First record: She will be the first tribal woman leader to reach the country’s highest constitutional post. Murmu was born in a poor tribal family in the Santhal community in the Mayurbhanj district of Odisha. Till now no tribal has reached the chair of Prime Minister or President in the country. Although the country has got 2 Dalit Presidents in the form of KR Narayanan and Ramnath Kovind.
Second record: Draupadi Murmu will be the first President who was born in the country after independence. Draupadi Murmu was born on 20 June 1958, almost 11 years after the country got independence in 1947. All the presidents in the country so far were born before 1947. With Murmu becoming the President, this will be the first time that in the country there will be such persons in the chair of the President and Prime Minister, who was born in independent India.
Third record: The title of becoming the youngest President will also go to Murmu. The record of becoming the youngest President in the country is in the name of Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, who became the President unopposed in 1977. Reddy’s age was 64 years, 2 months, and 6 days when he took over as the President. At the same time, the age of Draupadi Murmu, born on 20 June 1958, will be 64 years, 1 month, and 8 days at the time of assuming office on 25 July 2022.
Fourth record: This will be the first time that a person who has been a councilor at a time will reach the post of President in India. Draupadi Murmu started her political career in 1997 by becoming a councilor of Rairangpur Nagar Panchayat. Three years later, in 2000, she became an MLA for the first time. He has also held the post of minister twice in the BJD-BJP government of Odisha.
Fifth record: With the victory of Draupadi Murmu, Odisha’s name will also be included in those states, whose people have reached the highest constitutional post in the country. So far, 7 of the people sitting on the President’s chair have been from South India. The first President of the country, Dr. Rajendra Prasad was from Bihar.
