West). With inputs from agencies Read all the Updated Date: June 22, 2022 08:31:20 IST • Lord Ram was 'kept in a tent' under previous govt, says Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath Adityanath laid foundation stones and inaugurated 217 development projects worth Rs 414 in Sonbhadra, and said people of the region had honoured Lord Ram when he visited it • Nehru Memorial Museum and Library is now Prime Ministers' Museum and Library Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who is also the vice president of the society described p...

Addressing the gathering, the President noted that many of the delegates have come out from their villages for the first time. Stating that each one of them is a representative of their community, she urged them to share their experiences with their community members back home and inform them about the welfare schemes of the government. The President urged the members of PVTGs to give utmost importance to education. She said that for the students of PVTG community, special provision of seats has been made in Eklavya Model Residential Schools. Apart from this, seats are also reserved for them in the National Fellowship and Overseas Scholarship Schemes. She also urged women of PVTG to take advantage of various schemes, including Tribal Women Empowerment Scheme. President Murmu said that under the Tribal Sub-Plan, 41 Ministries and Departments of the Government of India share part of their budget for the welfare of tribal communities, including PVTGs. She was happy to note that 'Pradhan Mantri PVTG Development Mission' has been launched by the Government for the development of PVTGs. The President said that for the past few years, talented people from the tribal community are being honoured with Padma Awards for their remarkable contributions in various fields. She wished that more than 10 crore people of tribal society, including about 28 lakh people of PVTG society, should develop their talents and contribute their best for the society and country. President Murmu said that...

Droupadi Murmu, a tribal leader from Odisha, was on Tuesday named the ruling NDA’s candidate for the forthcoming Presidential election. The decision was taken at the BJP’s parliamentary board meeting. Earlier in the day, the Opposition had announced former Union minister Yashwant Sinha as its joint candidate for the post. The poll is slated for July 18. Here is everything you need to know about 🔴 If elected, Murmu would become the first tribal President and second female President of India. 🔴 Hailing from Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district, Murmu started out as a teacher before entering state politics. 🔴 She has been an MLA twice, on 🔴 Murmu was first considered a contender five years ago, when President Pranab Mukherjee was set to leave Rashtrapati Bhavan 🔴 During the BJP-BJD coalition government that came to power in 2000, she held the Commerce and Transport, and, subsequently, the Fisheries and Animal Husbandry portfolios. 🔴 She managed to win in 2009 even as the BJP paled against the challenge put up by the by-then estranged BJD. 🔴 In 2015, Murmu was sworn in as the first woman Governor of Jharkhand.

As Droupadi Murmu was declared elected the next president of India on July 21, celebrations began at her ancestral village in Rairangpur in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district with the distribution of saffron-coloured ladoos, besides Odisha’s trademark rasogolla and chhenapoda. Not many would know that Murmu has a sweet tooth. But back in the seventies, when 64-year-old leader was in her teenage, sweetmeats were a rarity in tribal homes in Odisha. Providing for the day’s meals itself was a challenge. Murmu, despite her cravings for sweets, would never crib or demand them. Her parents taught her that while most children loved sweets, it was equally important for one to develop a sweet disposition. Later in life, when Murmu started earning, she would often spoil people around her with chocolates and sweets, be it offering candies to the security guard of her hostel on his birthday or bringing sweets for children at the SLS Residential Tribal School in Odisha’s Paharpur. She has set up the school in memory of her two deceased sons. Not only children, several people who have come in contact with Murmu swear by her affectionate nature. Like Rukmini Murmu, her daughter-in-law. Recalling their first meeting in 2017, 34-year-old Rukmini says: ”I was trembling when my husband took me to her (Droupadi Murmu’s) residence. I was going to meet the governor of Jharkhand, who had previously been a minister in the Odisha government. But the minute we met, my trepidations were gone.” Droupadi Mur...

National Democratic Alliance candidate Droupadi Murmu was on Thursday elected the 15th President of India, the second woman to be elected India's head of state. She secured a majority in the election defeating rival candidate Yashwant Sinha with 676,803 electoral votes in 21 of the 28 states. As the new President of India, Droupadi Murmu now holds a long list of powers, including legislative, executive, judicial, financial, diplomatic and military. As the Draupadi Murmu: Everything you need to know about the 15th President of India Personal life and education Draupadi Murmu was born in the Mayurbhanj district of Odisha in 1958 in a tribal family. She did her schooling at Unit II high school and her graduation in arts from Rama Devi College. Both institutes are in Bhubaneswar. As per several reports, Murmu lost her husband Shyam Charan Murmu, a banker by profession, in 2014. She also lost both her sons within a span of two years, while her daughter Itishri Murmu works at UCO bank in Odisha and is married to rugby player Ganesh Hembram. Political Career Murmu was elected as a BJP councillor in the Rairangpur Notified Area Council in 1997 and that is when her political journey began. Later, she went on to become an MLA from the same constituency, before being sworn in as the Governor of Jharkhand on May 18, 2015, a position she held till 2021. Murmur was the first woman Governor of Jharkhand and also the first female tribal leader to become the Governor of any state. By Priya...