article_title name birth_date
kanwar pal singh gill
 kanwar pal singh gill 1934 or 1935
kanwar pal singh gill

sardar kanwar pal singh gill -lrb- kps gill or kp gill -rrb- served twice as director general of police -lrb- dgp -rrb- punjab , where he is credited with having brought the punjab insurgency under control , and while the bbc reports that many see gill as a hero , there are accusations that gill and the forces under his command were responsible for human rights violations '' ... in the name of stamping out terrorism . ''
gill retired from the indian police service in 1995 .
he is an author , editor , speaker , consultant on counter-terrorism , president of the institute for conflict management and president of the indian hockey federation -lrb- ihf -rrb- .
he has also been the center of controversy .
in 1996 , he was convicted for sexual harassment at a 1988 party .
after allegations of corruption within the ihf in 2008 , the indian olympic association suspended the ihf indefinitely .
he received a padma shri award , india 's 4th-highest civilian honour , in 1989 for his work in the civil service .
