Chaube, Rasika.

An inspirational journey: Pratibha Devisingh Patil, the first woman president of India/ Rasika Chaube, Chhaya Mahajan. - New Delhi : S. Chand & Co. on behalf of Shram Sadhna Delhi, 2010. - 313 p., [22] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.

1. The Journey Begins -- 2. The Legacy -- 3. Childhood Memories -- 4. Early Schooling and Friends -- 5. Growing Up - Those Who Made a Difference -- 6. Meeting Yashwantrao Chavan -- 7. The First Election: 1962 -- 8. Member of the Legislative Assembly and a Lawyer -- 9- Marriage -- 10. At the In-laws' House -- 11. The Second Election : 1967 -- 12. Devisingh—Partner Through Thick and Thin -- 13. Rajendra and Jyoti -- 14. A Congress worker: Equation with its Leader — Indira Gandhi -- 15. Vidhan Sabha —The Fertile Ground that Shaped Tai -- 16. Leader of the Opposition -- 17. Tryst with Rajya Sabha -- 18. Tai —The Member of Parliament -- 19. Flight to Governorship -- 20. And then - The President of India -- 21. The Human Touch
22. "Quote Unquote"

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