Ved Marwah

Ved Prakash Marwah (15 September 1932 – 5 June 2020)^[1] was an Indian police officer, who after retirement, served as governor of Manipur, Mizoram and Jharkhand.^[2] He died in Goa at the age of 87 after a three-week hospitalisation.^[3]

Ved Marwah
3rd Governor of Jharkhand
In office 12 June 2003 – 9 December 2004
Chief Minister	Arjun Munda
Preceded by	Rama Jois
Succeeded by	Syed Sibtey Razi
Governor of Bihar (Acting)
In office 1 November 2004 – 4 November 2004
Chief Minister	Rabri Devi
Preceded by	Rama Jois
Succeeded by	Buta Singh
9th Governor of Manipur
In office 2 December 1999 – 12 June 2003
Chief Minister	Wahengbam Nipamacha Singh Radhabinod Koijam Okram Ibobi Singh
Preceded by	Oudh Narayan Shrivastava
Succeeded by	Arvind Dave
Governor of Mizoram (Additional Charge)
In office 1 December 2000 – 17 May 2001
Chief Minister	Zoramthanga
Preceded by	A. Padmanabhan
Succeeded by	Amolak Rattan Kohli
Personal details
Born	Ved Prakash Marwah (1932-09-15)15 September 1932 Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, British India (present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan)
Died	5 June 2020(2020-06-05) (aged 87) Goa, India
Spouse	Kamal K Marwah
Children	Amitabh Marwah, Dipali Singh, Shefali Mehra
Alma mater	St Stephen's College, Delhi Delhi University University of Manchester
Occupation	Civil Servant Administrator
As of 01 March, 2020

Early life

He was born and raised in Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, British India. The son of Faqirchand Marwah, he immigrated to the Union of India after the Partition of India. He completed his education at St. Stephen's College, Delhi, where he served as President of the Alumni Association. He also completed a diploma in Public Administration from the University of Manchester, UK.

Police service

An officer of the Indian Police Service, Marwah has held assignments during his 36-year career, including Commissioner of Police (1985–88), Delhi; and Director General of the National Security Guard (1988–90).^[4] He was awarded India's fourth-highest civil award, the Padma Shri in 1989.^[5]

Governor and other administrative positions

He served as Adviser to the Governors of Jammu & Kashmir and Bihar, and as governor of Manipur from 1999 to 2003, governor of Mizoram from 2000 to 2001, and governor of Jharkhand from 2003 to 2004.^[6] He was also honorary Professor at the Centre for Policy Research,^[7] and President of the Centre for Policy Studies, New Delhi.^[8]

Publications

His publications include "Indian in Turmoil-J&K (2009)",^[9] "Left Extremism and Northeast", and "Uncivil Wars: Pathology of Terrorism in India".^[10]

Another publication "Counterterrorism in Punjab" was published by Indiana University, while "Autonomy in Jammu and Kashmir" was published by Kreddah, Amsterdam.

Death

Marwah died on 5 June 2020.^[11][12]