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India elects first president from tribal community

Indian lawmakers on Thursday chose Droupadi Murmu as the country’s first president from the tribal community.

“India scripts history,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Twitter. “A daughter of India hailing from a tribal community born in a remote part of eastern India has been elected our President!”

(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

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