Lesser Known Facts About RAW, The Invisible Backbone Of India’s Defence Forces

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Lesser Known Facts About RAW, The Invisible Backbone Of India’s Defence Forces


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1. RAW was established on the 21st of September, 1968, in response to the Sino-Indian war.

Following the failures of intelligence services, which were the responsibility of the Investigation Bureau (IB) at the time, during the Sino-Indian conflict in 1962 and the India-Pakistan conflict of 1965, the Indira Gandhi government had to take extreme measures to increase foreign intelligence gathering.This is when the government called on the services of the first director of RAW, Rameshwar Nath Kao.

2. RAW once turned around a strategic move made by Pakistan, against them.

The Indian Airlines hijacking of aircraft Ganga back 1971, was in fact, a strategic move by RAW that subsequently gave India a reason to retaliate by banning flights by Pakistani aircraft. This would later have a significant impact on troop movement by Pakistani forces into East Pakistan during the 1971 war.



3. The 'Black Tiger' was one of RAW's most successful secret agents.

Late Ravindra Kaushik aka Black Tiger was one of the most successful spies and undercover agents that RAW had ever recruited. Born on April 11, 1952, Kaushik was a theatre artist from Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan, and was recruited by RAW and sent to Pakistan to infiltrate the Pakistani army in 1975. 
After receiving extensive training for the top secret mission, Kaushik - then turned, Nabi Ahmed Shakir - rose to the rank of Major within the Pakistan Army and served in their military. Kaushik, or Ahmed Shakir, then intercepted and passed on valuable military intelligence to the Indian defence forces between 1979 and 1983. For this, he earned the title of 'Black Tiger' and a reputation as the most celebrated Indian spy.
His cover was eventually blown and he was finally caught when the Indian forces sent in a low level operative, Inyat Masih, to get in touch with him. Kaushik was later imprisoned and tortured by the Pakistani army for nearly two years and sentenced to life imprisonment in 1985. In 1999, he succumbed to Pulmonary Tuberculosis and heart disease at the New Central Jail, Multan. The Bollywood flick Ek Tha Tiger was supposed to have been based on his story. 

4. RAW is an independent wing.



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