Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya, India’s first women Director General of Police (DGP), passed way in Mumbai on Monday night after a brief illness. She was 72.
Bhattacharya had been hospitalized in Mumbai for over five months.
In a first, 1973 batch woman IPS officer, Bhattacharya was appointed the DGP of Uttarakhand in the year 2004. She was the second woman IPS in the country after Kiran Bedi, After retirement on October 31, 2007, she entered politics by contesting the 2014 Lok Sabha election on an Aam Aadmi Party’s ticket from Haridwar constituency but was not able to win.
She is survived by her husband and two daughters. Her last rites will be performed later today.
A native of Amritsar, Bhattacharya was determined to join the police force and struggled a lot to achieve her dreams.
Tele serial, “Udaan” made by her younger sister Kavita Chaudhary was a hugely popular show bringing to fore her life and struggles as a policewoman. Bhattacharya also made a guest appearance on the show.
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