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Historical Event on 10/5/1997

Kiran Bedi, India's first woman police officer, was awarded the Joseph Beuys prize for her work in reforming the largest prison of the country.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/4/1994Ravi Naik, Goa CM, resigns.
11/12/2000Huge voter turnout for Congress Presidential poll. Seven top BSF and IAF officials die after their MI8 helicopter crashes near Lakhpat in the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat.
5/10/1992Dr. D.S.Tyagi, Chairman of the Agricultural Costs and Prices Commission, was shot dead by suspected Sikh terrorists in Delhi.
2/24/1996S. Korean President Kim Young Sam visits India.
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.
12/4/1661Murad Baksh was executed on the charge of murdering Diwan Ali Nagi.
6/23/1920Kesri Jagannathrao Joshi, senior leader of Janata Party in Karnataka, was born.
2/24/1786Charles Cornwallis appointed Governor-General of India.
5/21/1998India declares a moratorium on nuclear testing.
3/1/1962Gaya University renamed as Magadh University.