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India Elects First Woman President

AFP   |   July 21, 2007 09:12 AM

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Pratibha Patil has been elected India's new president, becoming the first woman to hold the office in the nation's six decades of independence, state-run media said Saturday.

The 72-year-old lawyer cruised to a comfortable victory over incumbent 84-year-old Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat in the race for the largely ceremonial post, Doordarshan television network reported.

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