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Patil creates history, becomes first female president to fly in a fighter jet

by ANI November 25, 2009 India News

President Pratibha Devisingh Patil created history on Wednesday by becoming the first serving female head of state to fly in an Indian Air Force Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter aircraft from the Lohegaon Air Force Base here. What was even more remarkable was the fact that she achieved the feat at the ripe age of 74.
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President Pratibha Patil to fly IAF’s fighter jet

by ANI November 24, 2009 India News

President Pratibha Devisingh Patil is all set to enter the record books by flying Sukhoi-30 on Wednesday from Pune Airbase, an attempt which is likely to register her name in Guinness Book of World Records.
President Patil, 74, is scheduled to fly in the Indian Air Force’s (IAF) most potent multi-role combat aircraft, the Sukhoi-30 MKI, [...]

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President Patil to enter Guinness Book by flying fighter jet

by ANI November 17, 2009 India News

President Pratibha Devisingh Patil is all set to enter Guinness Book of world records on November 25 by becoming the first lady president to fly a fighter jet.
The President will fly on the fourth-generation twin-seater Sukhoi-30MKI at the Lohegaon airbase in Pune on November 25.
“We all should be proud that it will be a record [...]

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Spain’’s Crown Prince Felipe called on President Patil

by ANI November 11, 2009 India News

Spain’’s Crown Prince Felipe called on President Pratibha Devisingh Patil here on Wednesday.
Prince Felipe, also known as the Prince of Asturias and Princess Letizia arrived in Mumbai on Tuesday.
They met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna earlier in the day.
Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia would be inaugurating an exhibition of Picasso etching [...]

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Patil calls for concerted global combatting of terrorism

by ANI September 7, 2009 World

Expressing her happiness over the regular meetings of the India-Tajikistan Joint Commission, visiting Indian President Pratibha Devisingh Patil on Monday emphasised the need for both countries and the rest of the international community to make a concerted effort to cooperate and combat the menace of terrorism.
During her talks with the Tajik leadership, President Patil mentioned [...]

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Patil meets Putin to discuss trade ties, terrorism

by ANI September 4, 2009 World

President Pratibha Devisingh Patil’s meeting with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Friday focused on the issue of terrorism and strengthening of economic relations between the two countries.
Patil, who is on a five-day visit to the country, discussed bilateral issues with Putin.
The two leaders were in complete agreement that the world community has [...]

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India and Russia discuss regional security, terrorism

by ANI September 3, 2009 World

Visiting Indian President Pratibha Devisingh Patil and her Russian counterpart Dmitry A. Medvedev met in the Green Reception Room of The Grand Kremlin Palace on Thursday.
The two leaders discussed regional security, Mumbai terror attacks, terrorism, and Afghanistan besides issues of bilateral and multi-lateral importance to both countries.
India and Russia noted that there were ample opportunities [...]

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Manmohan Singh calls on President Patil

by ANI August 28, 2009 India News

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called on President Pratibha Devisingh Patil at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here on Friday.
The meeting lasted for about 50 minutes.
“They discussed about various issues of national and international importance and also President’s forthcoming State Visit to Russia and Tajikistan,” said a statement from Rashtrapati Bhavan.

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President Patil pays homage to the victims of the Auschwitz concentration camp

by ANI April 27, 2009 World

President Pratibha Devisingh Patil here on Sunday paid homage to the victims of the Auschwitz concentration camp, where at Nazi forces killed least 1.1 million Jews during World War II.
On visit to the concentration camps, put up by Nazi Germany during World War II, President Patil described it as human misery and height of cruelty.
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