September

India elected its 15th president- Droupadi Murmu, the first tribal president and is second woman after Ms. Pratibha Patil to hold the office. Murmu, born in 1958, hails from Odisha. She represents one of the largest tribal communities, the Santhals. She is also the first president born in independent India. She started her career as a teacher and a clerk at State Irrigation and Power Department. She rose to politics after joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 1997 as […]