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Monday, May 18, 2015

Draupadi Murmu sworn in as first woman Governor of Jharkhand Monday May 18,2015

 
Draupadi Murmu  was sworn in as the first woman Governor of Jharkhand. Murmu succeeds Syed Ahmed, who will take over as Manipur Governor on Monday  May 18,2015

Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das, his cabinet colleagues, former Chief Ministers Shibu Soren and Arjun Munda, Union Minister of State for Rural Development Sudarshan Bhagat and a host of other dignitaries were present during the oath-taking ceremony.

A two-time BJP MLA from Odisha, she was a minister in the Naveen Patnaik cabinet when the Biju Janata Dal ruled the state with the support of Bharatiya Janata Party.

She headed the BJP's Mayurbhanj district unit in Odisha and had represented Rairangpur in the Odisha assembly. Jharkhand High Court Chief Justice Virendra Singh administered the oath of office to Murmu.

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