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'''Pratibha Patil''' (Jalgaon, Maharashtra, [[India]] 19th December, 1934)
India's first female president. She was virtually unknown until recently. Patil is a post-graduate in arts and law, having studied both in the small town and in Mumbai.
She is married to Devisingh Shekhawat, also a Congress Party politician. The couple have a son and a daughter.
She upset Islamic leaders by asking Indian women to abandon their head scarves.
== External links ==
*[http://www.pr-inside.com/rss/pratibha-patil-indias-first-female-president-r179942.htm Pratibha Patil]
[[Category:India]]