RA&W, the unsung Heroes of Bharat

Today is the raising day of India's premier Spy Agency R&AW.....on this occasion, let's talk about Rameshwar Nath Kao - Founder of RAW and NSG !!

Rameshwar Nath Kao (10 May 1918 – 20 January 2002) was a spymaster and the first chief of the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) from its founding in 1969 to 1977.

Kao was one of India's foremost intelligence officers, he held the position of Secretary (Research) in the Cabinet Secretariat of the Government of India, which has been held by all R&AW directors since.

He had also, during the course of his long career, served as the personal security chief to Prime Minister Nehru and as security adviser to Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.

An intensely private man, Kao was rarely seen in public post-retirement and was photographed only twice throughout his life in public functions (Unbelievable but True).

Achievements of Mr. R.N. Kao

1. R.N. Kao took responsibility and formed a premier Intelligence Agency RAW post the Intelligence Failure during 1962 and 1965 Wars.

2. The professional touch he imparted to the organization earned his disciples the sobriquet of ‘Kaoboys'.

3. He was a great visionary. RA&W helped create "MuktiBahini" in Bangladesh and in the end India was able to create a new Nation. Through the creation of Bangladesh, he eliminated a grave security threat to India from its eastern flank along which China menacingly loomed.

4. Kao’s other feat was snatching away of Himalayan kingdom of Sikkim from under China’s nose and making it a part of India.

5. The remarkable work Kao did in cultivating a clandestine relationship with Mossad, the Israeli intelligence agency, at a time when the very name of Israel used to be a taboo for the dominant Indian political class, has yielded rich dividends.

6. Kao has also been the architect of India’s elite National Security Guards, NSG. Kao created the National Security Guard (NSG), during the Punjab terrorism of the 1980s, to address the needs of the Government of India to counteract terrorism within the country.

7. He also founded the Aviation Research Centre (ARC) and the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC).

RA&W was always one of the best in the world but successive congress governments and Govt supported by Congress under Sonia Gandhi was made toothless. IK Gujral killed RA&W during his rule by his shear stupidity

In our country where national security is not a public issue, we decorate political leaders and smaller people with Bharat Ratnas. RN Kao who changed India’s geography remains unsung, un-honored. There are no avenues named after him, no official biography of him exists either.

2014 onward RA&W gets a new life under the Modi Govt and since then its protecting Bharat 24x7, the witness is you all

I wonder who else than Rameshwar Nath Kao deserves Bharat Ratna?

Jai Hind