Bhola Nath Mullik
Bhola Nath Mullik | |
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Born | West Bengal, India |
Occupation | Civil servant, spymaster |
Known for | his service as the director of Intelligence Bureau |
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Bhola Nath Mullik was an Indian civil servant, spymaster and the second director of the Intelligence Bureau of India (IB).[1][2] He served as the director of IB from July 15, 1950 to October 9, 1964.[3] He was known to be a hardworking official, with close contacts with the then Union government.[4] It was reported that Mullik had been a close associate of Jawaharlal Nehru, the erstwhile Indian prime minister[5] and assisted Nehru to keep a watch on the movements of the relatives of Subhash Chandra Bose in the aftermath of Bose's disappearance in 1945.[6] It was on his advice, that Nehru ordered for the establishment of Special Frontier Force (SFF) (also known as Establishment 22) for defending against the Chinese army in the Sino-Indian War of 1962.[7] The Government of India awarded him Padma Bhushan, the third highest Indian civilian award, in 1964.[8]
See also
References
- ↑ Anne F. Thurston; Gyalo Thondup (16 April 2015). The Noodle Maker of Kalimpong: The Untold Story of My Struggle for Tibet. Ebury Publishing. pp. 141–. ISBN 978-1-4481-7596-3.
- ↑ "A spy and a gentleman". Kashmir Sentinel. January 3, 2003. Retrieved 2018-05-26.
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-16. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
- ↑ Paul Maddrell; Christopher Moran; Mark Stout, Ioanna Iordanou (1 February 2018). Spy Chiefs: Volume 2: Intelligence Leaders in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Georgetown University Press. pp. 268–. ISBN 978-1-62616-523-6.
- ↑ Sinha, S. K. (October 20, 2012). "The guilty men of '62". The Asian Age. Retrieved 2018-05-26.
- ↑ "Intelligence Bureau didn't believe Netaji died in 1945 - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-05-26.
- ↑ Sanyal, Amitava (2009-11-14). "The curious case of establishment 22". Retrieved 2018-05-26.
- ↑ "Padma Awards". Padma Awards. Government of India. 2018-05-17. Retrieved 2018-05-17.
Further reading
External links
- Sanyal, Amitava (November 15, 2009). "Snippets from the world of secrets". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2018-05-26.
Preceded by T. G. Sanjeevi Pillai |
Director of the Intelligence Bureau (July 15, 1950–October 9, 1964 |
Succeeded by S. P. Verma |