A remarkable piece of history unfolded precisely five decades ago when then Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi inaugurated the country's first women's police station in Kozhikode. The PM then handed the station's first sub-inspector, M Padminiamma, a pen to sign the inaugural register.
Kerala Police takes immense pride in declaring it the first police station in Asia for women on their website, yet there's a twist to this tale. Some assert that this trailblazing initiative might, in fact, hold the distinction of being the world's first of its kind.
Kerala Police takes immense pride in declaring it the first police station in Asia for women on their website, yet there's a twist to this tale. Some assert that this trailblazing initiative might, in fact, hold the distinction of being the world's first of its kind.