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] 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.[6] The Government of India awarded him Padma Bhushan, the third-highest Indian civilian award, in 1964.[7]
Bhola Nath Mullik | |
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| Occupation(s) | Civil servant, spymaster |
| Known for | his service as the director of Intelligence Bureau |
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Publications
edit- B. N. Mullik (1971). My Years with Nehru: The Chinese Betrayal. Volume 1. Allied Publishers.
- B. N. Mullik (1971). My Years with Nehru: Kashmir. Volume 2. Allied Publishers.
- B. N. Mullik (1971). My Years with Nehru, 1948-1964. Volume 3. Allied Publishers.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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. 3 January 2003. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 August 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ 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. (20 October 2012). "The guilty men of '62". The Asian Age. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
- ^ Sanyal, Amitava (14 November 2009). "The curious case of establishment 22". Retrieved 26 May 2018.
- ^ "Padma Awards". Padma Awards. Government of India. 17 May 2018. Archived from the original on 15 October 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
Further reading
edit- Rajeswar, T. V. (2016). India : the crucial years. New Delhi: Harper Collins. p. 296. ISBN 9789351772866. OCLC 921977922.
External links
edit- Sanyal, Amitava (15 November 2009). "Snippets from the world of secrets". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 26 May 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
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