England trail by 510 after Gill heroics for India
India were charged up when Akash Deep picked up two wickets in two balls before Mohammed Siraj also got in on the act to clean up England's top order and leave them tottering at 3-25 on what had been a good batting wicket.
Ben Duckett nicked a ball to third slip where Gill took a smart diving catch before Ollie Pope fell the very next delivery for a duck when Deep drew an edge and the ball flew to KL Rahul in the slips.
Dropped catches had cost India the first Test at Headingley but this time they stuck as Siraj drew an edge from Zak Crawley to find Karun Nair at first slip while Harry Brook survived a review for lbw thanks to the umpire's call.
But Brook (30) and Joe Root (18) absorbed the pressure to see out the day with an unbeaten 52-run partnership.
Earlier, Gill became the first Indian to score more than 250 outside the Indian subcontinent, breaking Sachin Tendulkar's record of 241, while he also recorded the highest score by an India captain when he went past Virat Kohli's 254.
Gill had hardly put a foot wrong over the first two days of the Test but he briefly lost his concentration after tea when he tried to dispatch a short ball from Josh Tongue, only to find Pope at square leg.
But the Edgbaston crowd rose to their feet to salute the captain's knock as he walked back to the pavilion, his job done after India found themselves reeling at 5-211 on day one.
Having resuming on an overnight score of 5-310, Jadeja and Gill had built a 203-run stand before the all-rounder fell to a Tongue bouncer but Gill looked completely at ease on a flat track that offered precious little assistance.
As England's bowling attack toiled under the summer sun, Gill hardly broke sweat and put a price on his wicket as he showcased his array of elegant drives and well-timed flicks to pile on the runs.
Gill made his trademark bow once again after becoming the first India skipper to score a double-hundred in England and soon broke Sunil Gavaskar's 46-year-old record for the highest score by an Indian in England (221 in 1979).
He was soon toying with the attack and the placement of fielders, coolly switching between sublime and unorthodox shots as he dispatched the ball to all corners of the ground.
With Washington Sundar playing patiently at the other end, Gill was in Twenty20 mode as they cruised past the 500-mark and a rare outside edge went for a boundary to take the captain to 250.
Root finally broke the seventh-wicket partnership of 144 when a delivery broke through the defence of Sundar as he departed for a well-made 42.
India's tail added only 13 runs after Gill's dismissal, but that gave their bowlers 20 overs to take a crack at England's batters on a fruitful day as they look to level the series.
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