[5] On night of 13 November 1989 during a time blast at the Mahabir Colliery, Burdwan (Raniganj) in West Bengal a sudden flood trapped 71 miners in an underground mine (below 350 ft ground level).

[12]His efforts were recognized with the prestigious 'Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak' by then-President of India, Ramaswamy Venkataraman, in 1991.

[22][23] His elder son, Sarpreet Singh Gill is a cardiologist from Johns Hopkins University who returned to Amritsar in 2008, and his younger son, Randip Singh Gill, is an entrepreneur and real estate professional in Vancouver, Canada.

[24] Gill passed away on 26 November 2019 due to cardiac arrest at his home in Amritsar, Punjab.

[34] A capsule (replica of what Gill used in 1989 rescue mission) was installed at an Amritsar Roundabout in 2023, four years after his death.