Kiran Bedi Height, Age, Family, Wiki & More

Bio

NickName(s)

- Crane Bedi

Profession(s)

- Politician, Civil Servant (retired IPS)

Real Name

Kiran Peshawaria

Physical Stats

Height (approx.)

in feet inches- 5 3

Weight (approx.)

in kilograms- 55 kg

Eye Colour

Black

Hair Colour

Black

Career

Awards/Honours

1968:

- 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.

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:

- LOreal Paris Femina Women Award for social impact.

Famous For

- Being the first female IPS Officer

Personal Life

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Date Of Birth

Thursday, 09 Jun 1949

Age:

Birthplace

Amritsar, Punjab

Zodiac Sign

Gemini

Nationality

Indian

Hometown

Amritsar, Punjab

Schools

- Sacred Heart Convent School, Amritsar (1954)

College(s)

- Government College for Women, Amritsar

- Panjab University, Chandigarh

- Delhi University, New Delhi

- IIT, Delhi

Educational Qualification

- PhD (Social Sciences) (1993)

Religion

Hinduism

Caste

Khatri

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Food Habit

Non-Vegetarian

Address

- 56, First Floor, Uday Park, New Delhi-110049

Hobbies

Playing Lawn Tennis, Photography, Travelling, Reading, Writing

Relationships

Marital Status

Widow

Affair(s)

- Brij Bedi (Tennis Player)

Marriage Date

Thursday, 09 Mar 1972

Family

Children

Daughter

- - Sukriti (Saina) (born in September 1975)

Spouse(s)

- Brij Bedi (Tennis Player); died in 2016 of cardiac arrest

Parents

Father

- - Prakash Lal Peshawaria (Textile Businessman)

Mother

- - Prem Lata

Siblings

- None

- Shashi

- Reeta Peshawariya (Tennis Player, Writer)

- Anu (Tennis Player)

Favourites

Sport(s)

Lawn Tennis

Personal Belongings / Assets

Cars Collection

- Maruti 800 (Regn. No. DBB239) Model 1985

Assets/Properties

- Worth 2.5 Crore (approx.)

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

- 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 Factor

Salary (approx.)

- Rs. 3.5 lakh (as of 2018)

Net Worth

- Rs. 11 Crore (as in 2014)

Personal Details

Bio

NickName(s): Crane Bedi
Profession(s): Politician, Civil Servant (retired IPS)
Real Name: Kiran Peshawaria

Physical Stats

Height (approx.): in feet inches- 5 3
Weight (approx.): in kilograms- 55 kg
Eye Colour: Black
Hair Colour: Black

Career

Awards/Honours: NCC Cadet Officer Award., President's Police Medal for Gallantry for her role in preventing violence during Akali-Nirankari clashes., Ramon Magsaysay Award for government service., Lion of the Year by Lions Club, KK Nagar for community service., United Nations Medal for outstanding service., Mother Teresa Memorial National Award for Social Justice by All India Christian Council for reforms in prison and penal systems., Most Admired Woman in the Country by The Week magazine., LOreal Paris Femina Women Award for social impact.
Famous For: Being the first female IPS Officer

Personal Life

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Lesser Known Facts: Does Kiran Bedismoke?: No, DoesKiran Bedi drink alcohol?:No, Her great-great-grandfather had migrated from Peshawar to Amritsar., She was brought up in both Hindu and Sikh traditions., Her father was an active Lawn Tennis player. Later, Kiran Bedi got inspired by her father and started playing Tennis at the age of 9., Kiran Bedi went on to play professional Tennis at the National level and also represented India in Sri Lanka; where the Indian team won the Lionel Fonseka Memorial Trophy in 1973., Its said that the reason behind her short-cut-hair is Tennis; as Bedi didnt consider long hairs comfortable while playing the sport., While in school, she joined the National Cadet Corps (NCC) and actively participated in extra-curricular activities., After completing her masters degree in political science from Panjab University, Chandigarh, she worked as a lecturer at Khalsa Collegefor Women in Amritsarfrom 1970 to 1972., She was inspired to join the Indian civil services by the civil servants at the Service Club in Amritsar. There, she also met her future husband Raj Bedi., After being inducted into the Indian Police Service in 1972, Bedi underwent9 months of police training at Mount Abu in Rajasthan., In the popular media, Kiran Bedi is slated to be the first woman IPS officer., After her first postingto the Chanakyapuri subdivision of Delhi in 1975, she went on to become the first womanto lead the all-male contingent of the Delhi Police at the Republic Day Parade in 1975., On 15 November 1978, she successfully handled the clashes of Nirankari and Akali Sikhs near India Gate in Delhi and was honoured withthe Police Medalfor Gallantry by the Indian President in October 1980 for the same., In 1979, shecreditably reduced the crime in the West District of Delhi by recruiting civilian volunteers in each nearby village,night patrolling by civilians andarmed policemen, installing complaint boxes in each ward, and by implementing an open door policy that helped citizens to interact with her directly for any complaint., In October 1981, she became DCP (Traffic) and skillfully handled the traffic crises (caused bythe 1982 Asian Games) with the co-operation of Delhi Electric Supply Undertaking, MunicipalCorporation, and Development Authority of Delhi. She also used the policies like replacing challans with spot fines for erraticmotorists and towing the improperly parked vehicles., She collected thetraffic guidance materialsworth 3,500,000 with the help of sponsors and provided four-wheelers(first time) to the inspectors working in the traffic unit in Delhi. During this time, she also acquired the name Crane Bedi due to her unbiasedimplementation of traffic laws and lauding the Sub-Inspector Nirmal Singh who towed-away the Ambassador car of the Prime Minister Office (PMO), which was not properly parked., After the Asian Games, when Asian Jyoti was offered to her for meticulously managing the traffic during the games, she refused to take the award and asked the authorities to dedicate the award to the entire police unit (Traffic)., In 1983, Kiran Bedi was transferred to Goa for three years; according to sources, some senior officers including Indira Gandhis aides R. K. Dhawan and Yashpal Kapoor played a role in her transfer., While in Goa, Bedis then 7-year-old daughter was seriously ill; who had been suffering fromthe Nephritic Syndrome since the age of three, Bedi took privilegeleave for the first time in her decade-long career to look after her daughter who was undergoing treatment at the AIIMS in Delhi., In 1986, while serving asDCP of Delhis North District, she started severaldetox centres to address the problem of drug addiction, and after her transfer to a new post, she, along with other 15 police officers, institutionalized those centres as Navjyoti Police Foundation for Correction, De-addiction and Rehabilitation, a foundation working against the drug-addiction., In 1990, after the Wadhwa Commission censured Kiran Bedi, she was transferred to Mizoram as theDeputy Inspector General (Range)., While in Mizoram, Bedi finished a major part of her PhD and also started penning-down her autobiography., In 1993, she was appointed asthe Inspector General (IG) to the Delhi Prisons. While working as the Inspector General of Tihar Jail, she brought several reforms like introducing Vipassana and Yoga sessions in the prison, vocational training for prisoners, and many more. For these improvements, she has received the honours like Ramon Magsaysay Award and the Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship., United Nations has given the Serge Soitiroff Memorial Award to her Vision Foundation, which was established with the purpose of Police and Prison reformsin 1994., Along with Arvind Kejriwal and, She is counted among those police officers who have taken a very few leaves/holidays during their tenure., In 2015, she entered the politics after joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)., She has also hosted a famous TV series Aap Ki Kacheri on Star Plus channel.
Date Of Birth: 9 June 1949
Birthplace: Amritsar, Punjab
Zodiac Sign: Gemini
Nationality: Indian
Hometown: Amritsar, Punjab
Schools: Sacred Heart Convent School, Amritsar (1954)
College(s): Government College for Women, Amritsar, Panjab University, Chandigarh, Delhi University, New Delhi, IIT, Delhi
Educational Qualification: PhD (Social Sciences) (1993)
Religion: Hinduism
Caste: Khatri
Food Habit: Non-Vegetarian
Address: 56, First Floor, Uday Park, New Delhi-110049
Hobbies: Playing Lawn Tennis, Photography, Travelling, Reading, Writing

Relationships

Marital Status: Widow
Affair(s): Brij Bedi (Tennis Player)
Marriage Date: 9 March 1972

Family

Children: - Sukriti (Saina) (born in September 1975)
Spouse(s): Brij Bedi (Tennis Player); died in 2016 of cardiac arrest
Parents: - Prakash Lal Peshawaria (Textile Businessman), - Prem Lata
Siblings: None, Shashi, Reeta Peshawariya (Tennis Player, Writer), Anu (Tennis Player)

Favourites

Sport(s): Lawn Tennis

Personal Belongings / Assets

Cars Collection: Maruti 800 (Regn. No. DBB239) Model 1985
Assets/Properties: Worth 2.5 Crore (approx.), A pair of ear tops weighing 5 gm; worth 27 thousand, 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 Factor

Salary (approx.): Rs. 3.5 lakh (as of 2018)
Net Worth: Rs. 11 Crore (as in 2014)

Updated: Sunday,Sep 20, 2026 17:49 PM GMT+05:30

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