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<div>{{Short description|Indian police officer}}<br />
'''Shakuntala Vashishta''' <br />
was the first woman in Indian Police who later become [[deputy superintendent of police|deputy superintendent]] in 1969.<br />
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==Education==<br />
Vashishta held degrees of [[master of arts]] and [[bachelor of laws]].<ref name="EOWI"/><br />
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==Career==<br />
Vashishta started her career as an inspector in [[Punjab Police (India)|Punjab Police]].<ref name=bab>{{cite news |title=India celebrates Republic Day on Tuesday; BoI remembers Delhi Police’s first woman officer Shakuntala Vasishta |url=http://www.babusofindia.com/2016/01/india-celebrates-republic-day-on.html|access-date=22 April 2021|work=Babus of India|date=25 January 2016}}</ref> She served as police inspector for 17 years before becoming a deputy superintendent of police (DSP) in 1966.<ref name="EOWI">{{Cite encyclopedia|year=1976|title=Vashishta, Mrs. Shakuntala|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Women in India|publisher=Praveen Encyclopaedia Publications|page=252}}</ref> She became a DSP in Delhi Police in 1969.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/infrastructure/delhi-metros-ito-station-all-set-for-inauguration/a-picture-of-the-first-woman-officer/slideshow/47550141.cms|title=Delhi Metro's ITO station all set for inauguration – A picture of the first woman officer|date=5 June 2014|access-date=22 April 2021|work=The Economic Times}}</ref> She retired in September 1984 from her last office as a deputy commissioner of police from 9th Battalion of Delhi Armed Forces.<ref name=bab/><br />
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