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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.