| Name(s) |
Pratibha
Devisingh Patil |
| Date of
Birth |
December 19, 1934
- Nadgaon, Maharashtra, India. |
|
Identity |
Indian Politician
and the 12th President of India. |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
- November 08, 2004 - She was appointed
as the 24th Governor of Rajasthan and she was the first
woman to hold that office.
- July 25, 2007 - Sworn in as President,
succeeding A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and after defeating her rival
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat.
|
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Other Events &
Developments |
- First female President
of India.
- After her retirement in July
2012, she was succeeded by
Pranab Mukherjee as the
13th President.
- In 1962, at the age of 27, she
was elected to the
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
for the Jalgaon constituency.
- She became a Member of
Parliament in the Rajya
Sabha between 1985 and
1990.
- In the 1991 elections for the
10th Lok Sabha, she
was elected as a Member of
Parliament representing the Amravati
constituency.
- She had been for some years the
president of the Maharashtra Pradesh
Congress Committee and also held
office as Director of the National
Federation of Urban Co-operative
Banks and Credit Societies and as a
Member of the Governing Council of
the National Co-operative Union of
India.
- She set up Vidya Bharati
Shikshan Prasarak Mandal,
an educational institute which runs
a chain of schools and colleges in
Amravati, Jalgaon and Mumbai.
- She also set up Shram
Sadhana Trust, which runs
hostels for working women in New
Delhi, Mumbai and Pune; and an
engineering college
in Jalgaon.
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