Image : Pinterest
Prathibha Devisingh Patil is an Indian politician and lawyer who served as the 12th president of India from 2007 to 20121.
Image : Pinterest
Prathibha Patil was born in a Marathi family on 19 December 1934 in the village of Nadgaon in Jalgaon, Maharashtra.
Image : Pinterest
who served as the 12th president of India from 2007 to 2021. She was the first woman to become the president of India.
Image : Pinterest
His early education was from R.R. After his schooling in Jalgaon, he obtained his law degree from the Government Law College, Bombay.
Image : Pinterest
Patil married Devisingh Ramsingh Shekhawat on 7 July 1965. The couple has a daughter, Jyoti Rathore and a son Raosaheb Shekhawat.
Image : Pinterest
In 1962, at the age of 27, she was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for the Jalgaon constituency.
Image : Pinterest
On 8 November 2004 she was appointed the 17th Governor of Rajasthan, the first woman to hold that office.
Image : Pinterest
Patil set up Vidya Bharati Shikshan Prasarak Mandal, an educational institute which runs a chain of schools and colleges.
Image : Pinterest
She also set up Shram Sadhana Trust, which runs hostels for working women in New Delhi, Mumbai and Pune.
Image : Pinterest
Sam Manekshaw is considered one of the greatest military leaders in Indian history.