<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Droupadi Murmu on Monday took oath as the 15th president of India. She was sworn in by Chief Justice NV Ramana.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Murmu is the first tribal woman to hold the post. The 64-year-old is from Odisha and has served as the governor of Jharkhand from 2015 to 2021.</div><div><br></div><div>A National Democratic Alliance candidate, Murmu became the president after defeating the opposition’s pick, Yashwant Sinha, in the polls held on July 18. </div><div><br></div><div>The results were declared on Thursday.</div><div><br></div><div>After four rounds of polling, Murmu had received 2,824 votes of 676,803 value while Sinha got 1,877 votes or 380,177 value. She received 64.03% of the total valid votes polled.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier on Monday, Murmu, who arrived at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, paid tribute to Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, or Mahatma Gandhi, at Raj Ghat.</div><div><br></div><div>Outgoing President Ram Nath Kovind and his wife Savita Kovind extended their greetings to Murmu at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, reported ANI.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>