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Cecily Demise
May 24 , 2026
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- Cecily, widely recognised as Tamil Nadu’s first woman police constable, passed away recently.
- She joined the Tamil Nadu Police in 1973 as part of the State’s first all-women police unit in Madras City.
- The pioneering batch included 22 women personnel, including the first woman Sub-Inspector, Usharani Narendra.
- The first batch of women police personnel was recruited during the tenure of former Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi.
- G. Thilakavathi and Latika Saran later became the first women from Tamil Nadu to join the Indian Police Service (IPS).
- Former Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa inaugurated India’s first All-Women Police Station in Chennai’s Thousand Lights area.
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