Pratibha Patil was the 12th President of India. She was the first and the only woman to hold this office. She served as President from 2007 to 2012. She has played a very important role in the development of India, and in the welfare of women.
A lawyer by profession, she has also served in the post of Governor of Rajasthan. But, that is not all. In her long political career spanning 28 years, Pratibha Patil had held several impressive ministerial portfolios in Maharashtra, from being the Deputy Minister of Education to being the Minister of Social Welfare, Tourism, and Housing.
Patil was born on 19th December 1934, in Nadgaon, a village in the Jalgaon district of Maharashtra. Her father, Narayan Rao Patil was a local politician. She completed her primary education from R.R. Vidyalaya, Jalgaon, and received her Bachelor’s degree in law from Government Law College, Mumbai. She pursued her Master’s in political science and economics from Mooljee Jetha College, Jalgaon.
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