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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%84" title="براتيبا باتيل – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="براتيبا باتيل" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A7%B0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2" title="প্ৰতিভা পাটিল – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="প্ৰতিভা পাটিল" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratibha_Patil" title="Pratibha Patil – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Pratibha Patil" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-awa mw-list-item"><a href="https://awa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%B9_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2" title="प्रतिभा देवीसिंह पाटिल – Awadhi" lang="awa" hreflang="awa" data-title="प्रतिभा देवीसिंह पाटिल" data-language-autonym="अवधी" data-language-local-name="Awadhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>अवधी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratibha_Patil" title="Pratibha Patil – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Pratibha Patil" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B9_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2" title="প্রতিভা দেবীসিংহ পাটিল – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="প্রতিভা দেবীসিংহ পাটিল" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratibha_Patil" title="Pratibha Patil – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Pratibha Patil" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%96%D0%B1%D1%85%D0%B0_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%96%D0%BB" title="Працібха Паціл – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Працібха Паціл" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2" title="प्रतिभा पाटिल – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="प्रतिभा पाटिल" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B1%D1%85%D0%B0_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BB" title="Пратибха Патил – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Пратибха Патил" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratibha_Patil" title="Pratibha Patil – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Pratibha Patil" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratibha_Patil" title="Pratibha Patil – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Pratibha Patil" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratibha_P%C3%A1tilov%C3%A1" title="Pratibha Pátilová – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Pratibha Pátilová" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratibha_Patil" title="Pratibha Patil – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Pratibha Patil" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-se mw-list-item"><a href="https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratibha_Patil" title="Pratibha Patil – Northern Sami" lang="se" hreflang="se" data-title="Pratibha Patil" data-language-autonym="Davvisámegiella" data-language-local-name="Northern Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Davvisámegiella</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratibha_Patil" title="Pratibha Patil – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Pratibha Patil" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dv mw-list-item"><a href="https://dv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DE%95%DE%B0%DE%83%DE%A6%DE%8C%DE%A8%DE%84%DE%A7%DE%80_%DE%95%DE%A7%DE%93%DE%A8%DE%8D%DE%B0" title="ޕްރަތިބާހ ޕާޓިލް – Divehi" lang="dv" hreflang="dv" data-title="ޕްރަތިބާހ ޕާޓިލް" data-language-autonym="ދިވެހިބަސް" data-language-local-name="Divehi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ދިވެހިބަސް</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dty mw-list-item"><a href="https://dty.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2" title="प्रतिभा पाटिल – Doteli" lang="dty" hreflang="dty" data-title="प्रतिभा पाटिल" data-language-autonym="डोटेली" data-language-local-name="Doteli" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>डोटेली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratibha_Patil" title="Pratibha Patil – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Pratibha Patil" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%AF%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%B1_%CE%A0%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%AF%CE%BB" title="Πρατίμπα Πατίλ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Πρατίμπα Πατίλ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratibha_Patil" title="Pratibha Patil – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Pratibha Patil" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratibha_Patil" title="Pratibha Patil – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Pratibha Patil" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratibha_Patil" title="Pratibha Patil – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Pratibha Patil" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%A8%D8%A7_%D9%BE%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%84" title="پراتیبا پتیل – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="پراتیبا پتیل" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratibha_Patil" title="Pratibha Patil – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Pratibha Patil" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratibha_Patil" title="Pratibha Patil – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Pratibha Patil" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%AA%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%A4%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%AD%E0%AA%BE_%E0%AA%AA%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%9F%E0%AB%80%E0%AA%B2" title="પ્રતિભા પાટીલ – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="પ્રતિભા પાટીલ" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%94%84%EB%9D%BC%ED%8B%B0%EB%B0%94_%ED%8C%8C%ED%8B%B8" title="프라티바 파틸 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="프라티바 파틸" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%B9_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2" title="प्रतिभा देवीसिंह पाटिल – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="प्रतिभा देवीसिंह पाटिल" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratibha_Patil" title="Pratibha Patil – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Pratibha Patil" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2" title="প্রতিভা পাতিল – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="প্রতিভা পাতিল" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratibha_Patil" title="Pratibha Patil – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Pratibha Patil" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratibha_Patil" title="Pratibha Patil – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Pratibha Patil" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratibha_Patil" title="Pratibha Patil – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Pratibha Patil" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%98%D7%99%D7%91%D7%94_%D7%A4%D7%98%D7%99%D7%9C" title="פרטיבה פטיל – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="פרטיבה פטיל" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratibha_Patil" title="Pratibha Patil – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Pratibha Patil" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%AA%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%A4%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%AD%E0%B2%BE_%E0%B2%AA%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%9F%E0%B3%80%E0%B2%B2%E0%B3%8D" title="ಪ್ರತಿಭಾ ಪಾಟೀಲ್ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಪ್ರತಿಭಾ ಪಾಟೀಲ್" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9E%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98%E1%83%91%E1%83%90_%E1%83%9E%E1%83%90%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98" title="პრატიბა პატილი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="პრატიბა პატილი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratibha_Patil" title="Pratibha Patil – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Pratibha Patil" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratibha_Patil" title="Pratibha Patil – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Pratibha Patil" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratibha_Patila" title="Pratibha Patila – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Pratibha Patila" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratibha_Patil" title="Pratibha Patil – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Pratibha Patil" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2" title="प्रतिभा पाटिल – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="प्रतिभा पाटिल" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AD%E0%B4%BE_%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B4%BF%E0%B5%BD" title="പ്രതിഭാ പാട്ടിൽ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="പ്രതിഭാ പാട്ടിൽ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B2" title="प्रतिभा पाटील – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="प्रतिभा पाटील" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%84" title="براتيبها باتيل – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="براتيبها باتيل" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratibha_Patil" title="Pratibha Patil – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Pratibha Patil" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratibha_Patil" title="Pratibha Patil – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Pratibha Patil" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2" title="प्रतिभा पाटिल – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="प्रतिभा पाटिल" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%97%E3%83%A9%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%90%E3%83%BB%E3%83%91%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AB" title="プラティバ・パティル – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="プラティバ・パティル" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratibha_Patil" title="Pratibha Patil – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Pratibha Patil" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratibha_Patil" title="Pratibha Patil – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Pratibha Patil" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratibha_Patil" title="Pratibha Patil – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Pratibha Patil" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-or mw-list-item"><a href="https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%AA%E0%AD%8D%E0%AC%B0%E0%AC%A4%E0%AC%BF%E0%AC%AD%E0%AC%BE_%E0%AC%AA%E0%AC%BE%E0%AC%9F%E0%AC%BF%E0%AC%B2" title="ପ୍ରତିଭା ପାଟିଲ – Odia" lang="or" hreflang="or" data-title="ପ୍ରତିଭା ପାଟିଲ" data-language-autonym="ଓଡ଼ିଆ" data-language-local-name="Odia" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ଓଡ଼ିଆ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratibha_Patil" title="Pratibha Patil – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Pratibha Patil" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%8D%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%AD%E0%A8%BE_%E0%A8%AA%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%9F%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%B2" title="ਪ੍ਰਤਿਭਾ ਪਾਟਿਲ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਪ੍ਰਤਿਭਾ ਪਾਟਿਲ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%A8%DA%BE%D8%A7_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%B9%D9%84" title="پرتیبھا پاٹل – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="پرتیبھا پاٹل" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratibha_Patil" title="Pratibha Patil – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Pratibha Patil" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratibha_Patil" title="Pratibha Patil – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Pratibha Patil" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratibha_Patil" title="Pratibha Patil – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Pratibha Patil" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratibha_Patil" title="Pratibha Patil – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Pratibha Patil" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BB,_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B1%D1%85%D0%B0" title="Патил, Пратибха – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Патил, Пратибха" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa mw-list-item"><a href="https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2" title="प्रतिभा पाटिल – Sanskrit" lang="sa" hreflang="sa" data-title="प्रतिभा पाटिल" data-language-autonym="संस्कृतम्" data-language-local-name="Sanskrit" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>संस्कृतम्</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sat mw-list-item"><a href="https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%AF%E1%B1%A8%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%9B%E1%B1%A4%E1%B1%B5%E1%B1%B7%E1%B1%9F_%E1%B1%AF%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%B4%E1%B1%A4%E1%B1%9E" title="ᱯᱨᱚᱛᱤᱵᱷᱟ ᱯᱟᱴᱤᱞ – Santali" lang="sat" hreflang="sat" data-title="ᱯᱨᱚᱛᱤᱵᱷᱟ ᱯᱟᱴᱤᱞ" data-language-autonym="ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ" data-language-local-name="Santali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratibha_Patil" title="Pratibha Patil – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Pratibha Patil" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratibha_Patil" title="Pratibha Patil – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Pratibha Patil" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratibha_D%C3%A9v%C3%ADsinh_P%C3%A1tilov%C3%A1" title="Pratibha Dévísinh Pátilová – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Pratibha Dévísinh Pátilová" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A8%DA%BE%D8%A7_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%84" title="پاتریبھا پاتیل – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="پاتریبھا پاتیل" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%B0_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BB" title="Пратиба Патил – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Пратиба Патил" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratibha_Patil" title="Pratibha Patil – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Pratibha Patil" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratibha_Patil" title="Pratibha Patil – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Pratibha Patil" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BE_%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D" title="பிரதிபா பாட்டில் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="பிரதிபா பாட்டில்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%A4%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%AD%E0%B0%BE_%E0%B0%AA%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%9F%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%8D" title="ప్రతిభా పాటిల్ – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="ప్రతిభా పాటిల్" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A0%E0%B8%B2_%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%8F%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A5" title="ประติภา ปาฏีล – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="ประติภา ปาฏีล" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B1%D2%B3%D0%B0_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BB" title="Пратибҳа Патил – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Пратибҳа Патил" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratibha_Patil" title="Pratibha Patil – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Pratibha Patil" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" 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background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">12th <a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">President of India</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />25 July 2007 – 25 July 2012</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_India" title="Vice President of India">Vice President</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Hamid_Ansari" title="Mohammad Hamid Ansari">Mohammad Hamid Ansari</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/A._P._J._Abdul_Kalam" title="A. P. J. Abdul Kalam">A. P. J. Abdul Kalam</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pranab_Mukherjee" title="Pranab Mukherjee">Pranab Mukherjee</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">17th <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Rajasthan" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Rajasthan">Governor of Rajasthan</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />8 November 2004 – 23 June 2007</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Chief Minister</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Vasundhara_Raje" title="Vasundhara Raje">Vasundhara Raje</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Madan_Lal_Khurana" title="Madan Lal Khurana">Madan Lal Khurana</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Akhlaqur_Rahman_Kidwai" title="Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai">Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament,_Lok_Sabha" title="Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha">Member of Parliament</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />21 June 1991 – 16 May 1996</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sudam_Deshmukh" title="Sudam Deshmukh">Sudam Deshmukh</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Anantrao_Gudhe" class="mw-redirect" title="Anantrao Gudhe">Anantrao Gudhe</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Amravati_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Amravati (Lok Sabha constituency)">Amravati, Maharashtra</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">9th <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Chairman_of_the_Rajya_Sabha" title="Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha">Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />18 November 1986 – 5 November 1988</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_India" title="Vice President of India">Chairman</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ramaswamy_Venkataraman" title="Ramaswamy Venkataraman">Ramaswamy Venkataraman</a> (1986–1987)<br /><a href="/wiki/Shankar_Dayal_Sharma" title="Shankar Dayal Sharma">Shankar Dayal Sharma</a> (1987–1988)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/M._M._Jacob" title="M. M. Jacob">M. M. Jacob</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Najma_Heptulla" title="Najma Heptulla">Najma Heptulla</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament,_Rajya_Sabha" title="Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha">Member of Parliament</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1985–1990</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Rajya_Sabha_members_from_Maharashtra" title="List of Rajya Sabha members from Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Legislative_Assembly_(India)" title="Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)">Member</a> of <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra_Legislative_Assembly" title="Maharashtra Legislative Assembly">Maharashtra Legislative Assembly</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1978–1985</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Muktainagar_Assembly_constituency" title="Muktainagar Assembly constituency">Edlabad</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1962–1967</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jalgaon_City_Assembly_constituency" title="Jalgaon City Assembly constituency">Jalgaon</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Pratibha Narayan Rao Patil</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1934-12-19</span>) </span>19 December 1934<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 89)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Nadgaon" title="Nadgaon">Nadgaon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bombay_Presidency" title="Bombay Presidency">Bombay Presidency</a>, British India <span class="avoidwrap" style="display:inline-block;">(present–day Maharashtra, India)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Devisingh_Ramsingh_Shekhawat" class="mw-redirect" title="Devisingh Ramsingh Shekhawat">Devisingh Ramsingh Shekhawat</a></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1965; died <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="24 February 2023">2023</span>)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Residence</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Amravati" title="Amravati">57, Congress Nagar, Amravati</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Savitribai_Phule_Pune_University" title="Savitribai Phule Pune University">University of Poona</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Arts" title="Master of Arts">MA</a>)</li><li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Bombay" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Bombay">University of Bombay</a> (<a href="/wiki/LLB" class="mw-redirect" title="LLB">LLB</a>)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pratibhapatil.info">pratibhapatil<wbr />.info</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Pratibha Devisingh Patil</b> (born 19 December 1934), also known as <b>Pratibha Patil Shekhawat</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is an Indian politician and lawyer who served as the 12th <a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">president of India</a> from 2007 to 2012. She was the <a href="/wiki/Women_in_government" title="Women in government">first woman</a> to become the president of India. A member of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a>, she also served as the <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Rajasthan" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Rajasthan">Governor of Rajasthan</a> from 2004 to 2007, and was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a> from 1991 to 1996. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pratibha_Patil&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Patil was born in a <a href="/wiki/Marathi_people" title="Marathi people">Marathi</a> family<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on 19 December 1934 in the village of <a href="/wiki/Nadgaon" title="Nadgaon">Nadgaon</a> in <a href="/wiki/Jalgaon_district" title="Jalgaon district">Jalgaon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a>. She was the daughter of Narayan Rao Patil.<sup id="cite_ref-RajAssembly_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RajAssembly-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was educated initially at R. R. Vidyalaya town and subsequently was awarded a master's degree in Political Science and Economics by <a href="/wiki/Mooljee_Jetha_College,_Jalgaon" title="Mooljee Jetha College, Jalgaon">Mooljee Jetha College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jalgaon" title="Jalgaon">Jalgaon</a> (then under <a href="/wiki/Pune_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Pune University">Poona University</a>), and then a Bachelor of Law degree by <a href="/wiki/Government_Law_College,_Bombay" class="mw-redirect" title="Government Law College, Bombay">Government Law College, Bombay</a>, affiliated to the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Bombay" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Bombay">University of Bombay</a> (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.<sup id="cite_ref-OfficialProfile_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OfficialProfile-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Patil married <a href="/wiki/Devisingh_Ramsingh_Shekhawat" class="mw-redirect" title="Devisingh Ramsingh Shekhawat">Devisingh Ramsingh Shekhawat</a> on 7 July 1965. The couple has a daughter, Jyoti Rathore and a son, <a href="/wiki/Raosaheb_Shekhawat" class="mw-redirect" title="Raosaheb Shekhawat">Raosaheb Shekhawat</a>, who is also a politician.<sup id="cite_ref-RajAssembly_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RajAssembly-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pratibha_Patil&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1962, at the age of 27, she was elected to the <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra_Legislative_Assembly" title="Maharashtra Legislative Assembly">Maharashtra Legislative Assembly</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Jalgaon_City_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jalgaon City (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Jalgaon constituency</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After that she won in the <a href="/wiki/Muktainagar_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Muktainagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Muktainagar</a> (formerly Edlabad) constituency on four consecutive occasions between 1967 and 1985, before becoming a <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament">Member of Parliament</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> between 1985 and 1990. In the <a href="/wiki/1991_Indian_general_election" title="1991 Indian general election">1991 elections</a> for the <a href="/wiki/10th_Lok_Sabha" title="10th Lok Sabha">10th Lok Sabha</a>, she was elected as a Member of Parliament representing the <a href="/wiki/Amravati_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Amravati (Lok Sabha constituency)">Amravati constituency</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-OfficialProfile_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OfficialProfile-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A period of retirement from politics followed later in the decade.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC20070721_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC20070721-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Patil had held various Cabinet portfolios during her period in the <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra_Legislative_Assembly" title="Maharashtra Legislative Assembly">Maharashtra Legislative Assembly</a> and held official positions in both the <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a>. In addition, she had been the president of the <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra_Pradesh_Congress_Committee" title="Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee">Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee</a> for a few years. Also, she 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.<sup id="cite_ref-RajAssembly_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RajAssembly-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 8 November 2004 she was appointed the 17th <a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Rajasthan" title="List of governors of Rajasthan">Governor of Rajasthan</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the first woman to hold that office.<sup id="cite_ref-NDTV20070614_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NDTV20070614-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Presidential_election">Presidential election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pratibha_Patil&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Presidential election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2007_Indian_presidential_election" title="2007 Indian presidential election">2007 Indian presidential election</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Chief_Justice_of_India_Shri_K.G._Balakrishnan_administering_the_oath_of_the_office_of_the_President_of_India_to_Smt._Pratibha_Patil_at_a_swearing-in_ceremony_in_the_central_hall_of_Parliament,_in_New_Delhi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/The_Chief_Justice_of_India_Shri_K.G._Balakrishnan_administering_the_oath_of_the_office_of_the_President_of_India_to_Smt._Pratibha_Patil_at_a_swearing-in_ceremony_in_the_central_hall_of_Parliament%2C_in_New_Delhi.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/The_Chief_Justice_of_India_Shri_K.G._Balakrishnan_administering_the_oath_of_the_office_of_the_President_of_India_to_Smt._Pratibha_Patil_at_a_swearing-in_ceremony_in_the_central_hall_of_Parliament%2C_in_New_Delhi.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/The_Chief_Justice_of_India_Shri_K.G._Balakrishnan_administering_the_oath_of_the_office_of_the_President_of_India_to_Smt._Pratibha_Patil_at_a_swearing-in_ceremony_in_the_central_hall_of_Parliament%2C_in_New_Delhi.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2200" data-file-height="1461" /></a><figcaption>The Chief Justice of India <a href="/wiki/K._G._Balakrishnan" title="K. G. Balakrishnan">K. G. Balakrishnan</a> administering the oath of the office of the President of India to Pratibha Patil at a swearing-in ceremony in the central hall of Parliament, in New Delhi.</figcaption></figure> <p>Patil was announced as the <a href="/wiki/United_Progressive_Alliance" title="United Progressive Alliance">United Progressive Alliance</a> (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 <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Home_Affairs_(India)" title="Minister of Home Affairs (India)">Home Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Shivraj_Patil" title="Shivraj Patil">Shivraj Patil</a> or <a href="/wiki/Karan_Singh" title="Karan Singh">Karan Singh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NDTV20070614_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NDTV20070614-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Patil had been loyal to the INC and the <a href="/wiki/Nehru%E2%80%93Gandhi_family" title="Nehru–Gandhi family">Nehru–Gandhi family</a> for decades and this was considered to be a significant factor in her selection by INC leader <a href="/wiki/Sonia_Gandhi" title="Sonia Gandhi">Sonia Gandhi</a>, although Patil said that she had no intention of being a "rubber-stamp president".<sup id="cite_ref-BBC20070721_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC20070721-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated2_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>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 <a href="/wiki/Vishram_Patil_murder_case" title="Vishram Patil murder case">Vishram Patil murder case</a>. 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.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her accusations were rejected by the courts in 2009<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but in 2015 G. N. Patil was charged. No reference to the alleged involvement of Pratibha Patil was made at this time.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Due to the presidential role being largely a <a href="/wiki/Figurehead" title="Figurehead">figurehead</a> position, the selection of the candidate is often arranged by consensus among the various political parties and the candidate runs unopposed.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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".<sup id="cite_ref-BBC20070713_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC20070713-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her challenger was <a href="/wiki/Bhairon_Singh_Shekhawat" title="Bhairon Singh Shekhawat">Bhairon Singh Shekhawat</a>, the incumbent vice-president and a <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> (BJP) veteran. Shekhawat stood as an independent candidate and was supported by the <a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Alliance_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Democratic Alliance (India)">National Democratic Alliance</a> (NDA), a group led by the BJP,<sup id="cite_ref-BBC20070719_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC20070719-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although the <a href="/wiki/Shiv_Sena_(1966%E2%80%932022)" class="mw-redirect" title="Shiv Sena (1966–2022)">Shiv Sena</a> party, which was a part of NDA, supported her because of her <a href="/wiki/Marathi_people" title="Marathi people">Marathi</a> origin.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>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 <a href="/wiki/Dada_Lekhraj" title="Dada Lekhraj">Dada Lekhraj</a>, a dead <a href="/wiki/Guru" title="Guru">guru</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC20070721_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC20070721-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BBC20070713_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC20070713-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Various specific issues were raised, such as a comment made by her in 1975 that those suffering from hereditary diseases should be sterilised.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC20070721_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC20070721-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another alleged that while a Member of Parliament for <a href="/wiki/Amravati_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Amravati Lok Sabha constituency">Amravati</a> she diverted Rs 3.6 million from her <a href="/wiki/MPLADS" class="mw-redirect" title="MPLADS">MPLADS</a> fund to a trust run by her husband. This was in violation of Government rules which barred MPs from providing funds to organisations run by their relatives.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The parliamentary affairs minister denied any wrongdoing on Patil's part and noted that the funds are used under <a href="/wiki/Members_of_Parliament_Local_Area_Development_Scheme" title="Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme">MPLADS</a>, by the <a href="/wiki/Comptroller_and_Auditor_General_of_India" title="Comptroller and Auditor General of India">Comptroller and Auditor General of India</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Patil won the election held on 19 July 2007. She garnered nearly two-thirds of the votes<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and, on 25 July 2007, took oath as India's <a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_Pratibha_Patil" title="Presidency of Pratibha Patil">12th President</a>, the first woman to hold the position.<sup id="cite_ref-CBS_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBS-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Presidency">Presidency</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pratibha_Patil&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Presidency"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_President,_Smt._Pratibha_Patil_addressing_the_Nation_on_the_eve_of_61st_Independence_Day,_in_New_Delhi_on_August_14,_2007.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/The_President%2C_Smt._Pratibha_Patil_addressing_the_Nation_on_the_eve_of_61st_Independence_Day%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_August_14%2C_2007.jpg/220px-The_President%2C_Smt._Pratibha_Patil_addressing_the_Nation_on_the_eve_of_61st_Independence_Day%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_August_14%2C_2007.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/The_President%2C_Smt._Pratibha_Patil_addressing_the_Nation_on_the_eve_of_61st_Independence_Day%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_August_14%2C_2007.jpg/330px-The_President%2C_Smt._Pratibha_Patil_addressing_the_Nation_on_the_eve_of_61st_Independence_Day%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_August_14%2C_2007.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/The_President%2C_Smt._Pratibha_Patil_addressing_the_Nation_on_the_eve_of_61st_Independence_Day%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_August_14%2C_2007.jpg/440px-The_President%2C_Smt._Pratibha_Patil_addressing_the_Nation_on_the_eve_of_61st_Independence_Day%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_August_14%2C_2007.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2100" data-file-height="1500" /></a><figcaption>President Patil addressing the Indians on the eve of Independence Day, 2007</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_President,_Smt._Pratibha_Devisingh_Patil_with_Queen_Elizabeth_II_and_Duke_of_Edinburgh_before_the_State_Banquet_hosted_by_The_Queen_Elizabeth-II_at_Windsor_Castle,_in_London_on_October_27,_2009.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/The_President%2C_Smt._Pratibha_Devisingh_Patil_with_Queen_Elizabeth_II_and_Duke_of_Edinburgh_before_the_State_Banquet_hosted_by_The_Queen_Elizabeth-II_at_Windsor_Castle%2C_in_London_on_October_27%2C_2009.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/The_President%2C_Smt._Pratibha_Devisingh_Patil_with_Queen_Elizabeth_II_and_Duke_of_Edinburgh_before_the_State_Banquet_hosted_by_The_Queen_Elizabeth-II_at_Windsor_Castle%2C_in_London_on_October_27%2C_2009.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/The_President%2C_Smt._Pratibha_Devisingh_Patil_with_Queen_Elizabeth_II_and_Duke_of_Edinburgh_before_the_State_Banquet_hosted_by_The_Queen_Elizabeth-II_at_Windsor_Castle%2C_in_London_on_October_27%2C_2009.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2100" data-file-height="1500" /></a><figcaption>President Patil and her husband with the <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">Queen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Prince_Philip,_Duke_of_Edinburgh" title="Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh">Prince Philip</a> at <a href="/wiki/Windsor_Castle" title="Windsor Castle">Windsor Castle</a>, 2009</figcaption></figure> <p>Patil's term as the President of India saw various controversies and is widely considered as lackluster.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She <a href="/wiki/Commutation_(law)" title="Commutation (law)">commuted</a> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Patil was noted for having spent more money on foreign trips, and having taken a greater number of foreign trips, than any previous president.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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 <a href="/wiki/Crore" title="Crore">crore</a> (Rs 2.05 billion). The <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_External_Affairs_(India)" title="Ministry of External Affairs (India)">Ministry of External Affairs</a> said that taking family members "was not abnormal".<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Office of President has a five-year term<sup id="cite_ref-BBC20070713_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC20070713-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Patil retired from the role in July 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Patil allegedly used public funds to build a retirement mansion on a 260,000 square feet (24,000 m<sup>2</sup>) plot of military land in <a href="/wiki/Pune" title="Pune">Pune</a>. 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.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Business_interests">Business interests</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pratibha_Patil&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Business interests"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Patil set up Vidya Bharati Shikshan Prasarak Mandal, an educational institute which runs a chain of schools and colleges in <a href="/wiki/Amravati" title="Amravati">Amravati</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jalgaon" title="Jalgaon">Jalgaon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pune" title="Pune">Pune</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Mumbai</a>. She also set up <a href="/wiki/Shram_Sadhana_Trust" title="Shram Sadhana Trust">Shram Sadhana Trust</a>, which runs hostels for working women in <a href="/wiki/New_Delhi" title="New Delhi">New Delhi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Mumbai</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pune" title="Pune">Pune</a>; and an engineering college for rural students in <a href="/wiki/Jalgaon_district" title="Jalgaon district">Jalgaon district</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She also co-founded a cooperative sugar factory known as <a href="/wiki/Sant_Muktabai_Sahakari_Sakhar_Karkhana" title="Sant Muktabai Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana">Sant Muktabai Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana</a> at <a href="/wiki/Muktainagar" title="Muktainagar">Muktainagar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition, Patil founded a cooperative bank, <a href="/wiki/Pratibha_Mahila_Sahakari_Bank" title="Pratibha Mahila Sahakari Bank">Pratibha Mahila Sahakari Bank</a>, that ceased trading in February 2003 when its licence was cancelled by the <a href="/wiki/Reserve_Bank_of_India" title="Reserve Bank of India">Reserve Bank of India</a>. 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 <i><a href="/wiki/The_Indian_Express" title="The Indian Express">The Indian Express</a></i> reported that it had official documents showing her involvement as late as 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Positions_held">Positions held</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pratibha_Patil&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Positions held"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pratibha Patil has held various official offices during her career. These are:<sup id="cite_ref-RajAssembly_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RajAssembly-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="margin:1em;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Period </th> <th>Position </th></tr> <tr> <td>1967–72 </td> <td>Deputy Minister, Public Health, Prohibition, Tourism, Housing & Parliamentary Affairs, Government of Maharashtra </td></tr> <tr> <td>1972–79 </td> <td>Cabinet Minister, Social Welfare, Government of Maharashtra </td></tr> <tr> <td>1974–75 </td> <td>Cabinet Minister, Public Health & Social Welfare, Government of Maharashtra </td></tr> <tr> <td>1975–76 </td> <td>Cabinet Minister, Prohibition, Rehabilitation and Cultural Affairs, Government of Maharashtra </td></tr> <tr> <td>1977–78 </td> <td>Cabinet Minister, Education, Government of Maharashtra </td></tr> <tr> <td>1979–1980 </td> <td>Leader of the Opposition, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly </td></tr> <tr> <td>1982–85 </td> <td>Cabinet Minister, Urban Development and Housing, Government of Maharashtra </td></tr> <tr> <td>1983–85 </td> <td>Cabinet Minister, Civil Supplies and Social Welfare, Government of Maharashtra </td></tr> <tr> <td>1986–1988</td> <td>Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha </td></tr> <tr> <td>1986–88 </td> <td>Chairman, Committee of Privileges, Rajya Sabha; Member, Business Advisory Committee, Rajya Sabha </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991–1996 </td> <td>Chairman, House Committee, Lok Sabha </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 November 2004 – 23 June 2007 </td> <td>Governor of Rajasthan </td></tr> <tr> <td>25 July 2007 – 25 July 2012 </td> <td>President of India </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="State_honours">State honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pratibha_Patil&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: State honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;”"> <tbody><tr> <th>Ribbon </th> <th>Decoration </th> <th width="100px">Country </th> <th width="100px">Date </th> <th width="300px">Note </th> <th>Ref. </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MEX_Orden_del_Aguila_Azteca_2011_Banda_Especial_BAR.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/MEX_Orden_del_Aguila_Azteca_2011_Banda_Especial_BAR.svg/100px-MEX_Orden_del_Aguila_Azteca_2011_Banda_Especial_BAR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/MEX_Orden_del_Aguila_Azteca_2011_Banda_Especial_BAR.svg/150px-MEX_Orden_del_Aguila_Azteca_2011_Banda_Especial_BAR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/MEX_Orden_del_Aguila_Azteca_2011_Banda_Especial_BAR.svg/200px-MEX_Orden_del_Aguila_Azteca_2011_Banda_Especial_BAR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Aztec_Eagle" title="Order of the Aztec Eagle">Order of the Aztec Eagle</a></b> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a> </td> <td>3 August 2018 </td> <td><i>Sash of Special Category</i>, the highest civilian honour of Mexico. </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pratibha_Patil&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output 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