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.The 72-year-old lawyer cruised to a landslide win over incumbent 84-year-old Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat for the largely ceremonial post.“I… hereby declare that Mrs Pratibha Devisingh Patil has been duly elected to [...]
