Gangeshwar Singh - IPS

Born on Feb.16, 1962 at Meral Village in Palamu a Revenue District falling under erstwhile Bihar Province now in Jharkhand (India). Brought up in the lap of nature as Palamu is rightly called the Nature's Cradle. The Village Meral is situated on the confluence of two rocky rivers. Got primary education at his village school and done his Higher Secondary and Graduation from his Home Town Medininagar. Nature moulded him and shaped his temperament. Literature, music and painting fascinated him right from his early childhood. Sur, Tulsi, Rahim, Jayasi, Kabir, Raskhan, Nirala and Pant were his favourites. He used to take inspiration from these great poets and compose poems.


Imagination, dreams and reality started clashing. To fulfil his larger dream of cracking UPSC Competitive Examination he went to Prayag and ultimately selected for IPS in 1987. He had Hindi Literature as one of the optional subjects in the UPSC (main) Examination. And allotted West Bengal state Cadre.