Peer Ghulam Hassan Shah’s biography is like a detailed document on Kashmir’s recent history by the man in charge of things himself.
As a living legend of J&K Police speaks up, a long timeline dotted with riveting stories comes alive. Written in an oral history style, Shah shares his thoughts about his upbringing and anecdotes about his personal and professional life.
This book is mainly based on the events from the perspective of a police officer.
Shah, one of the most highly decorated police officers, is a deep repository of stories about the recent history of Kashmir.
He joined the police force as an assistant sub-inspector and rose to become the first director general of the J&K Police. Witness to the most crucial moments in the history of Kashmir, his imprints on the positions he served are deep, and indestructible.
He was the person responsible for expanding the role of police from maintaining the law and order to involvement in the community, with the purpose of improving the well being of the citizens the police would serve. As DGP, he started the process of modernising the police in J&K.
Shah is a personification of the history of the police department in the state of J&K. This biography captures his life from the very beginning to the very end of his service, and even beyond retirement.
Starting with his childhood, moving on to the college life, then the beginning of the police career, this book goes on to some of the crucial moments of the recent past. The chapter titled ‘Recovery of Mou-i-Muqadus’ would be of immense interest for the readers.
The author of this biography is another prominent police officer from J&K, Abdul Rashid Khan, a former inspector general of police. A post-graduate in economics from Kashmir University, Khan qualified KAS exams and later joined the police department as a deputy superintendent of police. He was later inducted into IPS. After his retirement as IGP, Khan served as a member of the J&K State Human Rights Commission.
The book is available on Amazon.