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Kiran Bedi - Indian social activist and first woman to join the Indian Police Service

Profile of Kiran Bedi, Indian social activist, former tennis player, and retired Indian police officer.

She was the first woman to join the Police Service in 1972, and was later director general of the Bureau of Police Research and Development.

"I was very fond of power and knew power would get results."

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