Sadhu Ram Chaudhari, OBE, IGP (born July 14, 1900, date of death unknown) was the first police chief of the state of

Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh (; ; "Snow-laden Mountain Province") is a state in the northern part of India. Situated in the Western Himalayas, it is one of the thirteen mountain states and is characterized by an extreme landscape featuring several peaks ...

(then a union territory) and union territories of

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...

and

Ajmer Ajmer is one of the major and oldest cities in the Indian state of Rajasthan and the centre of the eponymous Ajmer District. It is located at the centre of Rajasthan. It is also known as heart of Rajasthan. The city was established as "''Aj ...

in independent India."...examination was instituted in 1922, the following IP officers who came to the Indian Punjab in 1947 had joined: SR Chaudhari, 1923", Police and politics in twentieth century Punjab, pp 57, Bhagwan Singh Danewalia, Ajanta, 1997The India Office and Burma Office list for 1945, pp 324, Great Britain. India Office, Harrison and Sons, ltd., 1945The Times of India directory and year book including who's who, pp 698, Times of India, Bombay, The Times of India Press, 1952''"The Police Administration in the State was headed by an Inspector General of Police who was also Inspector General of Police for Union Territories of Delhi and Ajmer. Sh. S.R. Chaudhary IP, was the first IGP."''
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Family background

He was born on July 14, 1900. He was born in

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caste. He was the son of Chaudhari Gurdit Singh Saini and Shanti Devi of village Rallana in the

Hoshiarpur Hoshiarpur () is a city and a Municipal corporations in India, municipal corporation in Hoshiarpur district in the Doaba region of the Indian state of Punjab, India, Punjab. It was founded, according to tradition, during the early part of the ...

district of Punjab. He was Indian Police Services of officer of Punjab cadre and had joined Punjab Police in Oct 1922.

Police career

He joined the Indian Police as Asst-Supdt. of Police and worked in the various districts of the Punjab as Supdt. of Police up to 1946. In 1948 he was given the joint command of the police forces of

and

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, also called Commissioner of Police in union territories.

and

were still union territories in 1948.

OBE decoration

In 1945 Chaudhari received the decoration of

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. The Times of India directory and year book including who's who: Volume 38, Sir Stanley Reed, Bennett, Coleman & Co., 1953

References

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Family background

Police career

OBE decoration

See also

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