"attacks on Mumbai, and took moral responsibility for the security lapse that led to the attacks. Patil was born in 1935 in the village of Chakur in the Latur district (Marathwada region) of the then princely state of Hyderabad, now Maharashtra, India. He attended Osmania University, Hyderabad, earning a degree in Science and studied Law at Bombay University. During 1967–69, he was involved in local government (Latur Municipality). Keshavrao Sonawane and Manikrao Sonawane helped Shivaraj Patil to get his first break to stand from Latur Constituency. Patil belongs to the Lingayat community. He married Vijaya Patil in June 1963. He"
"2007 Indian presidential election The Election Commission of India held indirect 13th presidential elections of India on 19 July 2007. Pratibha Patil with 638,116 votes won over her nearest rival Bhairon Singh Shekhawat who got 331,306 votes. This result meant that Pratibha Patil became the first female President of India. On 14 June, Pratibha Patil, the governor of the state of Rajasthan, was declared by UPA as its candidate for the election. The Left and other allies of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) such as Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) announced their support on Patil's candidature."
"Pratibha Mahila Sahakari Bank Pratibha Mahila Sahakari Bank (Pratibha Women Cooperative Bank) was a cooperative bank based in Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India. It was founded in 1973 by Pratibha Patil, who later became President of India, with the objective of empowering women. Patil was a chairperson of the bank and also one of its directors, along with many of her relatives. She is one of 34 respondents in an ongoing case before the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court regarding alleged mismanagement of the bank and misappropriation of funds. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) revoked the licence of the"
"President of India, Her Excellency Pratibha Patil, in acknowledgement of his exceptional and meritorious contribution in the field of community service. In September 2009 his investiture was as an honorary Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau, by Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, for his special merits to society in the field of cultural and economic relations between India and the Netherlands. Ram Lakhina, is an admirable personality who has achieved several firsts in his career in diverse fields of activity with his unending quest for scaling the heights of success, be it in academic pursuits, business endeavours, community work or"
"to the post of president on 25th July 2017. Rajvanshi Devi, wife of India's first president, was the country's first First Lady from 1950 until 1962. Devi kept a very low profile during this era and did not attend public events with President Rajendra Prasad. Saraswati Bai, wife of the country's fourth president, V. V. Giri, was the first First Lady to take a more public role. Bai's role marked a change from the lower profile of her predecessors. She attended and hosted public events and became a recognizable figure to the Indian public. Her successor, Begum Abida Ahmed, India's"
"for the first time in 30 years. In July 2008, the United Progressive Alliance survived a vote of confidence brought after left-wing parties withdrew their support over the nuclear deal. After the vote, several left-wing and regional parties formed a new alliance to oppose the government, saying it had been tainted by corruption. Within three months, following approval by the U.S. Congress, George W. Bush signed into law a nuclear deal with India, which ended a three-decade ban on American nuclear trade with Delhi. In 2007, India got its first female President as Pratibha Patil was sworn in. Long associated"
"Devisingh Ransingh Shekhawat Devisingh Ransingh Shekhawat is the former and first First Gentleman of India as the husband of Pratibha Patil. Devisingh Ransingh Shekhawat, who was then a lecturer in chemistry, married Pratibha Patil on 7 July 1965. The couple have a daughter and a son, Raosaheb Shekhawat, who is also a politician. Shekhawat was awarded a PhD from the University of Bombay in 1972. Prior to his wife's elevation to her presidential role, he had been principal of a college operated by his wife's Vidya Bharati Shikshan Sanstha and also a former mayor of Amravati (1991-1992). Like his wife,"
"noted for having spent more money on foreign trips,and having taken a greater number of foreign trips,than any prior president. 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 Affairssaid that taking family members ""was not abnormal"". The Office of President has a five-year term and Patil retired from the role in July 2012. Patil allegedly used public funds to build a retirement mansion on a"
"of Pune, and LL.B. degree from University of Mumbai. She 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. She married Devisingh Ransingh Shekhawat on 7 July 1965. The couple have a daughter and a son, Raosaheb Shekhawat, who is also a politician. The BBC has described Patil's political career prior to assuming presidential office as ""long and largely low-key"". In 1962, at the age of 27, she was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for the Jalgaon constituency. Thereafter she won in"
"Savita Kovind Savita Kovind is the First Lady of India since 25 July 2017. She is the wife of the President of India Ram Nath Kovind. Previously, Suvra Mukherjee, wife of the former President Pranab Mukherjee had been the occupant of this title, until her death on 18 August 2015. Kovind's parents originally lived near Lahore in present day Pakistan and moved to India post partition and settled in Lajpat Nagar in Delhi. She is a former employee in Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL). She started her career in MTNL as a telephone operator. Gradually she got promoted to the"
"India. His father, Motilal Nehru (1861–1931), a self-made wealthy barrister who belonged to the Kashmiri Pandit community, served twice as President of the Indian National Congress, in 1919 and 1928. His mother, Swaruprani Thussu (1868–1938), who came from a well-known Kashmiri Brahmin family settled in Lahore, was Motilal's second wife, the first having died in child birth. Jawaharlal was the eldest of three children, two of whom were girls. The elder sister, Vijaya Lakshmi, later became the first female president of the United Nations General Assembly. The youngest sister, Krishna Hutheesing, became a noted writer and authored several books on"
"that were defaulted amounted to nearly Rs. 225 lakh. In 2011, Rajesh Chakrabarti, a faculty member at the Indian School of Business, wrote that the irregularities at Pratibha Mahila Sahakari Bank, along with some other notable problems among Urban Co-operative Banks (UCBs), ""contributed significantly in eroding the brand value of UCBs"" in the early 2000s. Pratibha Mahila Sahakari Bank Pratibha Mahila Sahakari Bank (Pratibha Women Cooperative Bank) was a cooperative bank based in Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India. It was founded in 1973 by Pratibha Patil, who later became President of India, with the objective of empowering women. Patil was a chairperson"
"Janaki Venkataraman Janaki Venkataraman (1921 – 13 August 2010) was the First Lady of India from 1987 until 1992. She was the wife of Indian President R. Venkataraman who served as India's head of state from 25 July 1987 until 25 July 1992. Janaki was born in Pegu, Burma, to Kamala and Krishna Iyer. Her mother died with she was five, and as her father did not remarry, she assisted with the household duties along with her siblings. Janaki was married to R. Venkataraman in 1938 and had three daughters. She was considered ""deeply pious"" in her Hinduism by Gopal"
"the guerrilla war to 1829, in vain, until his capture. He wanted to install the adopted boy Shivalingappa as the ruler of Kittur, but Sangolli Rayanna was caught and hanged. Shivalingappa was arrested by the British. Chennamma's legacy and first victory are still commemorated in Kittur, during the Kittur Utsava held on annually. On 11September 2007 a statue of Rani Chennamma was unveiled at the Indian Parliament Complex by Pratibha Patil, the first woman President of India. On the occasion, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Home Minister Shivraj Patil, Lok Sabha Speaker Somanath Chatarjee, BJP leader L. K. Advani, Karnataka Chief"
"Bidhya Devi Bhandari Bidhya Devi Bhandari (; born 19 June 1961) is a Nepalese politician who is the current President of Nepal and commander in chief of Nepalese Army. She is the first woman to hold the office. She was the vice-chairperson of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) and chair of the All Nepal Women Association before winning the presidential election on 28 October 2015. She was elected as President in a parliamentary vote, receiving 327 votes out of 549 and defeating Kul Bahadur Gurung. In 2016, Forbes placed her 52 in their list of the world's 100"
"post of Chief Section Supervisor. But in 2005, she took a voluntary retirement. Savitha married Ram Nath Kovind on 30 May 1974. They have a son, and a daughter. Kovind became the first lady on 25 July 2017 after nearly 2 years of vacancy since the last first lady died in office. India’s first spouses act as the official hostesses of the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Savita Kovind Savita Kovind is the First Lady of India since 25 July 2017. She is the wife of the President of India Ram Nath Kovind. Previously, Suvra Mukherjee, wife of the former President Pranab Mukherjee"
"First Ladies and Gentlemen of India The First Lady or First Gentleman of India is the unofficial title and position traditionally held by the wife or husband of the President of India during that person's term of office. There are no official roles or duties assigned to the spouse but he or she generally attends the official ceremonies and functions held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan along with the President. The position of First Lady of India is currently held by Savita Kovind, wife of President Ram Nath Kovind. She assumed the position after her husband took the oath of office"
"husband on state visits and was the public face of ""Indian womanhood"" during his presidency. As an active first lady, she was responsible for implementing social welfare programs that came from the president's office. Janaki Venkataraman died on 13 August 2010. Janaki Venkataraman Janaki Venkataraman (1921 – 13 August 2010) was the First Lady of India from 1987 until 1992. She was the wife of Indian President R. Venkataraman who served as India's head of state from 25 July 1987 until 25 July 1992. Janaki was born in Pegu, Burma, to Kamala and Krishna Iyer. Her mother died with she"
"India, Pratibha Patil, chairperson, Lila Poonawalla Foundation, Lila Poonawalla and eminent Buddhist nun Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo attended the event on 5 February 2017 at Maher Vatsalyadham, Avhalwadi, Pune. In a country and world split by gender, religion, color, and caste, Maher stands as a working model of a society that rejects such divisions. The need is great, but the success of the last 20 years is a promise of great things to come. Dreams for future growth include expanding the work to Calcutta, a new home for those affected by HIV, a permanent residence for elderly and mentally ill men,"
"of mango, including Maliahabadi, Dussehri, Chausa, Langda and Safeda, were planted by the Begum herself, in conformation with the guidelines of the agriculture university. She was also the co-founder of non-governmental organization, Prajwala. Hamida Habibullah Hamida Habibullah (20 November 1916 – 13 March 2018) was an Indian parliamentarian, educationist and social worker. She has been called the iconic face of Indian womanhood in post-independence India.She was the first president of the Women's Cricket Association of India. Begum Hamida Habibullah was born in Lucknow. She was the daughter of Nawab Nazir Yar Jung Bahadur, Chief Justice of Hyderabad High Court. She"
"period included Isabel Martínez de Perón as the first woman President in Argentina and the first woman non-monarch head of state in the Western hemisphere in 1974 until being deposed in 1976, Elisabeth Domitien becomes the first woman Prime Minister of the Central African Republic, Indira Gandhi continuing as Prime Minister of India until 1977 (and taking office again in 1980), Prime Minister Golda Meir of Israel and acting Chairman Soong Ching-ling of the People's Republic of China continuing their leadership from the sixties, Lidia Gueiler Tejada becoming the interim President of Bolivia beginning from 1979 to 1980, Maria de"
"Vimla Patil Vimla Patil () is an Indian journalist, author, activist, columnist, writer (books and features, speeches and research), event designer. While studying Journalism in London, Vimla Patil was a part-time trainee for ""The Telegraph"" and then worked for a business journal called ""The Office Magazine"". Upon returning to India, she joined ""Femina"", a ""Times of India"" publication, from its inaugural issue in 1959. After a market research agency study in 1989 the management of Femina decided that the reader's interest had shifted from family and home to personal care. Femina also initiated the Miss India shows in India. It"
"Mireya Moscoso de Arias (Panama, 1999-2004), Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (Argentina, 2007-2015), Laura Chinchilla (Costa Rica, 2010-14), and Dilma Rousseff (Brazil, 2011-2016). Despite the high numbers of female politicians, little progress has been made on issues such as gender-based income inequality. One of the highly significant things and provisions introduced by the new Companies Act of India, is the mandatory inclusion of at least one woman director to the Board of every prescribed class of companies in India. This provision can be considered as revolutionary initiation by the Government of India, for the purposes of empowerment of the women in"
"of the party. In June 2009, the INC nominated a woman to become first speaker of Lok Sabha, and also supported the election of Pratibha Patil, India's first female president. Women were involved in the early establishment of the BJP. The BJP has encouraged greater representation of women by developing women's leadership programs, financial assistance for women candidates, and implementing a 33% reservation for women in party leadership positions. BJP has received women's support by focusing on issues such as the Uniform Civil Code to extend equal rights to women and men regardless of religion. They have also spoken out"
"Shekhawat in 2009 on the grounds that there was no proof of direct involvement, although one of his co-accused remained subject to the proceedings. In 2009, a court ruled that Shekhawat had colluded with five relatives and local officials to illegally transfer into his ownership of land in Chandrapur belonging to a Dalit farmer. This was one of several allegations of corruption and irregularities to emerge during Patil's presidency in relation to her and her family. Devisingh Ransingh Shekhawat Devisingh Ransingh Shekhawat is the former and first First Gentleman of India as the husband of Pratibha Patil. Devisingh Ransingh Shekhawat,"
"with the Nehru–Gandhi family, Pratibha Patil was a low-profile governor of the state of Rajasthan before emerging as the favoured presidential candidate of Sonia Gandhi. In February, the infamous Samjhauta Express bombings took place, killing Pakistani civilians in Panipat, Haryana. As of 2011, nobody had been charged for the crime, though it has been linked to Abhinav Bharat, a shadowy Hindu fundamentalist group headed by a former Indian army officer. In 2008 October, India successfully launched its first mission to the Moon, the unmanned lunar probe called ""Chandrayaan-1"". In the previous year, India had launched its first commercial space rocket,"
"the President of India Smt.Pratibha Devisingh Patil on her State Visit to Spain and Poland in 2009. Between 2006-2009 he was nominated as Accompanying Minister to The Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe; The Prime Minister of UK, Gordon Brown; King Albert II of Belgium; and President of Kazakhastan, Nursultan Nazarbayev. In his official capacity Kumar has engaged with global leaders including President Simon Perez of Israel, President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa and President Sarkozy of France. The CBI Director, Ranjit Sinha, in April 2013, on the behest of the Honorable Supreme Court of India, submitted an affidavit on"
"in 1993. She faced lots of backlash as a female in this position, including arrests and mistreatment while imprisoned, causing a global outcry and the assistance of Amnesty International. In the Muslim majority territory of Kosovo, President Atifete Jahjaga was unanimously elected by the Assembly of Kosovo on April 7, 2011. As an atheist, she was sworn in as President of the Muslim-majority Kyrgyzstan on 3 July 2010, after acting as interim leader following the Tulip Revolution. The second most populous Muslim-majority country. She was the sister of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan. She played a fierce"
"member. Former Mozambican First Lady Graça Machel is the only person to have served as the First Lady of two different republics. She became the First Lady of South Africa on 18 July 1998 upon her marriage to Nelson Mandela. First Lady of Mozambique The First Lady of Mozambique (Portuguese: ""Primeira-Dama de Moçambique"") is the title held by the wife of the President of Mozambique. There have been just three First Ladies since Mozambique's independence in 1975. The country's current First Lady is Isaura Nyusi, wife of President Filipe Nyusi, who has held the position since 2015. The Office of"
"Shram Sadhana Trust Shram Sadhana Trust is a trust promoted by Pratibha Patil, who later became President of India. Currently Jyoti Rathore the daughter of Pratibha Patil is the managing trustee of the trust. The Trust controls four major working women's hostels and also a college of engineering and technology at Bambhori in Jalgaon district. Two of these four hostels are located in Mumbai, one each in Delhi and Pimpri near Pune. The hostel at Pimpri named Umanchal Hostel was inaugurated by Pratibha Patil then governor of Rajasthan in January 2005.The Union Ministry for Women and Child Development sanctioned Rs"
"Judi Patton Judi Jane Conway Patton (born 1940 in Pikeville, Kentucky) is an American activist who focuses on women's safety and child abuse prevention. She served as the First Lady of Kentucky from December 12, 1995, until December 9, 2003, during the tenure of her husband, former Governor Paul E. Patton. Mrs. Patton is a native of Pike County, Kentucky, and one of four daughters born to the late Roy and Esta Conway. Her father was murdered while serving as sheriff of Pike County and her mother served the remainder of his term. After completing her husband's term and an"
"Pratibha Patil have visited the Seychelles, while Presidents France Albert Rene, James Alix Michel and Danny Faure of Seychelles have paid state visits to India. India and Seychelles have broad based relations that cover a host of sectors including defence, culture, trade and technical cooperation. According to the Ministry of External Affairs of the Government of India, relations between India and Seychelles have been characterised by ""close friendship, understanding and cooperation"", while Seychelles has described itself as a ""rock of dependability for India in the Indian Ocean region”. Trade between India and Seychelles amounted to only US$40 million in 2010-11"
"to the Constituent Assembly from the United Provinces. Following India's freedom from British occupation in 1947 she entered the diplomatic service and became India's ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1947 to 1949, the United States and Mexico from 1949 to 1951, Ireland from 1955 to 1961 (during which time she was also the Indian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom), and Spain from 1958 to 1961. Between 1946 and 1968, she headed the Indian delegation to the United Nations. In 1953, she became the first woman President of the United Nations General Assembly (she was inducted as an honorary"