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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
12/20/1992BJP launches campaign to oust Rao government; Vajpayee goes on fast.
3/7/1911Sachchitanand Hiranand Vatsyayan, (Agyeya), modern Hindi literary journalist, freedom fighter and the winner of Jnanpith Award of 1979, was born.
4/14/1998Kushabhau Thakre is declared elected BJP president.
4/16/1962Third Lok Sabha constituted after the third general election in India. J. L. Nehru forms the third Congress ministry.
5/7/1996Third and final phase of polling begins for 185 LS constituencies and 154 assembly constituencies; 55 to 60\% turnout was witnessed and there was widespread violence in Bihar.
9/27/199573 people died in a coal mine accident in Gaslitand in Dhanbad district, Bihar, when flood water leaked into the mine.
2/26/1975Bhanubhai Shah established the first kite museum of India called 'Shankar Kendara' in Ahmedabad.
4/2/1970Privy purses and special privileges of former Indian rulers abolished.
2/8/1897Dr. Zakir Hussain, third President of India and Educationist, was born in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.
2/12/194614 killed in Calcutta riots; Muslim leader Jinnah threatens civil war.