Pratibha Patil Biodata

Birth Name : Pratibha Devisingh Patil

Date of birth : 19/12/1934

Place of birth : Nadgaon, Maharashtra, India

Pratibha Devisingh Patil is an Indian politician who served as the 12th President of India from 2007 to 2012. She is the first woman president of India. Pratibha Patil born on December 19, 1934 at Nadgaon, Maharashtra, India. Her father is 'Narayan Rao' a local politician. She Married 'Dr Devisingh Ramsingh Shekhawat', this pair having one son and one daughter names Rajendra Singh(Son), Jyoti Rathore(Daughter).

Position Held

1962-85: Member, Maharasthra Legislative Assembly

1967-72: Deputy Minister, Public Health, Prohibition, Tourism, Housing and Parliamentary Affairs, Govt. of Maharasthra

1972-74: Cabinet Minister, Social Welfare, Govt. of Maharashtra

1974-75: Cabinet Minister, Public Health and Social Welfare, Maharasthra

1975-76: Cabinet Minister, Prohibition, Rehabilitation and Cultural Affairs, Govt of Maharashtra

1977-78: Cabinet Minister, Education, Govt of Maharashtra

July 1979 to February1980: Leader of Opposition, CLP(I), Govt of Maharashtra

1982-85: Cabinet Minister, Urban Development and Housing, Govt of Maharashtra

1983-85: Cabinet Minister, Civil Supplies and Social Welfare, Govt of Maharashtra

June, 1985-90: Elected to Rajya Sabha

18 November 1986 to 5 November1988: Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha

1986-88: Chairman, Committee on Privileges, Rajya Sabha Member, Business Advisory Committee, Rajya Sabha

1991: Elected to 10th Lok Sabha Chairperson, House Committee, Lok Sabha

2004-07: Governor of Rajasthan

July 25, 2007 - President of India

President- PCC Maharashtra 1988-1990, Director of National Federation of Urban Cooperative Banks & Credit Societies

Member of Governing Council, National Cooperative Union of India

Pratibha Patil completed her primary education from R.R. Vidyalaya, Jalagaon 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, Jalagaon. In her college days, she actively participated in sports and did extremely well in table tennis. In 1962, she was entitled as 'College Queen' of M.J. College. On 7 July 1965, she married Dr. Devisingh Ramsingh Shekhawat and the couple has two children, a son Rajendra Singh and a daughter, Smt. Jyoti Rathore.

Political Career

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, before becoming 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. On 8 November 2004 she was appointed as the 24th Governor of Rajasthan and she was the first woman to hold that office, and, according to the BBC, was "a low-profile" incumbent.

As A President

Pratibha Patil term as president, Patil has commuted the death sentences of 35 petitioners to life, a record among them are those convicted of mass murder, kidnapping, rape and killing of children. Presidential office, however, defended this by saying that the President had granted clemency to the petitioners after due consideration and examining the advice of the Home Ministry. Patil was noted for having spent more money on foreign trips, and having taken a greater number of foreign trips, than any prior president.