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Historical Event on 6/9/1949
Kiran Bedi, the first woman Indian Police Service Officer, was born in Amritsar, Punjab.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/3/1954 | Over 350 Hindus trampled to death in a stampede at religious rites at New Delhi. |
| 7/24/1997 | Mahasweta Devi, Bengali litterateur, is recipient of this year's Ramon Magsaysay Award for journalism, literature and creative communication arts for her writings on indigenous communities. |
| 7/17/1948 | Govt. announced that all discriminations against women in matter of employment will be done away with and in future, women will be eligible for any public service including administrative sevice and police service. |
| 7/6/1999 | The Indian High Commission staff member Yog Raj Vij, who was beaten up and abducted by Pakistani intelligence operatives, is released. India strongly condemns this assault. |
| 1/3/1836 | Munshi Newal Kishore, son of Jamuna Prasad Bhargava--a zamindar of Aligarh-- and a great erudite scholar, educationist, nationalist, social worker and a pioneer industrialist, was born. He was the founder of Navalkishore Press, Lucknow (1858), which published 2612 books that elaborated Hindi literature. He was the Publisher of Awadhi Newspaper in Asia. |
| 1/18/1995 | Kumble takes 16-99 in a match for Karnataka vs Kerala. |
| 4/4/1926 | Martial law is declared in Calcutta as rioting continues. |
| 6/6/1997 | U.S. Congress honours Mother Teresa with a gold medal. |
| 3/16/1832 | Sarfoji Bhosle, King of Tanjawar, passed away. |
| 8/4/1935 | Government of India got the Royal Assent Act 1935. |
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