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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
5/1/1996	Ban imposed (through a Delhi high court judgment) on the film 'Bandit Queen', based on the life of Phoolan Devi, lifted by Supreme Court.
4/2/1877	Narottam Morarjee, great social reformer and the architect of the modern Indian Shipping, was born at Porbandar.
2/2/1965	Government sanction was accorded to the Officers Training School for the start of Short Service Regular Commission.
9/28/1837	Bahadur Shah-II ascended the throne and became the emperor of Delhi at the age of 62 following the death of his father Akbar Shah-II.
11/19/1838	Keshab Chandra Sen (1838-84), nationalist leader of Bengal, was born in Calcutta. He was one of the first Indians to sow the seeds of secularism in the country. He joined the Brahmo Samaj in 1857 but seperated from it in 1866 and founded Brahma Samaj of India, a radical offshoot of the Adi Brahmo Samaj.
8/27/1870	Sharmajivi Sangha was established in Calcutta by Sashipada Banerji.
1/1/1980	This decade was announced to be observed as the ""International Decade of Water & Sanitation"".
5/26/1997	Government decides to allow the use of environment-friendly LPG as a motor vehicle fuel.
12/8/1999	The Opposition attacks Prime Minister Vajpayee for ""withholding'' information on ministers' resignation.
11/24/1999	India finish with 10 gold, eight silver and seven bronze medals in the Commonwealth shooting championship which ended in Auckland.

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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.

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.