Gurbachan Jagat

{{Short description|Indian politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Gurbachan Jagat

| office = Governor of Manipur

| term_start = 23 July 2008

| term_end = 22 July 2013

| appointer = Pratibha Patil

| 1blankname = Chief Minister

| 1namedata = Okram Ibobi Singh

| predecessor = Shivinder Singh Sidhu

| successor = Ashwani Kumar

| office1 = Governor of Nagaland

| status1 = Additional charge

| term_start1 = 28 July 2009

| term_end1 = 14 October 2009

| predecessor1 = K. Sankaranarayanan

| successor1 = Nikhil Kumar

| office2 = Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission

| term_start2 = 1 April 2006

| term_end2 = 30 June 2007

| predecessor2 = S. R. Hashim

| successor2 = Subir Dutta

| office3 = Director-General of Border Security Force

| term_start3 = 30 November 2000

| term_end3 = 30 June 2002

| predecessor3 = E. N. Rammohan

| successor3 = Ajay Raj Sharma

| office4 = Director-General of Jammu and Kashmir Police

| term_start4 = 17 February 1997

| term_end4 = 29 November 2000

| predecessor4 = M. N. Sabharwal

| successor4 = A. K. Suri

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1 July 1942}}

}}

Gurbachan Singh Jagat (born 1 July 1942){{Cite web |url=https://www.meraindia.info/search/label/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0 |title=Archived copy |access-date=31 December 2013 |df=dmy-all }} is a former governor of the State of Manipur in India. He was appointed to this office on 1 July 2007 and retired as the governor on 22 July 2013. Distinguished public servant Gurbachan Jagat has joined as a trustee of The Tribune, Chandigarh on 2 May 2016.

He studied English at university and became a member of the Indian Police Service in 1964 in the Union Territory (AGMUT) Cadre. He served as ACP and Addl DCP in Delhi, SP in Meghalaya during 1971 War, Commandant, BSF, SSP in Goa, Deputy Commissioner (Special Branch) and Joint Commissioner (Headquarters) in Delhi Police, DIG of Chandigarh Police, IG of BSF in Jammu Frontier HQ, IG of BSF in North Bengal Frontier HQ, ADG (Armed) of Jammu and Kashmir and as Director-General of Police in Jammu and Kashmir from February 1997 until December 2000. He was then appointed Director General of the Border Security Force, a post he held until June 2002, at which time he was appointed to the Union Public Service Commission. He served on the UPSC for five years, eighteen months as chair, until being appointed Governor of Manipur.[http://www.kanglaonline.com/index.php?template=headline&newsid=42653&typeid=1 article describing Jagat's appointment] {{deadlink|date=August 2018}}[http://manipur.nic.in/ Official site of Manipur] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514004106/http://manipur.nic.in/ |date=2008-05-14}}