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Ravindra Kaushik | |
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Born | [1] Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan, India | 11 April 1952
Died | November 2001 49) [2] Central Jail Mianwali, Pakistan | (aged
Other names | Black Tiger |
Alma mater | University of Karachi |
Known for | Spying for R&AW |
Criminal charge | Espionage |
Criminal penalty | Life imprisonment |
Spouse | Amanat (m. 1976) |
Children | 1 |
Espionage activity | |
Allegiance | India |
Agency | Research and Analysis Wing |
Service years | 1975–1983 |
Alias | Nabi Ahmed Shakir |
Ravindra Kaushik (11 April 1952 – 21 November 2001) was an Indian Research and Analysis Wing agent who spied for India from 1975 until captured in 1983.
Also known as The Black Tiger, he is considered as one of India's greatest spies. [2]
He penetrated the Pakistan Army and reached the rank of major. [3] [4]
Ravindra Kaushik was born in Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan on 11 April, 1952. His father, J. M. Kaushik, was an Indian Air Force officer; his mother Amla Devi died in 2006. [5] He graduated from S. D. Bihani P. G. College, Sri Ganganagar, earning a B.Com and was involved with theatre acting and debates while in college when he was recruited by the R&AW. [6]
Kaushik was trained in Delhi for two years to be an undercover Operative in Pakistan. He was also trained to live life as a Muslim and was taught the Urdu language. Being from Sri Ganganagar, a city near Rajasthan's border with Punjab, he was well versed in Punjabi, which is widely understood in Punjab (India) and Pakistan as well. [7] In 1975, at the age of 23, he was sent to Pakistan. [2]
Kaushik converted to Islam, underwent circumcision and was given the cover name "Nabi Ahmed Shakir". [7] After successfully getting admission in Karachi University, he completed his LL.B. After his graduation, he joined the Pakistan Army as a commissioned officer and was eventually promoted to the rank of major. [8] He married a local girl named Amaanat and fathered a boy, who died in 2012–2013. [7] [9]
From 1979 to 1983, Kaushik worked as a Pakistani army officer, sending valuable information to India's R&AW. He was given the title of 'Black Tiger' by the Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi. Very little to no information about him is available on the internet.
In September 1983, R&AW sent a low-level operative, Inyat Masih, to get in touch with Kaushik. But Masih was exposed by Joint Counter-intelligence Bureau of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence and blew Kaushik's cover. [2] Kaushik was captured, and tortured for two years at an interrogation center in Sialkot. He was sentenced to death in 1985; his sentence was later commuted to a life term by the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He was kept in various jails in various cities, including Sialkot, Kot Lakhpat and in Mianwali jail for 16 years. [7] He managed to secretly send letters to his family in India, which revealed his poor health and the trauma he faced in Pakistani jails. In one of his letters, he wrote:
Kya Bharat jaise bade desh ke liye kurbani dene waalon ko yahi milta hai?" (Is this what people who sacrifice their lives for a big country like India get?) [2]
In November 2001, he died of pulmonary tuberculosis and heart disease in Central Jail Mianwali in Pakistan. [2]
According to Ravindra's family, the Indian government had refused to recognise him and had made no effort to help him. [2]
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