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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 |
| 12/23/1900 | Charansingh Chaudhary, former Prime Minister of India and a farmer's leader, was born. |
| 10/5/1993 | Geet Sethi retained World Billiards title by beating Mike Russel. |
| 2/8/1936 | Jawaharlal Nehru elected president of Indian National Congress. |
| 6/28/1972 | Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis died. He was the first founder of Indian statistical Institute to receive world recognition. In 1958, he started his national sample surveys. A Sample survey means assessing a situation by studying a part of it which would represent the whole, some of his proposals were included in the second five year paln. His original work made him elected as fellow of the Royal society in 1945. |
| 12/12/1872 | Balkrishna Shivram Munje, freedom fighting leader and president of Hindu Mahasabha, was born. |
| 1/9/1919 | Theophane A. Mathias, educationist, was born. |
| 3/21/1791 | Tipu Sultan capitulated to Lord Cornwallis. |
| 3/21/1791 | Meerabai, saint poet, passed away. |
| 7/3/1948 | H. M. S. Auchils was taken over by Indian Navy. |
| 6/13/1992 | Security scam: assets of three SBI officials attached. |
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