KIRAN BEDI

𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡 & 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞(𝟏𝟗𝟒𝟗-𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟎𝐬)

Jun 9, 1949

1. 𝐵𝑜𝑟𝑛: 𝐽𝑢𝑛𝑒 𝟗 𝟏𝟗𝟒𝟗٫ 𝑖𝑛 𝐴𝑚𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑠𝑎𝑟٫ 𝐼𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑎.
2. 𝐸𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛: 𝐸𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑎 𝐵𝑎𝑐𝘩𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑟’𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝐸𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑖𝑠𝘩٫ 𝑀𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟’𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑃𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑆𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒٫ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝐿𝑎𝑤 𝑑𝑒𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒. 𝐿𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟٫ 𝑠𝘩𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑎 𝑃𝘩.𝐷. 𝑖𝑛 𝑆𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑆𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠.
3. 𝑁𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝐹𝑎𝑐𝑡: 𝐴 𝑐𝘩𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑟٫ 𝑠𝘩𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑛 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑗𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑙 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒.

𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮’𝘀 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗜𝗣𝗦 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗿 (𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟮)

1972

1. 𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡: 𝐾𝑖𝑟𝑎𝑛 𝐵𝑒𝑑𝑖 𝑗𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝐼𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑃𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑆𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒 (𝐼𝑃𝑆)٫ 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑟𝑠.
2. 𝐼𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑡: 𝛰𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑑𝑜𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑤𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑙𝑎𝑤 𝑒𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑔 𝑔𝑖𝑟𝑙𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑢𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔.

𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 & 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗵𝗶 (𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟬𝘀)

1980

1. 𝑅𝑜𝑙𝑒: 𝐷𝑒𝑝𝑢𝑡𝑦 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑃𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑒 (𝐷𝐶𝑃)٫ 𝐷𝑒𝑙𝘩𝑖 𝑇𝑟𝑎𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐.
2. 𝐼𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒: 𝐿𝑎𝑢𝑛𝑐𝘩𝑒𝑑 𝑎 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑔𝑛 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐 𝑣𝑖𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔٫ 𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒 ❝𝐶𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑒 𝐵𝑒𝑑𝑖❞ 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑉𝐼𝑃 𝑣𝑒𝘩𝑖𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑠.

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𝗧𝗶𝗵𝗮𝗿 𝗝𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀 (𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟯–𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟱)

1993

1. 𝑅𝑜𝑙𝑒: 𝐼𝑛𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝐺𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑇𝑖𝘩𝑎𝑟 𝐽𝑎𝑖𝑙٫ 𝐼𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑎’𝑠 𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑛.
2. 𝐴𝑐𝘩𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠:
   a) 𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛٫ 𝑦𝑜𝑔𝑎٫ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝘩𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑠.
   b) 𝑅𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑢𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠.
   c) 𝑊𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑅𝑎𝑚𝑜𝑛 𝑀𝑎𝑔𝑠𝑎𝑦𝑠𝑎𝑦 𝐴𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑 (𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟒) 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒.

𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸 & 𝗡𝗚𝗢 𝗜𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 (𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟬𝘀)

2000

1. 𝐹𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑: 𝑁𝑎𝑣𝑗𝑦𝑜𝑡𝑖 𝐼𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑎 𝐹𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝐼𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑎 𝑉𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝐹𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛٫ 𝑑𝑟𝑢𝑔 𝑟𝑒𝘩𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛٫ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡.
2. 𝐴𝑑𝑣𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑐𝑦: 𝐴𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛’𝑠 𝑟𝑖𝑔𝘩𝑡𝑠٫ 𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛٫ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑠.

𝗟𝗶𝗲𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝘂𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗿𝘆 (𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟲–𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭)

2016

1. 𝑅𝑜𝑙𝑒: 𝐴𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝐿𝑖𝑒𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝐺𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑃𝑢𝑑𝑢𝑐𝘩𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑦 (𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟲).
2. 𝐴𝑐𝘩𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠:
   a)𝐹𝑜𝑐𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑑𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑔𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒٫ 𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑖-𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑢𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛٫ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛’𝑠 𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡.
   b)𝐿𝑎𝑢𝑛𝑐𝘩𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐 𝑔𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝘩𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔𝘩 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎.

𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗰𝘆 & 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲

2025

1. 𝐵𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑠 𝑊𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛: 𝐼 𝐷𝑎𝑟𝑒!٫ 𝐶𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐿𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝘩𝑖𝑝٫ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐹𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝐺𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒.
2. 𝑃𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑘: 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑎 𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑟٫ 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑡٫ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑑𝑣𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑔𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑠.

𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 & 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽:

2025

1. Trailblazer for Women in Law Enforcement – Inspired future generations to join the police force.
2. Revolutionized Prison Reforms – Advocated rehabilitation over punishment.
3. Advocate for Women’s Empowerment – Focused on education, governance transparency, and leadership.
4. Continues to Inspire Leadership – Through books, public speaking, and activism.