Ved Marwah

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Ved Prakash Marwah (born September 15, 1932) is a former governor of Manipur, Mizoram and Jharkhand.

He was born in Peshawar, now in Pakistan. 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, 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 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 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.