Madam Commissioner: extraordinary life of an Indian police chief (Record no. 355384)
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| International Standard Book Number | 9788119300044 |
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| Transcribing agency | AACR-II |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | CS 920.72 BOR |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Borwankar, Meeran Chadha |
| 9 (RLIN) | 2392 |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Madam Commissioner: extraordinary life of an Indian police chief |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New Delhi |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Pan |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2023 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 282p. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | The incredible memoir from one of India’s most uncompromising police officers.<br/><br/>Meeran Chadha Borwankar graduated from India’s National Police Academy as the sole woman of its 1981 batch. From there, she would go on to investigate a long string of sensitive and controversial cases, fighting crime together with corruption and discrimination, never compromising on her integrity. Meeran’s steadfast efforts saw her become Maharashtra’s first female district police chief as well as its first woman police commissioner. She also held senior roles at the Central Bureau of Investigation and Mumbai’s crime branch, eventually retiring as Director General of the Bureau of Police Research and Development and the National Crime Records Bureau. All through she remained unafraid to critique the country’s criminal justice system, challenging even those in the highest echelons until the rule of law prevailed.<br/><br/>In this candid account of her thirty-six years in Indian law enforcement, Meeran details the sensational cases that defined her career: from the Jalgaon sex scandal to jewellery heists, highway dacoities to communal riots, brutal murders to gang rapes, port thefts to financial frauds, and brushes with notorious criminals such as Chhota Rajan and Dawood Ibrahim’s sister Haseena Parkar. As the state prisons chief, she navigated intense media and government pressure while overseeing Sanjay Dutt’s imprisonment and the executions of Ajmal Kasab and Yakub Memon, thereby outlining both the significance and challenges of donning the khaki.<br/><br/>Gripping, thought-provoking and always inspiring, Madam Commissioner is as honest a memoir can get about life as a woman officer of the Indian Police Service. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the uniform and indeed for concerned citizens everywhere. |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Civil Servant |
| 9 (RLIN) | 2393 |
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| Not Missing | Dewey Decimal Classification | Not Damaged | Gandhi Smriti Library | Gandhi Smriti Library | 2024-04-25 | 499.00 | 1 | CS 920.72 BOR | 176624 | 2025-08-30 | 2024-08-27 | 2024-08-27 | 2024-04-25 | Books |