12th President of India
Name : Pratibha Patil
Full Name : Pratibha Devisingh Patil
12th President of India
Assumed office : 25 July 2007
Date of birth : 19 December 1934
Place of birth : Nadgaon,Jalgaon, Maharashtra
Nationality: Indian
Gender: Female
Religion : Hindu
Spouse : Devisingh Ransingh Shekhawat
Political party : Indian National Congress
Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil was born on December 19, 1934 in Nadgaon village of Jalgaon District, Maharashtra. Smt. Patil assumed office as the 12th President of India on July 25, 2007. She is India's first female president. She was sworn in as President of India on July 25, 2007 by the Chief Justice of India K. G. Balakrishnan. Pratibha Patil was the Governor of Rajasthan from November 8, 2004 till June 21, 2007.
Pratibha Patil received her early education from RR Vidyalaya, Jalgaon and later obtained her Master’s degree in Political Science and Economics from the Mooljee Jetha College, Jalgaon. Later, she obtained the degree of Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from Government Law College, Bombay (Mumbai). While in college, she took active part in sports, excelled in table tennis and won several shields at various Inter-collegiate tournaments.
At the young age of 27 years, she successfully contested her first election to the Maharashtra State Legislature from the Jalgaon Assembly constituency. Subsequently she was continuously elected four times as MLA from the Edlabad (Muktai Nagar) constituency till 1985. Thereafter, she served as a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from 1985 to 1990 and later elected as a Member of Parliament to the 10th Lok Sabha in the 1991 General Elections from the Amravati constituency.
Positions held
1967-72 Deputy Minister,N.H.E.A.,Scav, Public Health, Prohibition, Tourism, Housing & Parliamentary Affairs, Government of Maharashtra
1972-74 Cabinet Minister, Social Welfare, Government of Maharashtra
1974-75 Cabinet Minister, Public Health & Social Welfare, Government of Maharashtra
1975-76 Cabinet Minister, Prohibition, Rehabilitation and Cultural Affairs, Government of Maharashtra
1977-78 Cabinet Minister, Education, Government of Maharashtra
July 1979 to February 1980 Leader of Opposition, CDP (I), Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
1982-85 Cabinet Minister, Urban Development and Housing, Government of Maharashtra
1983-85 Cabinet Minister, Civil Supplies and Social Welfare, Government of Maharashtra
November 18, 1986 to November 5, 1988 Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha
1986-88 Chairperson, Committee of Privileges, Rajya Sabha; Member, Business Advisory Committee, Rajya Sabha
1991-96 Chairperson, House Committee, Lok Sabha
November 8, 2004-June 2007 Governor of Rajasthan
July 25, 2007 to date President of India
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