Kiran Bedi Age, Husband, Children, Family, Biography & More StarsUnfolded

Publish date: 2024-05-21
Real NameKiran PeshawariaNicknameCrane BediProfession(s)Politician, Civil Servant (retired IPS)Famous ForBeing the first female IPS OfficerPhysical Stats & MoreHeight (approx.)in centimeters- 161 cm
in meters- 1.61 m
in feet inches- 5’ 3”Weight (approx.)in kilograms- 55 kg
in pounds- 121 lbsEye ColourBlackHair ColourBlackCivil ServiceServiceIndian Police Service (IPS)Batch1972CadreArunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram-Union Territories (AGMUT)Major Designation(s)1975: Sub-Divisional Police Officer at the Chanakyapuri Police Station in New Delhi.
1979: DCP Delhi's West District.
1981: DCP (Traffic) Delhi.
1983: SP (Traffic) Goa.
1984: Deputy Commandant (Railway Protection Force in New Delhi).
1984: Deputy Director (Department of Industrial Development).
1985: Assigned to the Police Headquaters, New Delhi.
1986: DCP of Delhi's North District.
1988: Deputy Director (Operations) in the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Delhi.
1990: Deputy Inspector General (Range), Mizoram.
1993: Inspector General (IG) of the Delhi Prisons.
1995: Additional Commissioner (policy and planning) at the Police Academy, Delhi.
1996: Joint Commissioner of Police of Delhi Police.
1997: Special Commissioner (Intelligence) of Delhi Police.
1999: Inspector-General of Police in Chandigarh.
2003: Appointed the United Nations Civilian Police Adviser.
2005: Director General, Home Guards.
2007: Director General of the Bureau of Police Research and Development. In November, she resigned from the Police Service; citing personal reasons.Awards, Honours, Achievements1968: NCC Cadet Officer Award.
1979: President's Police Medal for Gallantry for her role in preventing violence during Akali-Nirankari clashes.
1994: Ramon Magsaysay Award for government service.
Kiran Bedi With Ramon Magsaysay Award
1995: Lion of the Year by Lions Club, KK Nagar for community service.
2004: United Nations Medal for outstanding service.
2005: Mother Teresa Memorial National Award for Social Justice by All India Christian Council for reforms in prison and penal systems.
2006: Most Admired Woman in the Country by The Week magazine.
2014: L’Oreal Paris Femina Women Award for social impact.PoliticsPolitical PartyBharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
BJP FlagPolitical Journey2015: Joined BJP and was projected as BJP's Chief Minister (CM) candidate for the 2015 Delhi Assembly elections; however, she lost the election from Krishna Nagar constituency to AAP candidate SK Bagga by a margin of 2277 votes.
2016: On 22 May, appointed as the Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry.
2021: On 16 February, Rashtrapati Bhavan withdrew Ms Bedi from the post of the Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry.Personal LifeDate of Birth9 June 1949 (Thursday)Age (as of 2023)74 YearsBirthplaceAmritsar, PunjabZodiac signGeminiSignatureSignature of Kiran Bedi NationalityIndianHometownAmritsar, PunjabSchoolSacred Heart Convent School, Amritsar (1954)College/University• Government College for Women, Amritsar
• Panjab University, Chandigarh
• Delhi University, New Delhi
• IIT, DelhiEducational Qualification(s)• BA (Hons. in English) (1968)
• MA (Political Science)
• Law Degree from Delhi University (1988)
• PhD (Social Sciences) (1993)ReligionHinduismCasteKhatriFood HabitNon-VegetarianAddress56, First Floor, Uday Park, New Delhi-110049HobbiesPlaying Lawn Tennis, Photography, Travelling, Reading, WritingControversies• In 1983, while serving in Goa, she attracted a controversy when she informally inaugurated the Zuari Bridge for the public. This unofficial inauguration had angered many politicians.
• In the same year, she again attracted controversy when she was on leave to look after her ailing duaghter, Sukriti, in Delhi. Although she had applied for the leave, which was also recommended by the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Rajendra Mohan, the leave was not officially sanctioned by the Goa government. She was even declared absconding and absent without leave by the then Chief Minister of Goa Pratapsingh Rane
• In the 1980s, she was criticised for ordering lathi charge on a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) assembly in Red Fort area.
• In January 1988, she got involved in a feud with Delhi's lawyers when she presented a person named Rajesh Agnihotri as handcuffed in the court. The person was recognised as a lawyer practising at the Tis Hazari Court. The lawyers got angered; as a lawyer couldn't be handcuffed; even if he was involved in a serious crime.
• In 1992, when Sukriti, Kiran Bedi's daughter, applied for a seat in Lady Hardinge Medical College (Delhi), under a quota for Mizoram residents, a fierce protest was started by the students of Mizoram against the allocation, on the pretext that she was a non-Mizo. Later, Bedi had to leave Mizoram for the same.
• In the 90s, while working as the Inspector General (IG) of Tihar Jail, Bedi attracted envy from her superiors, who accused Bedi of diminishing prison's security for personal glory.
• In July 1993, the Supreme Court of India made her aware of ignoring the apex court's directives regarding giving medical attention to an under-trial prisoner.
• In 1994, she again attracted envy from the Delhi Government when the then US President Bill Clinton invited her to National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C, but the Delhi Government had refused to let her accept the invitation. In 1995, when she was again invited by Bill Clinton, and again, the Delhi Government refused to let her accept the invitation, she went on to publish a newsletter in the New York Times; criticising some of her superiors for inculcating jealousy for her meteoric rise in the governance.
• She was also criticised for providing a typewriter to the notorious criminal Charles Sobhraj; who was imprisoned in the Tihar at that time. A typewriter is one of the prohibited items as per the jail manual.
• On 26 November 2011, based on a complained filed by a Delhi-based lawyer Devinder Singh Chauhan, the crime branch of Delhi police registered a case against her for improper use of funds meant for the NGOs.Relationships & MoreMarital StatusWidowAffairs/BoyfriendsBrij Bedi (Tennis Player)Marriage Date9 March 1972FamilyHusband/SpouseBrij Bedi (Tennis Player); died in 2016 of cardiac arrest
Kiran Bedi With Her Husband Brij BediChildrenDaughter- Sukriti (Saina) (born in September 1975)
Kiran Bedi With Her Daughter Saina aka SukritiParentsFather- Prakash Lal Peshawaria (Textile Businessman)
Mother- Prem Lata
Kiran Bedi With Her ParentsSiblingsBrother
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Sisters
• Shashi
• Reeta Peshawariya (Tennis Player, Writer)
• Anu (Tennis Player)
Kiran Bedi With Her Sisters

Favourite ThingsSportLawn TennisPoliticianNarendra ModiStyle QuotientCar CollectionMaruti 800 (Regn. No. DBB239) Model 1985Assets/PropertiesMovable

Banka Balance
Worth ₹2.5 Crore (approx.)

Jewellery
A pair of ear tops weighing 5 gm; worth ₹27 thousand

Immovable

• 4.76 acre agricultural land worth more than ₹1 Crore in Village Mirawadi, Taluka Daund Distt. Pune, Maharashtra
• 2 acre agricultural land worth more than ₹50 lakh at Village Siwana, Sub Distt. Bhondsi, Gurgaon, Haryana
• 5113 sq.ft industrial plot worth more than ₹30 lakh at Industrial Development Colony, Amritsar
• 1938 sq.ft residential flat worth more than ₹4 Crore (First Floor, 56, Uday Park, New Delhi)
• 1414 sq.ft residential flat worth more than ₹1 Crore (Flat No.301, Janki Co-op Group Housing Society, Plot No.7, Sector-22, Dwarka, New Delhi)
• 3229 sq.ft residential flat worth more than ₹1 Crore (F-07, Plot No.01, P-7, Builders Area Greater Noida Dist. Gautam Budh nagar, Uttar Pradesh)

Money FactorSalary (as the Governor of Puducherry)Rs. 3.5 lakh (as of 2018)Net Worth (approx.)Rs. 11 Crore (as in 2014)

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