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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 |
| 10/2/1942 | Menka Devi, freedom fighter, was arrested by the police when she and her friends were carrying out Gandhi Jayanti procession. She was tortured with cigar butts and the administration set her house on fire. |
| 3/10/2000 | Nirmal Verma, distinguished Hindi writer, and eminent Punjabi novelist Gurchal Singh selected jointly for the 35th Jnanpith Award for 1999. |
| 8/1/1996 | T. S. R. Subramaniam was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-03-1998. |
| 3/9/1989 | Yasser Arafat, PLO Chairman, arrives on a two-day state visit to India. |
| 6/22/1898 | The last total Solar Eclipse of 19th century was seen in India. |
| 6/24/1869 | Hari Chapekar Damodar was born virtually. He was the first terrorist of India. |
| 5/28/1996 | BJP Govt. incapable of assembling a majority after two weeks. A left-wing coalition takes over headed by new prime minister H. D. Deve Gowda, Janata Dal leader and United Front coalition government. He held this office till 12 April 1997. |
| 9/27/1856 | Pratap Narayan Mishra, Hindi writer, was born. He is one of the pioneers of mordern Hindi language. |
| 10/26/1990 | V. Shantaram, veteran film producer, director and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, died at the age of 90 years in Bombay. |
| 7/13/1913 | Tulsi Prasad Khaitan, great industrialist, was born in Chandi village, Bihar . |
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