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First woman Director General of Police in India was

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The first woman IPS officer and the first woman DGP are two different people. The DGP headed the Uttarakhand police in 2004.
Updated On: Jul 17, 2026
  • Kanchan Choudhary
  • Kavitha Choudhary
  • Kiran Bedi
  • Aswathy Tonge
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The Correct Option is A

Solution and Explanation

Step 1: Get the post right first.
DGP is the top rank in a state police force. The person holding it commands the entire police of that state.
So the question is not asking about the first woman in the police service, it is asking about the first woman to reach the top chair of a state force.

Step 2: Recall who reached that chair first.
Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya, an IPS officer of the 1973 batch, was appointed DGP of Uttarakhand in 2004.
No woman had headed a state police force before her.
She served until her retirement in 2007.
She was also the second woman IPS officer India ever had.

Step 3: Deal with the Kiran Bedi trap.
Kiran Bedi is the name most people jump to, because she was the first woman IPS officer, joining in 1972, and she is a household name.
But being the first woman in the service is not the same as becoming a state DGP.
Bedi's last posting was Director General of the Bureau of Police Research and Development, a central research organisation, and she retired in 2007.
She never headed a state police force.

Step 4: Rule out the remaining two.
Kavitha Choudhary is Kanchan's sister and an actor and director. She made the serial Udaan, which was inspired by Kanchan's career. She is not a police officer at all.
Aswathy Tonge is a serving IPS officer with no such record.

Final Answer:
Option (A), Kanchan Choudhary, is correct.
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