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Kovind grew up in humble circumstances in a small agrarian village where his father farmed and ran a small grocery store. His mother died when he was a young child. After earning degrees in commerce and law from Kanpur University, he moved to Delhi in order to take the civil services examination. Although he passed, Kovind chose to begin practicing law and was admitted to the bar in 1971. | Kovind grew up in humble circumstances in a small agrarian village where his father farmed and ran a small grocery store. His mother died when he was a young child. After earning degrees in commerce and law from Kanpur University, he moved to Delhi in order to take the civil services examination. Although he passed, Kovind chose to begin practicing law and was admitted to the bar in 1971. | ||
== | ==Early career== | ||
=== Advocate === | |||
After graduating in law from [[DAV College, Kanpur]], Kovind went to [[Delhi]] to prepare for the civil services examination. He passed this exam on his third attempt, but he did not join because he had only scored high enough to work in an allied service rather than in [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]] and thus started practising law.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/know-about-bjps-presidential-candidate-ram-nath-kovind-in-10-points/articleshow/59217524.cms|title=What you should know about BJP's presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind|last=PTI|date=19 June 2017|via=The Economic Times|archive-url=https://archive.is/20170718010346/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/know-about-bjps-presidential-candidate-ram-nath-kovind-in-10-points/articleshow/59217524.cms|archive-date=18 July 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> | |||
=== BJP member === | === BJP member === | ||
He joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in 1991. He was President of the [[BJP SC Morcha|BJP Dalit Morcha]] between 1998 and 2002 and President of the All-India [[Koli People|Koli]] Samaj. He also served as national spokesperson of the party.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hindu.com/2003/01/19/stories/2003011901650400.htm|title=Enact tougher laws to prevent crimes against dalits|publisher=The Hindu}}</ref> He donated his ancestral home in Derapur to the RSS. He contested from [[Ghatampur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ghatampur]] and [[Bhognipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bhognipur]] (both in [[Uttar Pradesh|UP]]) assembly constituencies on the BJP ticket but lost both elections. | He joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in 1991. He was President of the [[BJP SC Morcha|BJP Dalit Morcha]] between 1998 and 2002 and President of the All-India [[Koli People|Koli]] Samaj. He also served as national spokesperson of the party.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hindu.com/2003/01/19/stories/2003011901650400.htm|title=Enact tougher laws to prevent crimes against dalits|publisher=The Hindu}}</ref> He donated his ancestral home in Derapur to the RSS. He contested from [[Ghatampur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ghatampur]] and [[Bhognipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bhognipur]] (both in [[Uttar Pradesh|UP]]) assembly constituencies on the BJP ticket but lost both elections. | ||