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History

History & Background of J&K Police

History of J&K Police

In the good old times, the Police, as per Sir Walter Lawrence, constituted of 1000 village watchmen or “Chowkidars” who were known for their vigilant and inquisitorial abilities. They were mostly drawn from the “Doom” caste of the population known for their excellent detection and transmission of intelligence. It was in the year 1873 AD that formal Police force came into existence with one Police officer Known as Kotwal and 14 Thanedars for Srinagar City. This nuclear force would control crime and take care of Law and order situations with help of Chowkidars and “Harkars”, who were paid by the population out of their annual agricultural produce on a voluntary basis.

It was in 1913 that the state requisitioned the service of an Imperial Police officer on deputation and appointed Mr Broadway as the first Inspector General of Police in June, 1913. He continued to be Police chief up to 1917 and was followed by other IP officers. Between 1913 and 1947, the State Saw only one India Police chief of J&K State in Col Gandharab Singh, between 1927 to 1931:. All others, 10 in all were IP Officers Prithinandan Singh was the first Indian Police chief who took over on Ist June 1946.

Since then the Police in J&K has undergone several re-organizations, The strength of Police in J&K in the year 1889-90 was just 1040, which further rose to 1570 in the year 1903 and forty years later, in 1943-44, the strength of J&K Police was 3179 its strength has gone to more than 83000 strong at present.

Directors General

Peer G. H. Shah, IPS

25-05-1982 to 16-01-1985

M. M. Khajooria, IPS

16-01-1985 to 20-05-1986

F. T. R. Colaso, IPS

21-05-1986 to 20-05-1987

G. J. Pandit, IPS

21-05-1987 to 20-12-1989

J. N. Saksena, IPS

21-12-1989 to 25-01-1992

B. S. Bedi, IPS

25-01-1992 to 15-10-1993

M. N. Sabharwal, IPS

15-10-1993 to 17-02-1997

Gurbachan Jagat, IPS

17-02-1997 to 29-11-2000

A. K. Suri, IPS

29-11-2000 to 19-05-2003

Gopal Sharma, IPS

20-05-2003 to 18-07-2007

Kuldeep Khoda IPS

18-07-2007 to 31-05-2012

Ashok Prasad IPS

23-07-2012 to 31-05-2014

K.Rajendra Kumar IPS

02-06-2014 to 31-12-2016

S.P.Vaid IPS

31-12-2016 to 06-09-2018

Dilbag Singh IPS

06-09-2018 to 31-10-2023

Chief of J&K Police Inspectors General

Broadway (1914 TO 1917)
CGD Faruhar,IP (1918 TO 1919)
T.W Tempel (1919 TO 1920)
B. Brocas Howell, IP (1921 TO 1923)
D.S. Hadow, IP (1924 TO 1926)
Col Gandarabh Singh (1927 TO 1931)
B.C.A Lowther, IP (1932 TO 1933)
E.G.B. Peel, IP (1934 TO 1935)
Archbold, IP (1936 TO 1938)
R.S Beel, IP (1939 TO 1945)
R. Powel, IP (1946 TO 1947)
S.Prithinandan Singh, (01-06-1948 TO 31-10-1954)
D.W. Mehra, IP (01-11-1956 TO 30-09-1963)
L.D. Thakur, IPS (30-09-1963 TO 27-07-1966)
E.S. Modak, IP (27-07-1966 TO 18-11-1967)
Surinder Nath, IPS (18-11-1967 TO 28-02-1974)
PA Rosha, IPS (28-02-1974 TO 22-06-1977)
K.R. Singh, IPS (23-06-1977 TO 01-09-1977)
D.N. Koul, IPS (02-09-1977 TO 03-09-1979)
Peer Ghulam Hassan Shah, IPS (01-10-1979 TO 24-05-1982)