Ved Marwah

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Ved Marwah is a former governor of Manipur, Mizoram and Jharkhand.

A former member of the Indian Police Service, Ved Marwah has held many assignments in different states in India during his 36 year career. These include Deputy Commissioner of Police, Delhi, Director General of the National Security Guard, and Adviser to the Governors in Jammu & Kashmir and Bihar.

He headed the Marwah Commission .This commission was appointed in November 1984 to enquire into the role of the police during the carnage of November 1984. Mr Marwah almost completed his inquiry towards the middle of 1985 when he was directed by the Rajiv 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 has written a book "Uncivil Wars: Pathology of Terrorism in India"