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India's First Madam President!
By: Nishitha Mohandas
India is celebrating its 60th year of Independence in 2007. Our nation is flying high in the international arena. And this year Indians have one more reason to cheer. For the first time India gets a woman President, Ms Pratibha Patil. She was elected as the First lady of India on 25 July 2007. Patil succeeded the People's President A P J Abdul Kalam.
Though its a matter of pride it took the democratic, sovereign, socialist, secular nation 60 years to have a woman President. Pratibha Patil, born on December 19, 1934 is the 13th President of India.
Journey of Pratibha Patil
Pratibha
Patil,
lawyer
by
profession,
began
her
political
career
in
1962
at
the
age
of
27.
She
became
a
Deputy
Minister
of
Education
in
1967.
From
1972-768
she
was
a
Cabinet
Minister
of
Maharashtra.
An
adherent
Congress
follower
she
had
handled
almost
all
portfolios
from
social
welfare
to
tourism
in
the
state
ministry
till
1985.
In
the
same
year,
Ms
patil
was
elected
as
the
deputy
chairwoman
of
the
Rajya
Sabha.
Her
journey
to
national
politics
began.
She
became
the
MP
from
Amaravati.
Pratibha Patil became the first woman Governor of Rajasthan (2004-2007). She resigned from the post to contest for the highest constitutional post, the Presidentship. She was elected as the President of India on July 25 2007. Till today Ms Patil has never lost an election that she has contested.
India has seen strong women leaders like Sarojini Naidu, Aruna Asaf Ali, Subhadra Joshi and many others who emerged leaders fighting all odds.
Women
politicians
in
India
have
come
a
long
way.
Mrs.Vijay
Lakshmi
Pandit
was
the
first
Indian
woman
to
hold
a
post
in
the
cabinet.
Mrs
Indira
Gandhi
was
the
first
Prime
Minister
of
India.
She
was
the
one
who
made
world
sit-up
and
take
notice
of
the
potential
of
Indian
women.
Sonia Gandhi, Shiela Dixit, Uma Bharti, Jayalalitha, Vasundhra Raje and Mamata Banerjee are worth mentioning in this context.
Not only in Politics, Indian women have excelled in every walk of life. Whether it is sports, entertainment, literature, technology everywhere we can hear applauses for her.
The first PM of India, Jawaharlal Nehru said, "you can tell the condition of a nation by looking at the status of its women". This is absolutely true. Woman of any nation is the mirror to its civilization.
Hope India moves a long way with a Woman On Top! Jai Hind!>
