Chief Justice of India K. G. Balakrishnan administering the oath of office to new President Pratibha Patil. December 19, 1934, is the 12th President of India. She is the first woman and the first Maharashtrian to hold this post.
Pratibha Patil was the first woman to become the president of India.
The first woman President of India was Pratibha Patil. She held office from July 25, 2007, to July 25, 2012. Pratibha Patil was born on December 19, 1934, in Nadgaon, Maharashtra, India. She had a long and distinguished political career before becoming President.