Punjab, the knights of falsehood

by K.P.S. Gill

Political outline of Punjab and the involvement of the Sikhs in its making.

Genres: Nonfiction, India, History

142 pages, Paperback

First published July 30, 1997

About the author

Former Director General of Police (DGP) in Punjab, India.

Gill retired in 1995. He is an author, editor, speaker, consultant on counter-terrorism, president of the Institute for Conflict Management.

Reviews

[Harsimran Singh · Rating 1 out of 5]

KPS Gill destroy the each and every fact of movement.He tried to defame the image of Sikh fighters by false allegations on them.But anywhere in book he do not talk about Fake encounters,torture of police,State Sponsered killings of Sikhs,police supported criminals used as black cats,Killing of human activists like Jaswant Singh Kalra etc.He give only one sided false story which he made with his own imagination.Much more to say about this book is that it provides incorrect information about events and of Sikh Fighters

[Sukrant Sharma · Rating 4 out of 5]

A well written book for someone seeking to understand what went wrong in Punjab and what went wrong with the great religion of Sikhism during the decade of terror.

[Tapan Goel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Too much ranting.

[Jerry · Rating 2 out of 5]

I started to read this book without biases about Gill because I thought that maybe he’s a misunderstood man.. but as you read it, the historical stories and facts are brought out nicely but everything that revolves around militancy in Punjab looks more of a personal opinion and more like ranting in which he remains unapologetic of his own barbaric acts and the way he could not control militancy in an efficient manner, he just wanted it all to end quickly, make Central gov happy about his difficult win and ready to give police a free hand to kill anyone and everyone in the process.

After reading this, I can say that this man is held together by thoughts of his own knowledge of history which is just ignorant of his character but has failed miserably in carving out a desired portrait of himself in eyes of Punjabis and thus he writes these bogus things to justify himself.

[Tarun Sharma · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Nishant Kumar · Rating 4 out of 5]

When we read about Punjab and the terrorism in Punjab one name that comes to our mind is Kanwar Pal Singh Gill(KPS Gill). When Punjab had lost his hope as political system was in the lap of terrorism and security was crumbling and almost everyone had lost hope Gill is credited of bringing the terrorism into its knees.

In this book he talks about his experience in Punjab and what was the level of brutality that the terrorists inflicted in the name of religion. Reading the sheer savagery sends down shivers. It was really tough living then in Punjab. He has summed up the three phases of terrorism i.e. before the killing of Bhindrawale, after bhindrawale and pre Operation Black Thunder and post Operation black thunder briefly. He has touched upon the various aspects like the change in tactics which these terrorists operated and how the Punjabi society reacted to terrorism. He has mentioned both the story of valour and treachery.
The last two chapters are based on stories of Sikh Valours from history.

Its a must read for those who want to know Punjab Militancy and terrorism better.

[Aman]

i haven't started yet

[Punit · Rating 5 out of 5]

i just wanna get the history knowledge

[Vinay]

superbly written about the violence in Punjab