- Ved Marwah
Ved Prakash Marwah (born
September 15 1932 ) is a former governor ofManipur ,Mizoram andJharkhand .He was born in
Peshawar , now in Pakistan. A former member of theIndian Police Service , Ved Marwah has held many assignments in different states in India during his 36 year career. These include Commissioner of Police,Delhi , Director General of the National Security Guard, and Adviser to the Governors inJammu & Kashmir andBihar .He headed the Marwah Commission, which was appointed in November 1984 to enquire into the role of the police during
1984 Anti-Sikh riots . Mr Marwah almost completed his inquiry towards the middle of 1985 when he was directed by theRajiv Gandhi Government not to proceed further as Misra Commission had been appointed by then. Complete records of the Marwah Commission were taken over by the government and were later transferred to the Misra Commission. However, the most important part of the record, namely the handwritten notes of Mr Marwah, which contained important information, were not transferred to the Misra Commission.He served as governor of Manipur from 1999 to 2003, governor of Mizoram from 2000 to 2001, and governor of Jharkhand from 2003 to 2004.
He has written a book "Uncivil Wars: Pathology of Terrorism in India".
He is also on the governing council of world renowned Asian Academy Of Film And Television.
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