Droupadi Murmu
President of India since 2022
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| April 10 2025 | Conferred an Honorary Doctorate by Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Slovakia. |
| April 7 2025 | Awarded Honorary Citizenship of Lisbon, Portugal, recognizing her distinguished status as the President of India. |
| January 23 2025 | State visit to Indonesia, meeting with President Prabowo Subianto |
| January 14 2025 | State visit to Singapore, meeting with President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and First Lady Jane Yumiko Ittogi |
| 2024 | Publicly expressed anguish against continuous crimes against women, specifically reacting to the Kolkata rape and murder incident, strongly condemning violence towards women. |
| December 15 2024 | State visit to Sri Lanka, meeting with President Anura Kumara Dissanayake |
| October 15 2024 | Awarded Doctor of Political Science (DPS) by Sidi Abdellah Science and Technology Pole University in Algeria. |
| October 6 2024 | State visit to Maldives, meeting with President Mohamed Muizzu and First Lady Sajidha Mohamed |
| August 10 2024 | Conferred with the Order of Timor-Leste, Grand Collar, highlighting her international diplomatic standing. |
| August 6 2024 | Awarded the Order of Fiji, Companion, a significant international recognition. |
| March 12 2024 | Received Doctor of Civil Law (DCL) honorary degree from the University of Mauritius. |
| January 25 2024 | State visit to France, meeting with President Emmanuel Macron |
| December 16 2023 | State visit to Oman, meeting with Sultan Haitham bin Tariq |
| December 4 2023 | State visit to Kenya, meeting with President William Ruto |
| October 8 2023 | State visit to Tanzania, meeting with President Samia Suluhu Hassan |
| September 9 2023 | State visit to Saudi Arabia, meeting with Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman |
| June 7 2023 | Embarked on first-ever presidential visit to Serbia. Welcomed by President Aleksandar Vučić with a guard of honour. Conducted delegation-level talks, made joint press statements, and met with Prime Minister Ana Brnabić. Visited the memorial of the Warrior. |
| June 4 2023 | Conducted first-ever state visit to Suriname, commemorating the 150th anniversary of Indian arrival. Received by President Chandrikapersad Santokhi with a guard of honour. Conferred with the Grand Order Chain of the Honorary Order of the Yellow Star. Attended a cultural event, addressed the Indian community, and visited Shri Vishnu Mandir and Lalla Rookh Museum. |
| May 29 2023 | State visit to Cambodia, meeting with King Norodom Sihamoni |
| May 29 2023 | Praveen Kumar Srivastava appointed as Central Vigilance Commissioner |
| April 2023 | Took a historic flight in a Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter jet at Tezpur Air Station in Assam, becoming the third president to fly in a sortie fighter jet. Flew for 30 minutes over the Brahmaputra and Tezpur valleys, covering the Himalayan ranges. |
| January 24 2023 | State visit to Egypt, meeting with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi |
| 2022 | Murmu conducted a nationwide campaign, visiting multiple states including Northeastern states, seeking support from BJP lawmakers and various opposition parties such as JMM (Jharkhand), BJD (Odisha), Shiv Sena (Maharashtra), BSP (Uttar Pradesh), and JDS (Karnataka). |
| November 2022 | Visited her home state Odisha, participated in program launches, visited her alma mater, met school children, and walked two kilometres to pay respects at the Puri Jagannath Temple. |
| November 9 2022 | Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud becomes 50th Chief Justice of India |
| September 2022 | Launched the government program 'Pradhanmantri TB mukht Bharat' to eradicate tuberculosis. Became the first President of India to inaugurate the 'Mysuru Dasara' state festival in Karnataka. |
| September 17 2022 | First overseas visit as President to the United Kingdom. Attended the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II and a reception for visiting heads of state hosted by King Charles III. Additionally met with Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan. |
| August 27 2022 | Uday Umesh Lalit takes office as 49th Chief Justice of India |
| August 14 2022 | Addressed the nation for the first time as president on the eve of the 75th Independence Day. |
| August 11 2022 | Jagdeep Dhankhar becomes Vice President of India |
| August 3 2022 | Suresh N. Patel appointed as Central Vigilance Commissioner |
| July 25 2022 | Droupadi Murmu took the oath as the 15th President of India, administered by Chief Justice N. V. Ramana, becoming the first tribal woman to hold this constitutional position. |
| July 21 2022 | Won the Presidential election, defeating Yashwant Sinha with 676,803 electoral votes (64.03% of total) in 21 of the 28 states, becoming the 15th President of India. |
| June 2022 | BJP nominated Droupadi Murmu as the National Democratic Alliance's candidate for President of India in the 2022 election. |
| July 2021 | Completed her six-year tenure as Governor of Jharkhand. |
| 2019 | Administered the oath of office to Hemant Soren as Chief Minister of Jharkhand. |
| 2017 | Approved the Freedom of Religion Bill, which introduced strict penalties for religious conversions. |
| May 24 2017 | Refused to give assent to the controversial land amendment bills and returned them to the state government after receiving 192 memorandums against the proposed changes. |
| November 2016 | Received proposed amendments to the Chhotanagpur Tenancy Act and Santhal Pargana Tenancy Act, which would impact tribal land rights. |
| May 18 2015 | Droupadi Murmu was sworn in as the Governor of Jharkhand, becoming the first woman to hold this position. |
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