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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
5/25/1995Parliament gives assent to Budget and passes Finance Appropriation Bill.
8/4/1979Indian Airlines AVRO-748 crashes in to a hill near Bombay.
9/26/1998Sachin Tendulkar make a record 127 runs against Zimbabwe at Calcutta.
12/21/1881Pundit Sunder Lal Sharma, freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Rajim, M.P.
5/26/1926Kankalta, freedom fighter, was born in Bargawadi village at Assam . She was shot when she tried to flur the Indian National Flag in Gopur, Assam.
9/20/1928Narayan Guru ""Nanu"" of Kerala entered in maha Samadhi. His teachings are held in great reverence even today.
5/24/1903Hemchandra Bandopadhyay, famous Bengali poet, passed away.
10/18/1952Vinoo Mankad takes 13 Pakistan wickets to win first Indo-Pak clash.
4/30/1996Re-polling in 445 stations in six states.
2/19/1919Arvind Gokhle, great Marathi story writer, was born.