Ram Nath Kovind (born 1 October 1945) is the President Elect of the Republic of India. He was a former Dalit leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party, served as the Governor of Bihar from 2015 to 2017 and was a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from 1994 to 2006. Kovind won the 2017 Indian presidential election and will assume office on 25 July 2017.
Kovind was born in Paraukh village in the Kanpur Dehat district, Uttar Pradesh. His father Maikulal was a landless Kori (a Dalit weaving community) 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. Mr. Kovind later donated the land to the community.
After his elementary school education, he had to walk each day to Khanpur village, six kilometres away, to attend junior school, nobody in the village had a bicycle. He holds a Bachelors degree in commerce and a LLB from DAV College,
Kovind was born in Paraukh village in the Kanpur Dehat district, Uttar Pradesh. His father Maikulal was a landless Kori (a Dalit weaving community) 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. Mr. Kovind later donated the land to the community.
After his elementary school education, he had to walk each day to Khanpur village, six kilometres away, to attend junior school, nobody in the village had a bicycle. He holds a Bachelors degree in commerce and a LLB from DAV College,
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