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title: "Draupadi Murmu: Lesser-known Facts About India's 15th President."  
description: "You should know as much about the nation's 15th President as you do about the tribal lady who won the president."  
author: "Babita Soni"  
published: 2023-01-24  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1997/draupadi-murmu-lesser-known-facts-about-india-s-15th-president  
category: "politics"  
tags: ["India", "President", "tribal woman"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Draupadi Murmu: Lesser-known Facts About India's 15th President.

![Draupadi Murmu Lesser known Facts About India s 15th President](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/56083886-1d73-499b-bc32-fba169437d69/images/9619d49b-37cf-4ed0-89ea-c362fc709e5f.jpeg) ![Draupadi Murmu Lesser known Facts About India s 15th President](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/56083886-1d73-499b-bc32-fba169437d69/images/0f4eefe0-8b9f-4473-be55-40107ffe0154.jpeg) Draupadi Murmu is the country's first President, born in independent India. ![Draupadi Murmu Lesser known Facts About India s 15th President](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/56083886-1d73-499b-bc32-fba169437d69/images/156904f1-dbfd-4db3-9bc2-5c5eab9426cd.jpeg) President Murmu is the country's first tribal president. She has set an example for all Indians as a member of the Santhali group. ![Draupadi Murmu Lesser known Facts About India s 15th President](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/56083886-1d73-499b-bc32-fba169437d69/images/caefd499-84d7-4e74-b198-245440bb9a2e.jpeg) President Murmu is the country's second female president, following Pratibha Devisingh Patil. ![Draupadi Murmu Lesser known Facts About India s 15th President](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/56083886-1d73-499b-bc32-fba169437d69/images/c176eabc-4cf5-472b-870e-3d6083cd3a98.jpeg) When then-President Pranab Mukherjee was due to leave Rashtrapati Bhavan, President Murmu was considered a strong contender. ![Draupadi Murmu Lesser known Facts About India s 15th President](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/56083886-1d73-499b-bc32-fba169437d69/images/052c9bf7-5bac-4791-8a39-210fa11404e7.jpeg) She served as Jharkhand Governor from May 2015 until July 2021. She was the first woman in such role.

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