Did you know, the 12th president of India, with tenure between 2007- 20012, Smt. Pratibha Patil भारत की राष्ट्रपति बनने वाली प्रथम महिला थी.इससे पहले, उन्होंने 2004 से 2007 तक भारतीय राष्ट्रीय कांग्रेस के सदस्य के रूप में राजस्थान के राज्यपाल के रूप में कार्य किया था।. साथ ही, वह 1991 से 1996 तक लोकसभा की सदस्य रहीं।
Smt. Pratibha Patil has been an active participant in the welfare of women and children and the underprivileged sections of society. It was due to her efforts of her, that many institutions had been set up in order to provide them with the privileges promised. To name a few, some of the institutions she had set up are:
· Hostels set up, especially for the working-class women in Mumbai and Delhi.
· An engineering college in Jalgaon, for the youth
· A trust named the Shram Sadhana Trust, which has been active in many multifarious m welfare activities concerned with the development of women.
· Schools established at Amravati District for the Vimukta Jatis (Nomadic Tribes), and children belonging to Backward Classes
· A Krishi Vigyan Kendra (Farmer’s Training Centre) at Amravati, Maharashtra
इसके अलावा, प्रतिभा पाटिल महिला विकास महामंडल की स्थापना में अग्रणी भूमिका निभा रही थीं, जो कि महिलाओं के विकास से संबंधित महाराष्ट्र राज्य सरकार का एक उपक्रम है। इनके अलावा, वह अमरावती, महाराष्ट्र में गरीब और जरूरतमंद महिलाओं के लिए संगीत, कंप्यूटर और सिलाई कक्षाओं के आयोजन में सक्रिय रूप से शामिल थीं। 1962 में, श्रीमती प्रतिभा पाटिल ने जलगाँव जिले में महिला होमगार्ड का आयोजन किया था और 1962 से उनकी कमांडेंट थीं।
Early life
Born on 19th December 1934 in Jalgaon, Maharashtra; Pratibha Patil was born to a Marathi Family. She was the daughter of Gangabai and Nana Saheb, who were posted at Jalgaon as government prosecutors.वह अपने छह भाई-बहनों में तीसरे नंबर की थी।
She spent most of her early childhood in Jalgaon and Chlisgaon, which was located close to her ancestral village, Nadgaon. She had to lose her mother at the age of 12 and was brought up strictly under the supervision of her aunt Baasaheb.उसकी चाची ने यह सुनिश्चित किया कि छोटी प्रतिभा को उसके समुदाय के रीति-रिवाजों के तहत लाया जाएगा, धार्मिक लोगों पर अधिक ध्यान केंद्रित किया जाएगा।
इस प्रकार, उसकी चाची द्वारा लाए गए इस सख्त पर्यवेक्षण ने एक दृढ़ इच्छाशक्ति, देखभाल करने वाले, अनुशासित और सोच वाले वयस्क की नींव रखी थी, जिसने प्रतिभा को पिछड़े वर्गों और महिलाओं की स्थिति के उत्थान के लिए गतिविधियों में शामिल किया था।
कुमारी प्रतिभा का विवाह 1965 में डॉ. देवीसिंह आर. शेखावत से हुआ था, जो एक शिक्षाविद् और अपने क्षेत्र में एक सामाजिक-राजनीतिक नेता के रूप में प्रतिष्ठित हैं. Dr. Devisingh was an MLA in the Amravati constituency during 1985 - 1990, and later he successfully became the first Mayor of Amravati in the year 1992.
Dr. Sekhawat had been a senate member, and an acting vice-chancellor of Amravati university, and also had been an active member of the Maharashtra State School Education Board committee on the responsibility of the Chemistry subject curriculum and has also jointly published some textbooks for the students at the misled school.
उनके दो बच्चे थे, जिनका नाम राजेंद्र और ज्योति था, पूर्व मे विधायक बनने के लिए अपने पिता के नक्शेकदम पर चले, जबकि बाद में इंजीनियरिंग की डिग्री हासिल की।
Education and Career
Pratibha Patil did her schooling at R.R. Vidyalaya और जलगाँव के मूलजी जैथा कॉलेज में राजनीति विज्ञान और अर्थशास्त्र में मास्टर डिग्री प्राप्त की .बाद में, उन्होंने मुंबई के सरकारी लॉ कॉलेज से कानून की डिग्री प्राप्त की। फिर उसने जलगाँव जिला न्यायालय में कानून का अभ्यास करना शुरू किया, और साथ ही वह सामाजिक मुद्दों को हल करने में भी रुचि रखती थी, जैसे कि भारतीय महिलाओं द्वारा अक्सर सामना की जाने वाली स्थितियों में सुधार करना।
Then, she joined the Indian National Congress (Congress Party) and made her entry into politics by defeating three veteran leaders in the year 1962 and became a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly at the age of 27. She handled the portfolio of Public Health and Social Welfare during her time of being a member of the legislative assembly and made a reputation by virtue of loyalty to her party.
Later in 1985, she secured herself a seat in the Rajya Sabha (i.e., the upper chamber of the Indian Parliament), and there she served as the deputy chairman within the tenure 1986 to 1988. Thereby, Patil left the upper house in 1990 and was elected to represent Amravati in the Lok Sabha, i.e., the lower house, in 1991.
Completing milestones, Pratibha Patil declared retirement from politics,उनका 5 साल का कार्यकाल पूरा होने के बाद. However, she returned to public services in 2004, when she was appointed as the governor of the Northwestern state of Rajasthan,कार्यालय के लिए पहली महिला और 17 वीं राज्यपाल बन रही हैं।
With 30 years of journey as an MLA representing her constituency, Mr. Pratibha Patil had carried out various welfare activities from the grass-root level which provided her with a good understanding of the socio-economic problems prevalent in rural India. As a part of the Maharashtra government, she has voluntarily selected the departments such as Education, Public Health, Social Welfare, and prohibition to help the misfortunate as well as the weaker sections of society.
In the journey as a philanthropist
Smt. Pratibha Patil established the Vidya Bharati Shikshan Prasarak Mandal, which is an educational institute that governs various schools and colleges in Amravati, Jalgaon, Pune, and Mumbai. Moreover, she had also established the Shram SadhanaTrust, which basically consists of hostels established for the sake of working women residing in New Delhi, Mumbai, and Pune. Also, she established an engineering college in Jalgaon District, for the benefit of the rural youth.
In addition to this, she has also been the co-founder of a cooperative sugar factory named Sant Muktabai Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana, located at Muktainagar.
Pratibha Patil had founded a cooperative bank named the Pratibha Mahila Sahakri Bank, whose license was been canceled by the Reserve Bank of India, and its trading ceased in February 2003. However, no matter how much she had to suffer failures, the bank she set up had provided her relatives with illegal loans which ultimately exceeded the bank’s share capital. Moreover, the sugar mill established by her had taken a loan from the bank established by her, which later couldn’t be repaid.
However, these loans were ultimately waived off by the bank and this resulted in the liquidation of the bank. P. D. Nigam, a government liquidator stated that ‘the fact that relatives of the founder chairperson (Pratibha Patil) were among those indiscriminately granted loans and that some illegal loan waiver was done has come up in our audit”. Interestingly, six of the top ten defaulters in the bank were linked to her relatives.
वह अपने सौहार्दपूर्ण, दयालु, देखभाल करने वाले और विनम्र व्यवहार के कारण एक राजनेता होने की प्रतिष्ठा रखती हैं, जो उनका सही वर्णन करता है। Her philanthropy and humanitarian deeds have been listed and appreciated wholly by everyone, and it has made an immense impact on the well-being of the population of Indians who were often misguided or ignored.
However, Smt. Pratibha Patil had always been a silent crusader who believes in ‘‘क्रियाएं शब्दों से अधिक जोर से बोलती हैं’, and even after providing so much to society, her efforts and action are often unsung and unheard.
