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Tribute to Sangma: School drop-out who could have become President
INDIAN EXPRESS, GUWAHATI | 04 March 2016 15:51 IST
At the young age of 11, Purno Agitok Sangma lost his father, following which poverty forced him to quit school.
Brought back to school by a Salesian father who also gave him a place in the school hostel, Sangma’s was a rags-to-riches story of a kind, from tending cattle in a remote village in exchange for a meal to contesting for the highest post – that of the President of India. CLICK TO READ MORE
