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Droupadi Murmu was born to a Santali family on 20 June 1958, in Uparbeda village [6] in the Baidaposi area of Rairangpur, Odisha. [7] Her father Biranchi Narayan Tudu was a farmer. [ 8 ] Her father and grandfather were traditional heads (designated Sarpanch ) of the village council ( Gram Panchayat ). [ 6 ]
The current head of state of India is Droupadi Murmu, elected in 2022 after being nominated by the National Democratic Alliance. From 1947 to 1950, the head of state under the Indian Independence Act 1947 was King of India, [1] [2] who was also the monarch of the United Kingdom and of the other Dominions of the British Commonwealth.
The 12th president, Pratibha Patil, is the first woman to hold the office, elected in 2007. On 25 July 2022, Droupadi Murmu took office as the 15th president of India, becoming the second woman and the first tribal person to hold the office. [7]
The presidency of Droupadi Murmu began on 25 July 2022, after she took the oath as the 15th President of India, administered by Chief Justice N. V. Ramana. She was the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) nominee and defeated the United Opposition nominee and former Minister of Finance, Yashwant Sinha .
Immediate previous office held 1 Sanjiv Khanna (Chief Justice of India) Male Ranjan Gogoi. Nominated as CJI by. Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud. Ram Nath Kovind. Appointed as CJI by. Droupadi Murmu. 18 January 2019 (5 years, 360 days) Appointed as CJI on. 11 November 2024 (62 days) 13 May 2025 (−121 days) 6 years, 116 days Tenure length as ...
Droupadi Murmu is the 15th and current president, having taken office from 25 July 2022. The office of president was created when India became a republic on 26 January 1950 when its constitution came into force.
Droupadi Murmu: Assam : Lakshman Acharya: 30 July 2024 (162 days) Droupadi Murmu: Bihar : Arif Mohammad Khan: 2 January 2025 (6 days) Droupadi Murmu: Archived 24 January 2022 at the Wayback Machine. Chhattisgarh : Ramen Deka: 31 July 2024 (161 days) Droupadi Murmu: Goa : P. S. Sreedharan Pillai: 15 July 2021 (3 years, 177 days) Ram Nath Kovind
First address was upon taking oath, and subsequent four addresses were to joint sitting of both houses from 2018 to 2021. Kovind in his tenure administered oath of office to three Chief Justices of India and 29 other judges of Supreme Court of India. He was succeeded by Droupadi Murmu on 21 July 2022.