India elects first woman president

July 21, 2007 | 7:42pm

NEW DELHI (AFP) - Pratibha Patil was elected India's new president on Saturday, the first woman to hold the office in the nation's six decades of independence, state-run media said.

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India elects first woman president

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PRATIBHA PATIL

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