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India's First Woman President Elected
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| Contributor | Brandonius Maximus |
| Last Edited | Brandonius Maximus Jul 21, 2007 02:43pm |
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| Category | News |
| Media | TV News - Columbia Broadcasting System CBS News |
| News Date | Saturday, July 21, 2007 08:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | (CBS/AP) Pratibha Patil has won the race to become India's president, becoming Saturday the first woman to hold the post in a symbolic victory for the hundreds of millions of Indian women who contend with widespread discrimination.
While India has had several women in positions of power — most notably Indira Gandhi, who was elected to the more powerful position of prime minister in 1966, and her daughter-in-law, Sonia Gandhi, who currently heads the Congress party — many women still face rampant discrimination.
Patil, the 72-year-old candidate of the governing Congress party and its political allies, defeated the candidate of the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party, the incumbent Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, in the vote by national lawmakers and state legislators, the election commission announced Saturday. |
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