Ram Nath Kovind Elected as 14th President of India, An Arduous Journey From Paraunkh to Raisina Hills
New Delhi, July 20: Ram Nath Kovind will be the 14th President of the country. He won the Presidential poll with an overwhelming majority and will succeed President Pranab Mukherjee who will demit office on July 24. An advocate by profession, Ram Nath Kovind is a Dalit and is from a humble background. However, with his hard work and persistence, he has achieved the greatest heights.
Ram Nath Kovind’s childhood friends and neighbours are all praises for him. A friend of his told Zee News that Ram Nath Kovind was a laborious student. His father Maiku Lal would give him a simple oil lamp, under which he would study till late night. He studied in his village Paraunkh, in Kanpur Dehat, till class 5. He later moved to Kanpur for further studies and completed his schooling from BSND Siksha Niketan. He studied law at Kanpur’s DAV college.
