Bhola Nath Mullik was an Indian civil servant,

spymaster A spymaster is the person that leads a spy ring, or a secret service (such as an intelligence agency). Historical spymasters See also *List of American spies *List of British spies * List of German spies *List of fictional spymasters This ...

and the second director of the Intelligence Bureau of India (IB). He served as the director of IB from July 15, 1950, to October 9, 1964. He was known to be a hardworking official, with close contacts with the then

Union government The Government of India ( ISO: ; often abbreviated as GoI), known as the Union Government or Central Government but often simply as the Centre, is the national government of the Republic of India, a federal democracy located in South Asia, ...

. It was reported that Mullik had been a close associate of

Jawaharlal Nehru Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (; ; ; 14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat— * * * * and author who was a central figure in India during the middle of the 20t ...

, the erstwhile Indian prime minister and assisted Nehru to keep a watch on the movements of the relatives of

Subhash Chandra Bose Subhas Chandra Bose ( ; 23 January 1897 – 18 August 1945 * * * * * * * * *) was an Indian nationalist whose defiance of British authority in India made him a hero among Indians, but his wartime alliances with Nazi Germany and Imperi ...

in the aftermath of Bose's disappearance in 1945. It was on his advice, that Nehru ordered for the establishment of

Special Frontier Force The Special Frontier Force (SFF) is an Indian special operations unit created on 14 November 1962. It mainly comprised Tibetan refugees living in India. Now it has increased in size and scope of operations. Its primary goal originally was to ...

(SFF) (also known as Establishment 22) for defending against the Chinese army in the

Sino-Indian War The Sino-Indian War took place between China and India from October to November 1962, as a major flare-up of the Sino-Indian border dispute. There had been a series of violent border skirmishes between the two countries after the 1959 Tibet ...

of 1962. The

Government of India The Government of India (ISO: ; often abbreviated as GoI), known as the Union Government or Central Government but often simply as the Centre, is the national government of the Republic of India, a federal democracy located in South Asia, ...

awarded him

Padma Bhushan The Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, preceded by the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan and followed by the Padma Shri. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is given for "distinguished service ...

, the third-highest Indian civilian award, in 1964.

Publications

* 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.

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* Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in public affairs Year of birth missing Year of death missing Indian civil servants Spymasters People from West Bengal Directors of Intelligence Bureau (India) {{India-bio-stub

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