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Who was the first woman IPS officer of India?


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Kiran Bedi is the first woman to become an IPS Officer in India.

About Kiran Bedi

  • She is one of the most popular civil servants of India who fought against the exploitation of women and drug abuse and aided several campaigns for the same.
  • Some of her remarkable activities are the favourable practices she took for the prison inmates in Tihar Jail, tackling other crimes rampant in Delhi, dealing with illegal liquor trafficking.
  • She won the Ramon Magsaysay Award for her revolutionary and modern approach.

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