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Ram Nath Kovind is an Indian Politician and the 14th President of India. He succeeds the 13th president, Pranab Mukherjee, on July 25, 2017. Before his election to the highest office of the country, Kovind served as the Governor of Bihar since 16 August 2015. He was the presidential candidate of the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA). An advocate by profession, he has been active in politics for several decades. After earning his an LLB from Kanpur University, he practiced for several years as a lawyer in the Delhi High Court and Supreme Court before joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 1991. A ‘Dalit’ hailing from the ‘Scheduled Caste’, he belongs to a community that has been historically oppressed in India and is thus well aware of the struggles that people belonging to such communities face. For four years he served as the President of the BJP Dalit Morcha and has also provided free legal aid to the weaker sections of the society. He became a Rajya Sabha MP from the state of Uttar Pradesh in April 1994 and served in this position for 12 years. Over the course of his political career, he focused on education in rural areas and has served on the Board of Management of Dr. B.R Ambedkar University as well. Before entering politics, he was a lawyer for 16 years and practiced in the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court until 1993.

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Kovind was born on 1st October 1945 in Paraukh village in the Kanpur Dehat district, Uttar Pradesh. His father Maikulal was a landless Kori who ran a small shop to support his family. He was the youngest of five brothers and two sisters. He was born in a mud hut, which eventually collapsed. He was only five when his mother died of burns when their thatched dwelling caught fire. Kovind later donated the land to the community. After his elementary school education, he had to walk each day to Kanpur village, 8 km away, to attend a junior school, as nobody in the village had a bicycle. He holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce and an LLB from DAV College

Ram Nath Kovind is well-known as a crusader for the rights of the underprivileged sections of the society, especially Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes/ OBC, minority communities, and poor women. Not only has he served as a member of the Parliamentary Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes/Tribes, but has also provided free legal services to the needy and weaker sections under the aegis of Free Legal Aid Society in Delhi.


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