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Pratibha Devisingh Patil became the 12th president of India on July 25, 2007. She was born on December 19, 1934, so she was 72 years old when she became president. Patil was a member of the Indian National Congress and served as the governor of Rajasthan from 2004 to 2007. She was the first woman to be elected president of India.