Sunday Special
First and only women President of India
The 12th President of India, Pratibha Patil, was born on December 19, 1934.
Pratibha Patil was first and only woman President of India. (2004 to 2007).
She has a Master's degree in Political Science and Economics.
In 1962, at the age of 27, she was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for the Jalgaon constituency. Thereafter, she won in the Muktainagar constituency on four consecutive occasions between 1967 and 1985.
Between 1985 and 1990, she became a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha.
In November 2004, she was appointed as the 24th Governor of Rajasthan, and with this title, she also became the first woman to hold that office.
Along with her husband, she has set up Vidya Bharati Shikshan Prasarak Mandal, an institute which runs a chain of schools and colleges in Amravati, Jalgaon and Mumbai.
She has also set up Shram Sadhana Trust, which runs hostels for working women in New Delhi, Mumbai and Pune.
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PS-China, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia and Saudi Arabia have not had a female leader in modern times, along with the U.S.