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India's first woman DGP Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya dies

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Published : Aug 27, 2019, 8:19 AM IST

India's first woman Director General of Police (DGP), Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya died after a prolonged illness in Mumbai on Monday.

India's first woman DGP Kanchan Chaudhary dies

Dehradun: The first woman Director General of Police (DGP), Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya passed away following an illness in Mumbai on Monday night.

Bhattacharya, a 1973 batch IPS officer, made history when she was appointed as the DGP of Uttarakhand in the year 2004. She retired as the DGP on October 31, 2007.

After retirement, she took a plunge into politics by contesting the 2014 Lok Sabha election on an Aam Aadmi Party's ticket from Haridwar constituency. However, she could not make it to the lower house of Parliament.

  • प्रदेश की पूर्व DGP श्रीमती कंचन चौधरी भट्टाचार्य, 1973 बैच की IPS अधिकारी, जो कुछ समय से बीमार चल रही थी, के निधन पर #UttarakhandPolice उनके परिजनों के प्रति शोक संवेदना व्यक्त करते हुए उत्तराखंड पुलिस में उनके द्वारा दिए गए अभूतपूर्व योगदान को याद करती है।@IPS_Association pic.twitter.com/dmk3IRthg6

    — Uttarakhand Police (@uttarakhandcops) August 26, 2019 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data=" ">

Uttarakhand Police in a Twitter post remembered Bhattacharya. "Uttarakhand Police expresses condolences on her demise and remembers her phenomenal contribution," it said.

Also, read: Government withdraws former PM Manmohan Singh's SPG cover

Dehradun: The first woman Director General of Police (DGP), Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya passed away following an illness in Mumbai on Monday night.

Bhattacharya, a 1973 batch IPS officer, made history when she was appointed as the DGP of Uttarakhand in the year 2004. She retired as the DGP on October 31, 2007.

After retirement, she took a plunge into politics by contesting the 2014 Lok Sabha election on an Aam Aadmi Party's ticket from Haridwar constituency. However, she could not make it to the lower house of Parliament.

  • प्रदेश की पूर्व DGP श्रीमती कंचन चौधरी भट्टाचार्य, 1973 बैच की IPS अधिकारी, जो कुछ समय से बीमार चल रही थी, के निधन पर #UttarakhandPolice उनके परिजनों के प्रति शोक संवेदना व्यक्त करते हुए उत्तराखंड पुलिस में उनके द्वारा दिए गए अभूतपूर्व योगदान को याद करती है।@IPS_Association pic.twitter.com/dmk3IRthg6

    — Uttarakhand Police (@uttarakhandcops) August 26, 2019 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data=" ">

Uttarakhand Police in a Twitter post remembered Bhattacharya. "Uttarakhand Police expresses condolences on her demise and remembers her phenomenal contribution," it said.

Also, read: Government withdraws former PM Manmohan Singh's SPG cover

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