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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
9/9/1997Designated court decides to frame charges against 49 persons, including Shiv Sena Supremo Bal Thackeray, BJP president L. K. Advani and former U.P. Chief Minister Kalyan Singh, in cases relating to Babri Masjid demolition in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992.
3/18/1990Devi Lal, Deputy PM, withdraws his resignation.
5/5/1986Controversial Muslim Women Bill passed by Lok Sabha.
11/13/1970Flooding ravages Ganges delta. 200,000 million killed.
11/13/1970Royal Charter forms the East India Company, setting in motion a process that ultimately results in the subjugation of India under British rule.
8/6/1998The Maharashtra Government rejects the Srikrishna Commission findings on the 1992-93 communal riots and the serial blasts in Mumbai, but agrees to act on the panel's suggestions to refurbish the police force.
6/8/1998A Disaster Management Cell (DMC) under the direct command of the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, South Western Air Command, was set up at the Command Operations Room to liaise with the State Government and initiate necessary actions. All aircrafts were evacuated from IAF bases at Jamnagar, Bhuj and Naliya and flown to pre-determined destinations. In this meticulously planned and smoothly executed drill, more than 60 aircrafts (including helicopters) were flown out.
1/1/1926Mohammad Abdul Hye, educationist, was born at Alitangani, (Nowgong).
5/28/1978The kiss comes to the Hindi screen in 'Love Sublime,' and is seen as a sign of what the govt. calls greater 'creative freedom,' after Indira Gandhi's authoritarian rule at Bombay.
8/21/1972A law was passed for protecting wild animals, including lions and tigers, from extinction.