Pratibha Patil, the first female President of India and Governor of Rajasthan, was born in Nadgaon, India, in 1934.
Pratibha Devisingh Patil (born December 19, 1934) is an Indian politician and lawyer who served as the country's 12th president between 2007 and 2012. Patil, a member of the Indian National Congress, is the first and only woman to hold the position. She was the Governor of Rajasthan from 2004 to 2007.
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