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'''Jitendra Narain Saksena''' was an Indian Police official, known for his contributions in combating [[Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir|militancy in Kashmir]] during late Eighties and early Nineties.<ref name="Former DGP J N Saksena passes away">{{cite web | url=http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/jammu/former-dgp-j-n-saksena-passes-away/86142.html | title=Former DGP J N Saksena passes away | publisher=Greater Kashmir | date=12 December 2010 | accessdate=October 21, 2015}}</ref> He was the [[Director General of Police]] of the Indian state of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] from December 1989 to January 1992.<ref name="Directors General">{{cite web | url=http://www.jkpolice.gov.in/about-jammu-kashmir-police/history.htm | title=Directors General | publisher=Jammu and Kashmir Police | date=2015 | accessdate=October 21, 2015}}</ref> He was reportedly targeted by the militants and was injured by a bomb blast that took place at his office on 24 January 1992,<ref name="India Towards Anarchy (1967-1992)">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kux6AgAAQBAJ&q=J++N+Saksena&pg=PA153 | title=India Towards Anarchy (1967-1992) | publisher=Abhinav Publications | author=N. S Saksena | year=2014 | access-date=21 October 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043934/https://books.google.ae/books?id=kux6AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA153&lpg=PA153&dq=J++N+Saksena&source=bl&ots=n-uH3udY9p&sig=bib9bA_tFMLiDrQ5K3kjEUk3Nyw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCsQ6AEwA2oVChMI3_u58ofUyAIVhDM-Ch0bxwZp#v=onepage&q=J%20%20N%20Saksena&f=false | archive-date=4 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Terrorism, World Under Siege">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kux6AgAAQBAJ&q=J++N+Saksena&pg=PA153 | title=Terrorism, World Under Siege | publisher=APH Publishing | author=S. K. Ghosh | year=1995 | pages=669 | isbn=9788170246657 | access-date=21 October 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043934/https://books.google.ae/books?id=kux6AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA153&lpg=PA153&dq=J++N+Saksena&source=bl&ots=n-uH3udY9p&sig=bib9bA_tFMLiDrQ5K3kjEUk3Nyw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCsQ6AEwA2oVChMI3_u58ofUyAIVhDM-Ch0bxwZp#v=onepage&q=J%20%20N%20Saksena&f=false | archive-date=4 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> injuring four other senior police officials as well.<ref name="Tributes paid to former DGP J. N. Saxena">{{cite web | url=http://scoopnews.in/det.aspx?q=9947 | title=Tributes paid to former DGP J. N. Saxena | publisher=Scoop News | date=11 December 2010 | accessdate=October 21, 2015}}</ref> The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]] in 1992.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |accessdate=July 21, 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archivedate=November 15, 2014 }}</ref> He died on 9 December 2010.<ref name="Tributes paid to former DGP J. N. Saxena" /><br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* {{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9jD2nq_QulwC&q=J++N+Saksena&pg=PA214 | title=Crisis and Credibility: Report of the Press Council of India - Interview | publisher=Lancer Publishers | author=Press Council of India | date=January 1991 | pages=264 | isbn=9788170621522}}<br />
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