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.

Draupadi Murmu will be India's first Indigenous president and the second woman in the country's history to hold that office. Indian lawmakers on Thursday elected Draupadi Murmu for the largely ...

Draupadi Murmu, a tribal woman, has occupied the country's highest Constitutional chair. Many hope her tenure will help India's marginalized Indigenous population. Around 4,800 members of India's ...

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 ...

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