Profile details
- Born
- 9 Jun 1949
- Birthplace
- Amritsar
- State listed
- Punjab
- Country
- India
- Sport
- Tennis
- Discipline
- Racquet
- Category
- Women
- Status
- Active
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Honours & Awards
- ▸Jawarharlal Nehru Fellowship
- ▸President's Police Medal
- ▸Ramon Magsaysay Award
Statistics
About
Kiran Bedi (born 9 June 1949) is a former tennis player who became the first Indian woman to join the officer ranks of the Indian Police Service (IPS) in 1972 and was the 24th lieutenant governor of Puducherry from 28 May 2016 to 16 February 2021. She remained in service for 35 years before taking voluntary retirement in 2007 as Director General, Bureau of Police Research and Development. As a teenager, Bedi was crowned the national junior tennis champion in 1966.
Biography adapted from Kiran Bedi on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Snapshot taken — where the text describes a role or a club in the present tense, read it as of that date.
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