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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
1/14/1843Fakir Mohan Senapati, great writer and nationalist, was born.
6/24/1991Two LIC officers burnt to death in Kashmir.
2/25/1923S. Kumaran, political, social reformer and Trade Union worker, was born in Alleppey, Kerala.
10/29/1961New All India Muslim League was established.
2/10/1916Revolutionary Sohanlal Pathak hanged.
2/25/1910Dalai Lama, Tibeten monk, flees from Chinese troops and takes refuge in India.
1/19/1910Vinayak Damodar Karnaki (Master Vinayak), famous Marathi actor, director and producer, was born.
12/14/1999The Prime Minister informs the Lok Sabha that Ram Prakash Gupta has denied the remarks on temple construction.
6/10/1997Three Indians - Kumaramangalam Birla, Ratan Tata and Dhirubhai Ambani - figure in the list of Asia's top 100 super rich.
7/21/1947Indian Constitution Assembly accepted the tricolour flag as its National Flag. This flag is with three equal horizontal stripes of Saffron (Sacrifice), White (Truth) and Green (Prosperity) and a Chakra is superimposed on white (Dharma Chakra on the capitol of Ashoka's Pillar at Sarnath) in blue colour having 24 spokes. The ratio of the width to length is two to three.