1. Kiran Bedi was born on June 9, 1949. Her father Prakash Lal Peshawaria, a landlord in Punjab was determined to educate his four daughters at a time when women were largely limited to doing household tasks.
While studying at the Sacred Heart Convent, Kiran joined the National Cadet Corps NCC and took up tennis, a game which her father used to play.After school she went on to study Political Science at the Government College for Women, Amritsar. Sh .....
2. Kiran Bedi was born in Amritsar, Punjab, India. She was awarded a BA degree by the Government College for Women, Amritsar in 1968. She then earned a Masters degree in Social Science from Punjab University, Chandigarh, graduating top of her class in 1970. She later obtained Bachelor of Laws in 1988 from Faculty of Law, University of Delhi. In 1993, she obtained a Ph.D. in Social Sciences from the Department of Social Sciences, Indian Institute of .....
3. She did her schooling from the Sacred Heart Convent School in Amritsar. She completed her graduation in the English language from the Government College for Women in Amritsar. She received her Masters degree in Political Science from Punjab University, Chandigarh. She continued her studies, even when she joined the Indian Police force. In the year 1988, she btained a degree in Law LLB from Delhi University. In the year 1993, the Department of Soc .....
4. Her career started in the year 1970, when she took the job of a lecturer at Khalsa College for Women in Amritsar. Two years later, she joined the Indian Police Services. All the way through her career, she has taken up a number of challenging assignments. She has served as the Traffic Commissioner of New Delhi, Deputy Inspector General of Police in the insurgency prone area of Mizoram.
She has also been the Lieutenant Governor of Chandigarh and .....
5. For her outstanding work, Kiran Bedi has received a number of accolades like:
Presidents Gallantry Award 1979
Women of the Year Award 1980
Asia Region Award for Drug Prevention and Control 1991
Magsaysay Award for Government Service 1994
Mahila Shiromani Award 1995
Father Machismo Humanitarian Award 1995
Lion of the Year 1995
Joseph Beuys Award 1997
Pride of India 1999
Mother Teresa Memorial National Award for Social Justice 2005
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6. In 2014, Bedi expressed her desire to serve the country in the Narendra Modi led government, by offering herself to join the BJP.After meeting with the Prime Minsiter of India Narendra Modi, Kiran joined the Bhartiya Janata Party on 15 January 2015. BJP leader Amit Shah and union minister Arun Jaitley welcomed her in the party fold. .....
7. Kiran Bedi along with 15 other police officers set up Navjyoti India Foundation NIF in 1987,NIF started with a deaddiction and rehabilitation initiative for the drug addicts and now the organization has expanded to other social issue like illiteracy and women empowerment.In 1994 Bedi setup India Vision Foundation which works in field of police reforms, prison reforms, women empowerment and rural and community development.Her efforts have won nati .....
8. On 16 August 2011, key members of the India Against Corruption IAC including Bedi were arrested four hours before the planned indefinite hunger strike by Hazare.Bedi and other activist were later released in the evening same day.After twelve days of protests and many discussions between the government and the activists, Parliament passed a resolution to consider three points in drafting of Lokpal bill.During the period of Bedis involvement, IAC p .....
9. Navajyoti, set up in 1987, and India Vision Foundation, set up in 1994, are the two major voluntary organizations established by her with the objectives of improving the condition of the drug addicts and the poor people. Her efforts have won national and international recognition, and her organizations was awarded the Serge Soitiroff Memorial Award for drug abuse prevention by the United Nations.She also started one site named to log complaint re .....
10. Kiran Bedi married Brij Bedi in 1972, the year she started her career in the Indian Police Service IPS, and three years later, in 1975, they had daughter Saina. Among her other three siblings, Shashi is settled in Canada, Reeta is a Tennis player and writer, and Anu is also Tennis player.
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11. Kiran Bedi was the first woman police officer of the Indian Police Service. Spectators at the 1973 Republic Day Parade were amazed to see a lady at the head of the Police Contingent. The then Prime Minister, Mrs. lndira Gandhi was so impressed that she invited Kiran for breakfast with her the very next day. .....
12. In 1977, she put an end to the AkaliNirankari Sikh riots at India Gate.
1979, as DCP West Delhi, she broke up a 200yearold illicit liquor trade.
In 1981 as DCP Traffic she controlled traffic during the 1982 Asian Games efficiently. She didnt hesitate to tow away cars and once even challaned the Prime Ministers car for wrong parking near a car repair shop.
In 1985, as DCP headquarters she ordered 1600 pending promotions to be made in a single d .....
13. In the 90s she was transferred to the Tihar Jail, known as the most Notorious jail in India. She alone transferred the jail into a peaceloving ashram by introducing literacy and meditation programs. This act of courage fetched her, The Magsaysay Award and a memorable place in the history of Indian Police.
Kiran Bedi single handedly managed the Punjab separatist movement and fought against the sword carrying Sikh militants.
Her courage and achi .....
14. Kiran Bedi is one of the important social activist in the crusde against malaise of corruption along with Anna Hazare and Shanti Bhusan famous jurist. She was detained alongside veteran social activist Anna Hazare and Shashi Bhushan on 16, August 2011.
Bedi, who is an active member of Hazares crusade against corruption, told Times Now channel that she received formal release letters. She along with Anna Hazare and Shanti BHushan have been .....
15. Placed in the 5th position amongst Ten Most Admired Indians as per an exclusive Opinion Poll amongst a list of 100 eminent Indians conducted jointly by The Week dated 10 September 2000.
Voted 1st amongst Ten Most Admired Women through a nation-wide TN Sofres Mode Poll and published in The Week in its issue dated 15 September 2002 .....
16. To address International Police Chiefs Conference 1992, USA.
To attend National Prayer Breakfast with the President of USA in 1995.
To attend United Nations Women Conference at BEIJING 1995.
Invited to address Prison Governors Association, Annual Conference at Buxton, U.K. March 2000. .....
17. It was on the tennis court that Brij met his wife, Kiran Bedi who was a member of the Service Club in Amritsar. A whirlwind romance was followed by a quiet temple wedding, and soon after Kiran left to be trained as the first woman IPS officer of the country. Kirans parents moved in with her and Brij chose to remain in Punjab although he was constantly in touch with his daughter Saina, who was born in 1975. He then moved on to setting up a textile .....
19. Placed in the 5th position amongst Ten Most Admired Indians as per an exclusive opinion poll amongst a list of 100 eminent Indians conducted jointly by The Week and marketing research and opinion polling agency TNS Mode and published in The Week in its issue dated 10 September , 2000. Selected as the Top Most Admired Women in India in another exclusive opinion poll of The Week in September, 2002 Voted 1st amongst Ten Most Admired Women through a .....
20. Kiran Bedi have the ability to seeing through anything or anyone, so it is very difficult to hide anything from Kiran Bedi This clarity of insight assists in the overcoming of opposition and the achievement of satisfaction. Kiran Bedi have a quick grasp of any situation and the ability to solve any problem, for Kiran Bedi go directly to the point. .....
21. Kiran Bedi is concerned about how others will regard Kiran Bedi intellectually and are motivated to direct Kiran Bedis efforts toward education before any other areas. .....
