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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 |
| 10/5/1957 | Nehru becomes the first recipient of the key of Hiroshima Peace City. |
| 10/26/1932 | Indian Muslim leader demands that Gandhi be released from prison. The Viceroy responded that this was only possible if Gandhi disassociated himself from the civil disobedience campaign. |
| 2/4/1973 | India's then biggest commercial ship merchant fleet 88,000 DWT super tanker ""Jawaharlal Nehru"" commenced its services for the Nation. |
| 11/10/1960 | B. N. Jha was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 08-03-1961 |
| 5/5/1989 | Naval Tata, famous industrialist, passed away. |
| 4/12/1991 | Lok Sabha elections announced for May 20, 23, 26; Punjab Assam, J&K polls deferred. |
| 5/18/1772 | Janoji Bhosle, warrior in Peshwa kingdom, passed away. |
| 7/8/1907 | Elphinstone Picture Palace was started by Jamshedji F. Madan at Calcutta. |
| 10/14/1994 | Setu Madhavrao Pagdi, researcher and historian, died. |
| 7/28/1946 | Sister Alphonsa, good teacher and social worker, died at Bharananganam. |
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