Kanwar Pal Singh Gill
Kanwar Pal Singh Gill | |
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Gill in 2005 | |
| Born | 29 December 1934 |
| Died | 26 May 2017 (aged 82) New Delhi, India |
| Alma mater | Panjab University (English) |
| Police career | |
| Country | India |
| Allegiance | Indian Police Service |
| Service years | 1958–1995 |
| Rank | Director General of Police for Punjab and Assam Director General of Central Reserve Police Force December 1990 - November 1991 |
| Awards | Padma Shri (1989) |
| Other work | Administrator; founded the Institute for Conflict Management |
| Director General of Police, Punjab | |
| In office 1988 – 1990 | |
| In office 1991 – 1995 | |
Kanwar Pal Singh Gill (29 December 1934 – 26 May 2017) was an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer. He served twice as DGP for the state of Punjab, India, where he is credited with having brought the Punjab insurgency under control. While many see him as a hero, there are accusations that he and the forces under his command were responsible for "multiple cases of human rights violation", "in the name of" stamping out terrorism. He was also convicted in a sexual harassment case. Gill retired from the IPS in 1995.
Gill was an author, editor, speaker, consultant on counter-terrorism, and served as president of the Institute for Conflict Management and president of the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF).