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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
12/25/1999An Indian Airlines aircraft with 187 passengers on board is hijacked. The plane was going from Katmandu to New Delhi. It lands near Abu Dhabi after several hops.
2/22/1854Kawasji Nanabhai Dawar started the first Cloth Mill namely 'Bombay Spinning Mills'.
7/21/1962Passenger Train and Freight Train collided near Dumraon killing 69 persons.
5/7/1991Haryana beat Bombay in the cricket Ranji Trophy final by 2 runs.
10/15/1977The Congress party denies bid by Indira Gandhi to regain leadership.
9/20/1856Narayan Guru was born in Chempazhanthi village of Kerala. Sri Narayan Guru was a social reformer, led reform movement in Kerala, rejected casteism, and promoted new values of spiritual freedom and social equality. He also stressed the need for the spiritual and social uplift of the downtrodden by their own efforts through the establishment of temples and educational institutions. In the process, he denounced the superstitions that clouded the fundamental Hindu cultural convention of caste.
7/1/1955S. P. Kampani, was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 18-07-1957.
2/16/1933Surya Sen Masterda, revolutionary freedom fighter, who attacked the Armoury of Chittagong with 62 men of the Indian Republican Army and was underground on Jalalabad Hills, was arrested.
11/16/1986Second SAARC summit held at Bangalore.
11/16/1986Guru Amardasji passed away.