Devisingh Ramsingh Shekhawat is the husband of Pratibha Patil

Pratibha Patil

Pratibha Devisingh Patil is the 12th President of the Republic of India and first woman to hold the office. She was sworn in as President of India on 25 July 2007, succeeding Dr. A.P.J...

, the current President of India

President of India

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, therefore the First Gentleman of India. He is a member of the political party Indian National Congress

Indian National Congress

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 and a former mayor of Amravati

Amravati

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. He was a member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly during 1985-1990. His ancestors migrated to Khallar

Khallar

Khallar is a village in the Daryapur taluka of Amravati district in Amravati division of Vidarbha region of Maharashtra state in India.These is a Police Station at the village. Ancestor of Devisingh Ransingh Shekhawat had migrated here fro Rajasthan about a century ago....

, Maharashtra

Maharashtra

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 from Chota Losal village in Sikar district

Sikar district

Sikar District is a district of the state of Rajasthan in western India. The town of Sikar is the district headquarters.-Location:The district is located in the north-eastern part of the state of Rajasthan. It is bounded on the north by Jhunjhunu District, in the north-west by Churu district, in...

 in Rajasthan

Rajasthan

Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...

about a century ago.

An educator, Devisingh married Pratibha Patil on July 7, 1965. They have a son and a daughter.