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	\| name = Pratibha Patil		\| name = Pratibha Patil
	\| office = 12th [[President of India]]		\| office = 12th [[President of India]]
	\| image = ~~File:~~The President of India, Smt. Pratibha Patil.jpg		\| image = The President of India, Smt. Pratibha Patil.jpg
	\| image_size =		\| image_size =
	\| caption = Official ~~Portrait~~, 2007		\| caption = Official portrait, 2007
	\| predecessor = [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]]		\| predecessor = [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]]
	\| primeminister = [[Manmohan Singh]]		\| primeminister = [[Manmohan Singh]]
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	\| successor2 = [[Najma Heptulla]]		\| successor2 = [[Najma Heptulla]]
	\| birth_name = Pratibha Devisingh Patil		\| birth_name = Pratibha Devisingh Patil
	\| birth_date = {{birth date and age\|1934\|12\|19\|df=y}}		\| birth_date = {{birth date and age\|1934\|12\|19\|df=yes}}
	\| birth_place = [[~~Nadgaon~~]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British India]]		\| birth_place = [[Chalisgaon]], [[Jalgaon District\|District Jalgaon]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British India]]<br/>(Now [[Maharashtra]], [[India]])
	\| spouse = {{~~Marriage~~\|[[Devisingh ~~Ransingh~~ Shekhawat]]\|1965}}		\| spouse = {{marriage\|[[Devisingh Ramsingh Shekhawat]]\|1965}}
	\| alma_mater = [[Savitribai Phule Pune University\|University of Poona]] ([[B.A.\|BA]], [[M.A.\|MA]])<br />[[University of Bombay]] ([[LLB]])		\| alma_mater = [[Savitribai Phule Pune University\|University of Poona]] ([[B.A.\|BA]], [[M.A.\|MA]])<br />[[University of Bombay]] ([[LLB]])
	\| nationality = [[~~India~~]]n		\| nationality = [[Indian people\|Indian]]
	\| website = {{URL\|http://www.pratibhapatil.info/}}		\| website = {{URL\|http://www.pratibhapatil.info/}}
	\| term_start = 25 July 2007		\| term_start = 25 July 2007
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	\| term_start1 = 8 November 2004		\| term_start1 = 8 November 2004
	\| term_end1 = 23 June 2007		\| term_end1 = 23 June 2007
			\| parents = Narayan Rao Patil
	}}		}}

	'''Pratibha Devisingh Patil'''<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://pratibhapatil.nic.in/profile.html \|title=Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil \|publisher=National Informatics Centre \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919123602/http://pratibhapatil.nic.in/profile.html \|archive-date=19 September 2018 \|access-date=2 February 2019}}</ref> (born 19 December 1934) is an ~~[[India]]n~~ politician who served as the 12th [[~~President~~ of India]] from 2007 to 2012. A member of the [[Indian National Congress]], Patil is the [[female president\|only woman]] to have held the office.<ref name="CBS">{{cite web \| last=Reals \| first=Tucker \| title=India's First Woman President Elected \| website=CBS News \| date=21 July 2007 \| url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/indias-first-woman-president-elected/ \| access-date=30 July 2015}}</ref> She had previously served as the [[Governor of Rajasthan]] from 2004 to 2007.		'''Pratibha Devisingh Patil'''<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://pratibhapatil.nic.in/profile.html \|title=Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil \|publisher=National Informatics Centre \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919123602/http://pratibhapatil.nic.in/profile.html \|archive-date=19 September 2018 \|access-date=2 February 2019}}</ref> (born 19 December 1934) is an Indian politician and lawyer who served as the 12th [[president of India]] from 25 July 2007 to July 2012. A member of the [[Indian National Congress]], Patil is the [[female president\|only woman]] to have held the office.<ref name="CBS">{{cite web \| last=Reals \| first=Tucker \| title=India's First Woman President Elected \| website=CBS News \| date=21 July 2007 \| url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/indias-first-woman-president-elected/ \| access-date=30 July 2015}}</ref> She had previously served as the [[Governor of Rajasthan]] from 2004 to 2007.

	==Early life==		==Early life==
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	Pratibha Devisingh Patil is the daughter of Narayan Rao Patil.<ref name=RajAssembly>{{cite web \|title=Ex Governor of Rajasthan \|url=http://rajassembly.nic.in/PratibhaPatil.htm \|publisher=Rajasthan Legislative Assembly Secretariate \|access-date=26 June 2012 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130804130808/http://rajassembly.nic.in/PratibhaPatil.htm \|archive-date=4 August 2013}}</ref> She was born on 19 December 1934 in the village of [[Nadgaon]], in the [[Jalgaon district]] of [[Maharashtra]], India. She was educated initially at R. R. Vidyalaya, [[Jalgaon]], and subsequently was awarded a master's degree in Political Science and Economics by [[Mooljee Jetha College, Jalgaon\|Mooljee Jetha College]], Jalgaon (then under [[Pune University\|Poona University]]), and then a Bachelor of Law degree by [[Government Law College, Bombay]], affiliated to the [[University of Bombay]] (now University of Mumbai). Patil then began to practice law at the Jalgaon District Court, while also taking interest in social issues such as improving the conditions faced by Indian women.<ref name=OfficialProfile>{{cite web \|title=Profile: President of India \|publisher=NIC / President's Secretariat \|url=http://india.gov.in/govt/whoswho.php?id=2 \|access-date=26 June 2012 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208101656/http://india.gov.in/govt/whoswho.php?id=2 \|archive-date=8 February 2012}}</ref>		Pratibha Devisingh Patil is the daughter of Narayan Rao Patil.<ref name=RajAssembly>{{cite web \|title=Ex Governor of Rajasthan \|url=http://rajassembly.nic.in/PratibhaPatil.htm \|publisher=Rajasthan Legislative Assembly Secretariate \|access-date=26 June 2012 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130804130808/http://rajassembly.nic.in/PratibhaPatil.htm \|archive-date=4 August 2013}}</ref> She was born on 19 December 1934 in the village of [[Nadgaon]], in the [[Jalgaon district]] of [[Maharashtra]], India. She was educated initially at R. R. Vidyalaya, [[Jalgaon]], and subsequently was awarded a master's degree in Political Science and Economics by [[Mooljee Jetha College, Jalgaon\|Mooljee Jetha College]], Jalgaon (then under [[Pune University\|Poona University]]), and then a Bachelor of Law degree by [[Government Law College, Bombay]], affiliated to the [[University of Bombay]] (now University of Mumbai). Patil then began to practice law at the Jalgaon District Court, while also taking interest in social issues such as improving the conditions faced by Indian women.<ref name=OfficialProfile>{{cite web \|title=Profile: President of India \|publisher=NIC / President's Secretariat \|url=http://india.gov.in/govt/whoswho.php?id=2 \|access-date=26 June 2012 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208101656/http://india.gov.in/govt/whoswho.php?id=2 \|archive-date=8 February 2012}}</ref>

	Patil married [[Devisingh ~~Ransingh~~ Shekhawat]] on 7 July 1965. The couple has a daughter and a son, [[Raosaheb Shekhawat]], who is also a politician.<ref name=RajAssembly /><ref>{{cite news \|title=In Amravati, it's about taking revenge for 2009 polls \|first=Kunal \|last=Purohit \|work=Hindustan Times \|date=11 October 2014 \|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/in-amravati-it-is-about-taking-revenge-for-2009-polls/story-CaoFU6bvG2TS6tYEUdCGTJ.html \|access-date=11 January 2016}}</ref>		Patil married [[Devisingh Ramsingh Shekhawat]] on 7 July 1965. The couple has a daughter, Mrs.Jyoti Rathore and a son, [[Rajendra Singh alias Raosaheb Shekhawat]], who is also a politician.<ref name=RajAssembly /><ref>{{cite news \|title=In Amravati, it's about taking revenge for 2009 polls \|first=Kunal \|last=Purohit \|work=Hindustan Times \|date=11 October 2014 \|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/in-amravati-it-is-about-taking-revenge-for-2009-polls/story-CaoFU6bvG2TS6tYEUdCGTJ.html \|access-date=11 January 2016}}</ref>

	==Political career==		==Political career==
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	Due to the presidential role being largely a [[figurehead]] position, the selection of the candidate is often arranged by consensus among the various political parties and the candidate runs unopposed.<ref>{{cite news \|title = Patil Poised to Become India's First Female President \|first=Bibhudatta \|last=Pradhan \|publisher=Bloomberg \|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601091&sid=aHJhXtWRZ4bA&refer=india \|date=19 July 2007 \|access-date=2 July 2012}}</ref> Contrary to the normal pattern of events, Patil faced a challenge in the election. The BBC described the situation as "the latest casualty of the country's increasingly partisan politics and [it] highlights what is widely seen as an acute crisis of leadership". It "degenerated into unseemly mudslinging between the ruling party and the opposition".<ref name=BBC20070713 /> Her challenger was [[Bhairon Singh Shekhawat]], the incumbent vice-president and a [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) veteran. Shekhawat stood as an independent candidate and was supported by the [[National Democratic Alliance (India)\|National Democratic Alliance]] (NDA), a group led by the BJP,<ref name=BBC20070719>{{cite news \|date=19 July 2007 \|publisher=BBC \|title=Indian MPs vote for new president \|access-date=2 July 2012 \|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6905905.stm}}</ref> although the [[Shiv Sena]] party, which was a part of NDA, supported her because of her [[Marathi people\|Marathi]] origin.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/06/26/stories/2007062651100100.htm \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070629015754/http://www.hindu.com/2007/06/26/stories/2007062651100100.htm \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=29 June 2007 \|title=Shiv Sena backs Pratibha Patil \|first=Meena \|last=Menon \|date=26 June 2007 \|work=[[The Hindu]] \|access-date=4 February 2014}}</ref>		Due to the presidential role being largely a [[figurehead]] position, the selection of the candidate is often arranged by consensus among the various political parties and the candidate runs unopposed.<ref>{{cite news \|title = Patil Poised to Become India's First Female President \|first=Bibhudatta \|last=Pradhan \|publisher=Bloomberg \|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601091&sid=aHJhXtWRZ4bA&refer=india \|date=19 July 2007 \|access-date=2 July 2012}}</ref> Contrary to the normal pattern of events, Patil faced a challenge in the election. The BBC described the situation as "the latest casualty of the country's increasingly partisan politics and [it] highlights what is widely seen as an acute crisis of leadership". It "degenerated into unseemly mudslinging between the ruling party and the opposition".<ref name=BBC20070713 /> Her challenger was [[Bhairon Singh Shekhawat]], the incumbent vice-president and a [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) veteran. Shekhawat stood as an independent candidate and was supported by the [[National Democratic Alliance (India)\|National Democratic Alliance]] (NDA), a group led by the BJP,<ref name=BBC20070719>{{cite news \|date=19 July 2007 \|publisher=BBC \|title=Indian MPs vote for new president \|access-date=2 July 2012 \|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6905905.stm}}</ref> although the [[Shiv Sena]] party, which was a part of NDA, supported her because of her [[Marathi people\|Marathi]] origin.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/06/26/stories/2007062651100100.htm \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070629015754/http://www.hindu.com/2007/06/26/stories/2007062651100100.htm \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=29 June 2007 \|title=Shiv Sena backs Pratibha Patil \|first=Meena \|last=Menon \|date=26 June 2007 \|work=[[The Hindu]] \|access-date=4 February 2014}}</ref>

	Those opposed to Patil becoming president claimed that she lacked charisma, experience, and ability. They also highlighted her time spent away from high-level politics and queried her belief in the supernatural, such as her claim to have received a message from [[Dada Lekhraj]], a dead [[guru]].<ref name=BBC20070721 /><ref name=BBC20070713 /><ref>{{cite news \|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Pratibha_believes_in_spirits/articleshow/2152156.cms \|title=Pratibha believes in spirits? \|work=The Times of India \|date=27 June 2007 \|first=Himanshi \|last=Dhawan \|access-date=11 January 2016}}</ref> Various specific issues were raised, such as a comment made by her in 1975 that those suffering from hereditary diseases should be sterilized.<ref name=BBC20070721 /> Another alleged that while a Member of Parliament for Amravati she diverted Rs 3.6 million from her [[MPLADS]] fund to a trust run by her husband. This was in violation of Government rules which barred MPs from providing funds to ~~organizations~~ run by their relatives.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1107938 \|work=DNA \|title=Now, a land grab haunts Patil \|date=4 July 2007 \|access-date=11 January 2016}}</ref> The parliamentary affairs minister denied any wrongdoing on ~~Patil~~'s part, and noted that the funds ~~utilized~~ under MPLADS ~~are audited~~ by the [[Comptroller and Auditor General of India]].<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/story/203981.html \|title=For family again: Patil's MP funds for sports complex on land leased to husband society \|work=Indian Express \|date=6 July 2007 \|access-date=11 January 2016 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012221143/http://www.indianexpress.com/story/203981.html \|archive-date=12 October 2007 }}</ref>		Those opposed to Patil becoming president claimed that she lacked charisma, experience, and ability. They also highlighted her time spent away from high-level politics and queried her belief in the supernatural, such as her claim to have received a message from [[Dada Lekhraj]], a dead [[guru]].<ref name=BBC20070721 /><ref name=BBC20070713 /><ref>{{cite news \|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Pratibha_believes_in_spirits/articleshow/2152156.cms \|title=Pratibha believes in spirits? \|work=The Times of India \|date=27 June 2007 \|first=Himanshi \|last=Dhawan \|access-date=11 January 2016}}</ref> Various specific issues were raised, such as a comment made by her in 1975 that those suffering from hereditary diseases should be sterilized.<ref name=BBC20070721 /> Another alleged that while a Member of Parliament for Amravati she diverted Rs 3.6 million from her [[MPLADS]] fund to a trust run by her husband. This was in violation of Government rules which barred MPs from providing funds to organization's run by their relatives.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1107938 \|work=DNA \|title=Now, a land grab haunts Patil \|date=4 July 2007 \|access-date=11 January 2016}}</ref> The parliamentary affairs minister denied any wrongdoing on Patils' part, and noted that the funds are used under MPLADS, by the [[Comptroller and Auditor General of India]].<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/story/203981.html \|title=For family again: Patil's MP funds for sports complex on land leased to husband society \|work=Indian Express \|date=6 July 2007 \|access-date=11 January 2016 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012221143/http://www.indianexpress.com/story/203981.html \|archive-date=12 October 2007 }}</ref>

	Patil won the election held on 19 July 2007. She garnered nearly two-thirds of the votes<ref>{{cite news \|title=First female president for India \|date=21 July 2007 \|publisher=BBC \|access-date=3 July 2012 \|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6909979.stm}}</ref> and ~~was sworn in~~ as India's ~~first~~ woman ~~president on 25 July 2007~~.<ref name="CBS"/><ref>{{cite book \|last1=Turner \|first1=B. \|title=The Statesman's Yearbook 2009: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World \|date=12 January 2017 \|publisher=Springer \|isbn=978-1-349-74027-7 \|page=605 \|url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Statesman_s_Yearbook_2009/ipPlDQAAQBAJ \|language=en}}</ref>		Patil won the election held on 19 July 2007. She garnered nearly two-thirds of the votes<ref>{{cite news \|title=First female president for India \|date=21 July 2007 \|publisher=BBC \|access-date=3 July 2012 \|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6909979.stm}}</ref> and took oath on 25 July 2007, as India's 12th president but 1st woman President.<ref name="CBS"/><ref>{{cite book \|last1=Turner \|first1=B. \|title=The Statesman's Yearbook 2009: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World \|date=12 January 2017 \|publisher=Springer \|isbn=978-1-349-74027-7 \|page=605 \|url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Statesman_s_Yearbook_2009/ipPlDQAAQBAJ \|language=en}}</ref>

	===In office===		===In office===

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{{short description|12th President of India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Pratibha Patil
| office = 12th [[President of India]]
| image = File:The President of India, Smt. Pratibha Patil.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Official Portrait, 2007
| predecessor = [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]]
| primeminister = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| successor = [[Pranab Mukherjee]]
| vicepresident = [[Mohammad Hamid Ansari]]
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| office1 = 17th [[List of governors of Rajasthan|Governor of Rajasthan]]
| 1blankname1 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata1 = [[Vasundhara Raje]]
| predecessor1 = [[Madan Lal Khurana]]
| successor1 = [[Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai]]
| office2 = 9th [[Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha]]
| term2 = 18 November 1986 – 5 November 1988
| predecessor2 = [[M. M. Jacob]]
| successor2 = [[Najma Heptulla]]
| birth_name = Pratibha Devisingh Patil
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1934|12|19|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Nadgaon]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British India]]
| spouse = {{Marriage|[[Devisingh Ransingh Shekhawat]]|1965}}
| alma_mater = [[Savitribai Phule Pune University|University of Poona]] ([[B.A.|BA]], [[M.A.|MA]])<br />[[University of Bombay]] ([[LLB]])
| nationality = [[India]]n
| website = {{URL|http://www.pratibhapatil.info/}}
| term_start = 25 July 2007
| term_end = 25 July 2012
| term_start1 = 8 November 2004
| term_end1 = 23 June 2007
}}

'''Pratibha Devisingh Patil'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pratibhapatil.nic.in/profile.html |title=Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil |publisher=National Informatics Centre |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919123602/http://pratibhapatil.nic.in/profile.html |archive-date=19 September 2018 |access-date=2 February 2019}}</ref> (born 19 December 1934) is an [[India]]n politician who served as the 12th [[President of India]] from 2007 to 2012. A member of the [[Indian National Congress]], Patil is the [[female president|only woman]] to have held the office.<ref name="CBS">{{cite web | last=Reals | first=Tucker | title=India's First Woman President Elected | website=CBS News | date=21 July 2007 | url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/indias-first-woman-president-elected/ | access-date=30 July 2015}}</ref> She had previously served as the [[Governor of Rajasthan]] from 2004 to 2007.

==Early life==

Pratibha Devisingh Patil is the daughter of Narayan Rao Patil.<ref name=RajAssembly>{{cite web |title=Ex Governor of Rajasthan |url=http://rajassembly.nic.in/PratibhaPatil.htm |publisher=Rajasthan Legislative Assembly Secretariate |access-date=26 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130804130808/http://rajassembly.nic.in/PratibhaPatil.htm |archive-date=4 August 2013}}</ref> She was born on 19 December 1934 in the village of [[Nadgaon]], in the [[Jalgaon district]] of [[Maharashtra]], India. She was educated initially at R. R. Vidyalaya, [[Jalgaon]], and subsequently was awarded a master's degree in Political Science and Economics by [[Mooljee Jetha College, Jalgaon|Mooljee Jetha College]], Jalgaon (then under [[Pune University|Poona University]]), and then a Bachelor of Law degree by [[Government Law College, Bombay]], affiliated to the [[University of Bombay]] (now University of Mumbai). Patil then began to practice law at the Jalgaon District Court, while also taking interest in social issues such as improving the conditions faced by Indian women.<ref name=OfficialProfile>{{cite web |title=Profile: President of India |publisher=NIC / President's Secretariat |url=http://india.gov.in/govt/whoswho.php?id=2 |access-date=26 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208101656/http://india.gov.in/govt/whoswho.php?id=2 |archive-date=8 February 2012}}</ref>

Patil married [[Devisingh Ransingh Shekhawat]] on 7 July 1965. The couple has a daughter and a son, [[Raosaheb Shekhawat]], who is also a politician.<ref name=RajAssembly /><ref>{{cite news |title=In Amravati, it's about taking revenge for 2009 polls |first=Kunal |last=Purohit |work=Hindustan Times |date=11 October 2014 |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/in-amravati-it-is-about-taking-revenge-for-2009-polls/story-CaoFU6bvG2TS6tYEUdCGTJ.html |access-date=11 January 2016}}</ref>

==Political career==
[[File:The Prime Minister of Nepal, Shri Madhav Kumar Nepal calling on the President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, in New Delhi on August 19, 2009.jpg|thumb|President Patil with the Prime Minister of Nepal, Madhav Kumar, in New Delhi on August 19, 2009]]
In 1962, at the age of 27, she was elected to the [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]] for the [[Jalgaon City (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jalgaon constituency]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Ritu Singh|title=President Pratibha Patil: India's First Woman President|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pk5osTwvBPcC|year=2007|publisher=Rajpal & Sons|isbn=978-81-7028-705-6|page=52}}</ref> Thereafter she won in the [[Muktainagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Muktainagar]] (formerly Edlabad) 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 Indian general election|1991 elections]] for the [[10th Lok Sabha]], she was elected as a Member of Parliament representing the [[Amravati (Lok Sabha constituency)|Amravati constituency]].<ref name=OfficialProfile /> A period of retirement from politics followed later in the decade.<ref name=BBC20070721>{{cite news |publisher=BBC |title=Profile: Pratibha Patil |date=21 July 2007 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/6910097.stm |access-date=26 June 2012}}</ref>

Patil had held various Cabinet portfolios during her period in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly and she had also held official positions while in both the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha. In addition, she had been for some years the president of the [[Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee]] and also held office as Director of the National Federation of Urban Co-operative Banks and Credit Societies and as a Member of the Governing Council of the National Co-operative Union of India.<ref name=RajAssembly />

On 8 November 2004 she was appointed as the 17th Governor of Rajasthan,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://rajassembly.nic.in/govphoto.htm |title= Former Governors of Rajasthan |publisher= Rajasthan Legislative Assembly Secretariat |access-date= 26 June 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120417094946/http://www.rajassembly.nic.in/govphoto.htm |archive-date= 17 April 2012 |url-status= dead }}</ref> the first woman to hold that office<ref name=NDTV20070614 />

==Presidency (2007 - 2012)==
[[File:Pratibha Devisingh Patil, the Vice President, Mohammad Hamid Ansari, the Prime Minister.jpg|thumb|Pratibha Devisingh Patil with the then Vice President, Mohammad Hamid Ansari, and then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh]]

===Election===
{{Main|2007 Indian presidential election}}
Patil was announced as the [[United Progressive Alliance]] (UPA) candidate on 14 June 2007. She emerged as a compromise candidate after the left-wing parties of the alliance would not agree to the nomination of former [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|Home Minister]] [[Shivraj Patil]] or [[Karan Singh]].<ref name=NDTV20070614>{{cite news |url=http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20070015515&ch=6/14/2007%206:54:00%20PM |title=Prez polls: Sonia announces Pratibha Patil's name |publisher=NDTV |date=14 June 2007 |access-date=3 July 2012}}</ref> Patil had been loyal to the INC and the [[Nehru–Gandhi family]] for decades and this was considered to be a significant factor in her selection by INC leader [[Sonia Gandhi]], although Patil said that she had no intention of being a "rubber-stamp president".<ref name=BBC20070721 /><ref name=autogenerated2>{{cite news |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1103782 |work=Daily News & Analysis |title=I will not be a rubber stamp President |date=16 June 2007 |agency=PTI |access-date=11 January 2016}}</ref>

In the same month that she was selected, as a member of the UPA Patil was accused of shielding her brother, G. N. Patil, in the 2005 [[Vishram Patil murder case]]. Vishram Patil had narrowly defeated G. N. Patil in an election to be the President of the District Congress Committee of Jalgaon and in September of that year had been murdered. Vishram Patil's widow eventually accused G. N. Patil of involvement in the crime and claimed that Pratibha Patil had influenced the criminal investigation and that the issue needed to be examined before presidential immunity became active.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/story/160239.html |title=Congman's wife drags Pratibha name into allegations, NDA distances itself |date=22 June 2007 |work=The Indian Express |access-date=10 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080830100549/http://www.indianexpress.com/story/160239.html |archive-date=30 August 2008 }}</ref> Her accusations were rejected by the courts in 2009<ref>{{cite news |agency=IANS |work=Thaindian |url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/court-dismisses-lawsuit-against-presidents-brother_100287917.html |date=11 December 2009 |title=Court dismisses lawsuit against president's brother |access-date=10 January 2016}}</ref> but in 2015 G. N. Patil was charged. No reference to the alleged involvement of Pratibha Patil was made at this time.<ref>{{cite news |title=Court summons brother of Pratibha Patil in murder case |date=8 July 2014 |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/court-summons-brother-of-pratibha-patil-in-murder-case/#sthash.y82k7pVV.dpuf |work=The Indian Express |access-date=10 January 2016}}</ref>

Due to the presidential role being largely a [[figurehead]] position, the selection of the candidate is often arranged by consensus among the various political parties and the candidate runs unopposed.<ref>{{cite news |title = Patil Poised to Become India's First Female President |first=Bibhudatta |last=Pradhan |publisher=Bloomberg |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601091&sid=aHJhXtWRZ4bA&refer=india |date=19 July 2007 |access-date=2 July 2012}}</ref> Contrary to the normal pattern of events, Patil faced a challenge in the election. The BBC described the situation as "the latest casualty of the country's increasingly partisan politics and [it] highlights what is widely seen as an acute crisis of leadership". It "degenerated into unseemly mudslinging between the ruling party and the opposition".<ref name=BBC20070713 /> Her challenger was [[Bhairon Singh Shekhawat]], the incumbent vice-president and a [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) veteran. Shekhawat stood as an independent candidate and was supported by the [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]] (NDA), a group led by the BJP,<ref name=BBC20070719>{{cite news |date=19 July 2007 |publisher=BBC |title=Indian MPs vote for new president |access-date=2 July 2012 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6905905.stm}}</ref> although the [[Shiv Sena]] party, which was a part of NDA, supported her because of her [[Marathi people|Marathi]] origin.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/06/26/stories/2007062651100100.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070629015754/http://www.hindu.com/2007/06/26/stories/2007062651100100.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 June 2007 |title=Shiv Sena backs Pratibha Patil |first=Meena |last=Menon |date=26 June 2007 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=4 February 2014}}</ref>

Those opposed to Patil becoming president claimed that she lacked charisma, experience, and ability. They also highlighted her time spent away from high-level politics and queried her belief in the supernatural, such as her claim to have received a message from [[Dada Lekhraj]], a dead [[guru]].<ref name=BBC20070721 /><ref name=BBC20070713 /><ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Pratibha_believes_in_spirits/articleshow/2152156.cms |title=Pratibha believes in spirits? |work=The Times of India |date=27 June 2007 |first=Himanshi |last=Dhawan |access-date=11 January 2016}}</ref> Various specific issues were raised, such as a comment made by her in 1975 that those suffering from hereditary diseases should be sterilized.<ref name=BBC20070721 /> Another alleged that while a Member of Parliament for Amravati she diverted Rs 3.6 million from her [[MPLADS]] fund to a trust run by her husband. This was in violation of Government rules which barred MPs from providing funds to organizations run by their relatives.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1107938 |work=DNA |title=Now, a land grab haunts Patil |date=4 July 2007 |access-date=11 January 2016}}</ref> The parliamentary affairs minister denied any wrongdoing on Patil's part, and noted that the funds utilized under MPLADS are audited by the [[Comptroller and Auditor General of India]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/story/203981.html |title=For family again: Patil's MP funds for sports complex on land leased to husband society |work=Indian Express |date=6 July 2007 |access-date=11 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012221143/http://www.indianexpress.com/story/203981.html |archive-date=12 October 2007 }}</ref>

Patil won the election held on 19 July 2007. She garnered nearly two-thirds of the votes<ref>{{cite news |title=First female president for India |date=21 July 2007 |publisher=BBC |access-date=3 July 2012 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6909979.stm}}</ref> and was sworn in as India's first woman president on 25 July 2007.<ref name="CBS"/><ref>{{cite book |last1=Turner |first1=B. |title=The Statesman's Yearbook 2009: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World |date=12 January 2017 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-1-349-74027-7 |page=605 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Statesman_s_Yearbook_2009/ipPlDQAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref>

===In office===
[[File:The President, Smt. Pratibha Patil addressing the Nation on the eve of 61st Independence Day, in New Delhi on August 14, 2007.jpg|thumb|Patil in 2007]]
[[File:Pratibha Patil, ex-President of India, speaking at The Doon School.jpg|thumb|President Patil speaking at the [[Doon School]]'s Platinum Jubilee in October 2010.]]
[[File:Pratibha Devisingh Patil presented mementos to the conductor of the coir, after witnessing a spectacular performance by the Air Warriors Symphony Orchestra, at the auditorium in Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi.jpg|thumb|Patil presenting mementos to the conductor of the [[Indian Air Force Band|Air Warrior Symphony Orchestra]] at the auditorium in the Rashtrapati Bhavan.]]
Patil's term as the President of India saw various controversies and is widely considered as lacklustre.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/president-pratibha-patils-brush-with-controversy/248154-3.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415060824/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/president-pratibha-patils-brush-with-controversy/248154-3.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 April 2012 |title=President Pratibha Patil's brush with controversy |work=IBN Live |date=12 April 2012 |access-date=14 April 2013}}</ref> She [[commutation (law)|commuted]] death sentences of 35 petitioners to life, a record. President's Office, however, defended this by saying that President had granted clemency to the petitioners after due consideration and examining the advice of the Home Ministry.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-26/india/32424345_1_death-row-convicts-clemency-home-minister| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922230404/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-26/india/32424345_1_death-row-convicts-clemency-home-minister| url-status=dead| archive-date=22 September 2013| work=[[The Times of India]]|title=President defends mercy spree to death row convicts |date=26 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-22/india/32367604_1_pardons-mercy-petitions-molai-ram |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605212805/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-22/india/32367604_1_pardons-mercy-petitions-molai-ram |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 June 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |title=President Pratibha Patil goes on mercy overdrive |date=22 June 2012}}</ref>

Patil was noted for having spent more money on foreign trips, and having taken a greater number of foreign trips, than any previous president.<ref>{{cite news|title=President Patil's foreign trips cost Rs 205 crore|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/president-patil-s-foreign-trips-cost-rs-205-crore/928306/|access-date=21 September 2013|newspaper=The Indian Express|date=26 March 2012}}</ref> Sometimes accompanied by as many as 11 members of her family, there had been 12 foreign trips spanning 22 countries by May 2012, when she was away on her 13th trip. Those completed travels had cost Rs 205 [[crore]] (Rs 2.05 billion). The [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs]] said that taking family members "was not abnormal".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-05-03/india/31555921_1_foreign-trips-president-pratibha-patil-travel |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130724025254/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-05-03/india/31555921_1_foreign-trips-president-pratibha-patil-travel |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 July 2013 |title=Pratibha Patil took up to 11 relatives on 18 trips in a year |first=Himanshi |last=Dhawan |date=3 May 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=10 January 2016}}</ref>

The Office of President has a five-year term<ref name=BBC20070713>{{cite news |publisher=BBC |access-date=3 July 2012 |date=13 July 2007 |title=India's muckraking presidential poll |first=Soutik |last=Biswas |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6294238.stm}}</ref> and Patil retired from the role in July 2012.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pratibha Patil gets retirement home in Pune |first=Alka |last=Kshirsagar |date=25 June 2012 |work=Business Line |url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/economy/article3569095.ece |access-date=26 June 2012}}</ref>

Patil allegedly used public funds to build a retirement mansion on a {{convert|260000|sqft|m2}} plot of military land in [[Pune]].Tradition is that a retiring president either takes residence in Government accommodation in Delhi or moves back to their residence in their home state;her use of government money to build a retirement home at the end of the presidential term was unprecedented.<ref>{{cite news|work=The Times of India |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Pratibhas-Pune-home-a-break-from-tradition/articleshow/12668229.cms |title=Pratibha's Pune home a break from tradition |first=Josy |last=Joseph |date=15 April 2012 |access-date=10 January 2016}}</ref> Other controversies that arose after her retirement included her desire to claim both an official government car and fuel allowance for the running of a private car, despite rules clearly stipulating that this was an either/or situation. She also took possession of many gifts that had been given to her in her official role and was later forced to return them.<ref>{{cite news |first=D. P. |last=Satish |title=Former President Pratibha Patil wants both car & fuel from government |date=29 July 2015|work=IBN Live |url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/india/former-president-pratibha-patil-wants-both-car-fuel-from-government-1027151.html |access-date=11 January 2016}}</ref>

==Business interests==
Patil set up Vidya Bharati Shikshan Prasarak Mandal, an educational institute which runs a chain of schools and colleges in Amravati, Jalgaon, Pune and Mumbai. She also set up [[Shram Sadhana Trust]], which runs hostels for working women in New Delhi, Mumbai and Pune; and an engineering college for rural students in Jalgaon district.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-07-19/india/27975570_1_jalgaon-maharashtra-assembly-political-party |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130818230005/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-07-19/india/27975570_1_jalgaon-maharashtra-assembly-political-party |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 August 2013 |title=Pratibha Patil's Resume |date=19 July 2007 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=11 January 2016}}</ref> She also co-founded a cooperative sugar factory known as [[Sant Muktabai Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana]] at [[Muktainagar]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/FullcoverageStoryPage.aspx?id=96c7cdbd-9376-4f62-89c3-4571eccd8857Who%20will%20be%20India's%20next%20President_Special&&Headline=Pratibha-founded+unit+gets+bank+notice |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930061006/http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/FullcoverageStoryPage.aspx?id=96c7cdbd-9376-4f62-89c3-4571eccd8857Who%20will%20be%20India's%20next%20President_Special&&Headline=Pratibha-founded+unit+gets+bank+notice |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 September 2007 |work=Hindustan Times |title=Pratibha-founded sugar unit owes bank Rs 17.70 cr |date=30 September 2007 }}</ref>

In addition, Patil founded a cooperative bank, [[Pratibha Mahila Sahakari Bank]], that ceased trading in February 2003 when its licence was cancelled by the [[Reserve Bank of India]]. Among other failings, the bank had given illegal loans to her relatives that exceeded the bank's share capital. It had also given a loan to her sugar mill which was never repaid. The bank waived these loans, and this drove it into liquidation. The government liquidator of the bank, P. D. Nigam, said, "The fact that relatives of the founder chairperson (Pratibha Patil) were among those indiscriminately granted loans and that some illegal loan waivers were done has come up in our audit." Six of the top ten defaulters in the bank were linked to her relatives. The INC claimed that Patil had not been involved with the bank since 1994 but ''[[The Indian Express]]'' reported that it had official documents showing her involvement as late as 2002.<ref>{{cite news |title=Patil was aware of her bank mess, top defaulters her kin |first=Ritu |last=Sarin |date=26 June 2007 |work=The Indian Express |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/patil-was-aware-of-her-bank-mess-top-defaulters-her-kin-/202794/ |access-date=10 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://rbidocs.rbi.org.in/rdocs/Publications/PDFs/73892.pdf |title=Report on Trend and Progress of Banking in India, 2005–06: Appendix Table IV.3: Urban Co-operative Banks Under Liquidation |page=328 (5) |publisher=Reserve Bank of India |access-date=5 July 2012}}</ref>

==Positions held==
Pratibha Patil has held various official offices during her career. These are:<ref name=RajAssembly />
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! Period
! Position
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|1967–72
| Deputy Minister, Public Health, Prohibition, Tourism, Housing & Parliamentary Affairs, Government of Maharashtra
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|1972–74
| Cabinet Minister, Social Welfare, Government of Maharashtra
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|1974–75
| Cabinet Minister, Public Health & Social Welfare, Government of Maharashtra
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|1975–76
| Cabinet Minister, Prohibition, Rehabilitation and Cultural Affairs, Government of Maharashtra
|-
|1977–78
| Cabinet Minister, Education, Government of Maharashtra
|-
|1979–1980
| Leader of the Opposition, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
|-
|1982–85
| Cabinet Minister, Urban Development and Housing, Government of Maharashtra
|-
|1983–85
| Cabinet Minister, Civil Supplies and Social Welfare, Government of Maharashtra
|-
|1986–1988 || Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha
|-
|1986–88
| Chairman, Committee of Privileges, Rajya Sabha; Member, Business Advisory Committee, Rajya Sabha
|-
|1991–1996
| Chairman, House Committee, Lok Sabha
|-
|8 November 2004 – 23 June 2007
| Governor of Rajasthan
|-
|25 July 2007 – 25 July 2012
| President of India
|}

==Honours==
* [[File:MEX_Orden_del_Aguila_Azteca_2011_Banda_Especial_BAR.svg|60px]] : Special Category Sash (''Banda en Categoría Especial'') of the Mexican [[Order of the Aztec Eagle]] (awarded 3 August 2018 - presented 1 June 2019, {{flag|Mexico}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.google.com/search?q=pratibha+patil|title=Former President Pratibha Patil awarded Mexico's highest civilian honour for foreigners|publisher=The Indian Express|date=1 June 2019|access-date=1 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5533864&fecha=03/08/2018|title=ACUERDO por el que se otorga la Condecoración de la Orden Mexicana del Águila Azteca, en grado de Banda en Categoría Especial, a la Excelentísima Señora Pratibha Devisingh Patil, expresidenta de la República de la India|website=Diario Oficial de la Federación|access-date=1 June 2019}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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{{Wikiquote}}
* [http://presidentofindia.nic.in/ President of India Official Site]
* [http://pratibhapatil.nic.in/ ex-President of India Pratibha Patil's Official Site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180519081458/http://pratibhapatil.nic.in/ |date=19 May 2018 }}
* [http://pratibhapatil.info/ ex-President Pratibha Patil's Personal Site (www.pratibha patil.info)]
*{{cite news |title=Embarrassing Choice: Scandals and mud-slinging have turned the presidential polls into an unseemly affair |first1=Prerana |last1=Thakurdesai |first2=Priya |last2=Sahgal |date=9 July 2007 |work=India Today |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/patil-the-outstanding-choice-for-presidentship/1/155553.html |access-date=11 January 2016}}

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