We don't really get to
> hear or read much about them. They operate in the shadows to
> make sure we are safe from forces conspiring against us.
> It's never fun and games for the Research and Analysis
> Wing (RAW) of India, but they surely have some truly epic
> tales to tell. We managed to find some declassified covert
> operations carried out by RAW in the past, and they are
> nothing short of extraordinary.
>
> 1. Operation Smiling
> Buddha
>
>
>
> Smiling Buddha was the name
> of India's nuclear program. RAW was given the task of
> keeping the entire operation under wraps. This was also the
> very first time that RAW was asked to get involved in a
> project inside India. Finally, on 18th of May, 1974, India
> successfully tested the 15-kiloton plutonium device at
> Pokhran and became a member of the elite group of nations
> who were nuclear ready. Not only was the operation carried
> out without any critical roadblocks, but even the
> intelligence agencies of countries like the USA, China and
> Pakistan were taken by surprise when the nuclear device was
> tested.
>
>
> 2. Khalistan
> Movement
>
>
>
> The mid-80s was a dark
> period in India. Backed by the ISI, the Khalistani militancy
> was reaching its peak. Tough times. RAW set up two covert
> task forces to counter the militants in Punjab. Counter
> Intelligence Team - X or CIT-X, and Counter Intelligence
> Team - J or CIT-J. The objective of CIT-X was to target
> Pakistan while CIT-J was supposed to target the Khalistani
> groups. RAW not only managed to flush out all the Khalistani
> militants from the streets of Punjab but also destabilised a
> number of major cities in Pakistan, eventually forcing ISI
> to retreat and end all activities there.
>
> 3. Operation
> Kahuta
>
>
>
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> Pakistan's major
> nuclear weapons laboratory, the Khan Research Laboratories
> (KRL) was also an emerging centre for long-range missile
> development. KRL is located in a small town called Kahuta in
> the Rawalpindi district of the Punjab Province, Pakistan.
>
>
> RAW first got to know about
> Pakistan's nuclear programmes by analysing the hair
> samples from the barber shops near Kahuta. The hair showed
> that Pakistan had figured a way to enrich uranium for
> weapons. RAW started operation Kahuta with the intentions of
> infiltrating Pakistan's nuclear energy installations,
> but it went horribly wrong thanks to a rookie mistake by our
> then Prime Minister. Morarji Desai accidentally compromised
> RAW's plan when he told Zia-Ul-Haq, the then President
> of Pakistan, that India was aware of their nuclear program.
> Immediately acting on this goof-up, Pakistani intelligence
> managed to track and kill all of RAW's officers and
> sources in Kahuta. India has been in the dark about
> Pakistan's nuclear program ever since.
>
> 4. Operation
> Meghdoot
>
>
>
> Operation Meghdoot is a
> perfect example of how keeping one's eyes and ears open
> can save a number of lives. RAW received a tip from a
> London-based garment company that had supplied Arctic
> weather gear to the Indian troops for the Northern Ladakh
> region. The company informed them that Pakistan too, had
> bought very similar gear.
>
> RAW intercepted vital
> information that proved Pakistan was planning an incursion
> in the Siachen glacier. The information helped the Indian
> Army take control of Siachen glacier before Pakistan. India
> eventually dominated in all the major peaks in
> Siachen.
>
> 5. Operation
> Chanakya
>
>
>
> During the testing times of
> violence in Kashmir, RAW was given the task of infiltrating
> various ISI-backed Kashmiri separatist groups and restoring
> peace in the beautiful valley of Kashmir. RAW not only
> managed to successfully infiltrate the area, but also
> evidence of ISI's involvement in the training and
> funding of Kashmiri separatist groups in the valley. Peace
> was restored, and the operation also marked the creation of
> pro-Indian groups in Kashmir.
>
>
> 6. Operation
> Cactus
>
>
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> In November 1988, around
> 200 Tamil rebels, a part of the People's Liberation
> Organisation of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE) invaded Maldives. The
> Indian Armed Forces, with assistance from RAW, at the
> request of the President of Maldives, launched a military
> campaign to clean out the mercenaries off the island nation.
> The Indian Air Force airlifted the 6th parachute battalion
> from Agra to Maldives. Swift and the precise operation
> carried out by the Indian Army, Navy and RAW helped
> restoring government's rule in Male within
> hours.
>
> 7. Operation
> Leech
>
>
>
> Myanmar was always a tricky
> area for the Indian intelligence. Especially because of the
> dense forests being surrounded by the Arakans (ethnic people
> of Myanmar). India wanted to promote democracy and help put
> a friendly government in the region. For this, RAW
> established Burmese rebel groups and pro-democracy parties
> in the region, like the Kachin Independence Army (KIA).
> India allowed KIA to carry out trade in jade and precious
> stones. They even gave out weapons to them. But when
> relations with KIA turned sour and it became a source of
> training and ammunition for north-eastern rebel groups, RAW
> initiated Operation Leech. Their mission was to assassinate
> the Burmese rebel leaders as an example for other rebel
> groups that conspired against the welfare of Myanmar and
> India. In 1998, six top rebel leaders were shot dead and 34
> Arakanese guerrillas were arrested the account of gunrunning
> in the country.
>
> 8. Anti-Apartheid
> movement
>
>
>
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> Although we don't have
> a lot of information on this, it is known that RAW was also
> involved in the Anti-Apartheid movement in South Africa and
> Namibia. They were even responsible for training
> intelligence officers of a number of independent countries
> of the African continent. Many retired RAW officers worked
> in the training institutes of these intelligence agencies as
> well.
>
> 9. Snatch operations with
> the Intelligence Bureau
>
>
>
> RAW has been involved in
> snatch operations for quite some time now. A snatch
> operation is when RAW officers catch the suspect in a
> foreign country and get them into the country for
> interrogation in undisclosed locations. This is generally
> done to bypass a lengthy extradition process. A good example
> of a snatch operation would be Akshay Kumar's film BABY.
>
>
> In the last decade, RAW has
> carried out close to 400 successful snatch operations in
> Nepal, Bangladesh and other countries.
>
> Some famous terrorists
> nabbed are Bhupinder Singh Bhuda of the Khalistan Commando
> Force, Lashkar militants Tariq Mehmood and Abdul Karim
> Tunda, Sheikh Abdul Khwaja, one of the handlers of the 2008
> Mumbai attacks, Yasin Bhatkal founder leader of the
> proscribed terrorist organisation Indian Mujahideen among
> others.
>
> These were only a few
> operations that have been declassified. There are countless
> others which you don't get to hear about, probably never
> will either. What we do know is that we are in safe hands
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