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Fascinating Musings of an IPS Officer

After his retirement from Service, P V Rajgopal devoted his time writing three books, two of which figured on the bestsellers lists for a total of six times. The present volume having 266 pages, is divided into five parts covering less known facets of important national leaders, less known facts of national developments, interesting police anecdotes and a few chapters of an autobiographical nature. The author has also included five chapters on his pet subject of Ancient Hindu temples. The thoroughly researched book has several facts which are generally not known to a lay reader. He has chosen his own style of presenting the Musings. He has highlighted some aspects which he wishes to bring to the attention of the reader by profuse illustrations.

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P V Rajgopal

P V Rajgopal qualified for the Indian Police Service (IPS) examination in his very first attempt in 1965. He was allotted to Madhya Pradesh (MP) Cadre. After serving in various districts for 10 years, he went on deputation to the Government of India and served in the Intelligence organisations of the Cabinet Secretariat. On return to his parent Cadre after 14 years, he was put in charge of important assignments in MP. He was among the 15 officers of his batch of over 60 officers, who were empanelled in the Central Government as DG Police for posting to the Central Police Organisations. He was posted as head of the National Police Academy (NPA) in Hyderabad. During his three years stint in the NPA, he brought about a paradigm shift in the training and treatment of IPS Officer Trainees apart from developing the Academy of par with world class police Institutions. Of the three books he authored, two of them, “I Was Nehru’s Shadow” and “The British, the Bandits and the Bordermen” figured on the bestsellers’ lists three times each. He considers this the acme of his achievements in his life as he was bunched along with world famous authors and Nobel Laureates in the bestsellers lists as many as six times.