Essay on First Women President of India SMT. Pratibha Patil

In this “essay on our first women president” we will learn who is she and when she elected as the president of India. Without wasting of time let’s know more about her. 

India is a great democratic developing country. As per rules and powers laid down in our constitution the rank of President is the topmost. Smt. Pratibha Patil has become the first Indian Women President to honour the most prestigious and topmost rank of our country.

Smt. Pratibha Patil was born on 19 December, 1934, in a small village of Jalgaon district in Maharashtra. She was married to Sh. Devi Singh Ram Singh Shekhawat in Shekhawati region of Rajasthan. After her marriage, her family settled in Jalgaon in Maharashtra. She is blessed with a daughter and son. Her husband Sh. Devi Singh Ram Singh was elected Mayor of Amarawati city.

Before joining active politics, Smt. Patil was a successful advocate. She remained member of legislative assembly (M.L.A.) in Maharashtra from 1962 to 1985. She served the Maharashtra state and became urban development, education, tourism, health, cultural and social welfare minister during that course of time.

When Sharad Pawar became the Chief Minister of Maharashtra in July, 1979, she became the leader of opposition in the state assembly. Then she came to Delhi to serve in Indian Parliament After being elected Member of Parliament from Rajya Sabha in 1985. Smt Patil was elected as the Deputy-Chairman in Rajya Sabha also.

From 18 November, 1986 to November 1988, she performed her speaker’s duty very sincerely and impartially.

After 8 years, in 1996, her tenure of Rajya Sabha came to an end. From the very beginning Smt. Patil has been a close associate and loyalist to Nehru family. Before her appointment as a Governor of Rajasthan in November 2004, she had dedicated herself as a sincere and disciplined politician.

On 25th July, 2007, Smt. Pratibha Patil Created history in Indian politics when she was sworn in as the first Indian woman President. At the age of 72, with a long and wide political experience she became 13th President of India. We hope that under her guidance, we shall achieve name and fame not only in India but broad also. All the Indian women have a lot of expectations from her. She is determined to lead the country on a path of progress.

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