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She married Shyam Charan Murmu, a banker, in 1980 with whom she had two sons and a daughter. Her husband, two sons, mother, and a brother all died in a span of 7 years, from 2009 to 2015. She is a follower of the Brahma Kumaris spiritual  

 Droupadi Murmu (née Puti Biranchi Tudu, born 20 June 1958) is an Indian politician who has been serving as the 15th president of India since 25 July 2022. She is the first person belonging to the tribal community and also the second woman after Pratibha Patil to hold the office. She is also the youngest person to occupy the post and the first President born in Independent India.^[2][3]

Before entering politics, she worked as a clerk in the State Irrigation and Power Department from 1979 to 1983, and then as a teacher in Rairangpur until 1997.^[4] 

Droupadi Murmu was born to a Santali family on 20 June 1958, in Uparbeda village^[5] in the Baidaposi area of Rairangpur, Odisha.^[6] Her father Biranchi Narayan Tudu was a farmer.^[7] Her father and grandfather were traditional heads (designated Sarpanch) of the village council (Gram Panchayat).^[5] Her family named her Puti Tudu. She was renamed by her school teacher to Droupadi, and her name was changed several times to those including Durpadi and Dorpdi in the past.^[8]

Murmu studied elementary education at the local primary school in Uparbeda. At age five, she moved to Bhubaneswar for higher studies.^[9] She completed secondary education from Girl's High School Unit-2, and graduated in B.A. from Rama Devi Women's College.^[10]

In 1997, Droupadi Murmu was elected as the councillor of the Rairangpur Nagar Panchayat^[18] as an independent candidate from a reserved seat for women.^[9] She then joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).^[17]

She won the 2000 Odisha Legislative Assembly election from Rairangpur Assembly constituency and served two terms in the Odisha Legislative Assembly between 2000 and 2009.^[2] During the BJP and BJD coalition government in Odisha, she was the Minister of State with Independent Charge for Commerce and Transportation from 6 March 2000 to 6 August 2002, and Fisheries and Animal Resources Development from 6 August 2002 to 16 May 2004.^[18][19]

In 2007, she received the Nilkanth Award for the Best MLA of the Odisha Legislative Assembly.^[20] In 2009, she lost the Lok Sabha election from Mayurbhanj Lok Sabha constituency as the BJD and BJP alliance had ended.^[18] She was elected to the BJP National Executive (ST Morcha) in 2013, and was the district president until 2015.^[20]     

 

 

 

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