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{{Short description|Former director of Intelligence Bureau of India}}
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'''Bhola Nath Mullik''' was an Indian civil servant, [[spymaster]] and the second director of the [[Intelligence Bureau (India)|Intelligence Bureau of India]] (IB).<ref name="ThurstonThondup2015">{{cite book|author1=Anne F. Thurston|author2=Gyalo Thondup|title=The Noodle Maker of Kalimpong: The Untold Story of My Struggle for Tibet|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QMf3BQAAQBAJ&pg=PT141|date=16 April 2015|publisher=Ebury Publishing|isbn=978-1-4481-7596-3|pages=141–}}</ref><ref name="A spy and a gentleman">{{Cite news |url=http://www.panunkashmir.org/kashmirsentinel/jan2003/20.html |title=A spy and a gentleman |date=January 3, 2003 |work=Kashmir Sentinel |access-date=2018-05-26}}</ref> He served as the director of IB from July 15, 1950, to October 9, 1964.<ref name="Archived copy">{{Cite web |url=http://www.bprd.nic.in/writereaddata/mainlinkFile/File1052.pdf |title=Archived copy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130816020917/http://www.bprd.nic.in/writereaddata/mainlinkFile/File1052.pdf |archive-date=2013-08-16 |url-status=dead |access-date=2013-08-12}}</ref> He was known to be a hardworking official, with close contacts with the then [[Union government]].<ref name="MaddrellMoran2018">{{cite book|author1=Paul Maddrell|author2=Christopher Moran|author3=Mark Stout, Ioanna Iordanou|title=Spy Chiefs: Volume 2: Intelligence Leaders in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E_FGDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT268|date=1 February 2018|publisher=Georgetown University Press|isbn=978-1-62616-523-6|pages=268–}}</ref> It was reported that Mullik had been a close associate of [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], the erstwhile Indian prime minister.<ref name="The guilty men of '62">{{Cite news |url=http://archive.asianage.com/columnists/guilty-men-62-491 |title=The guilty men of '62 |last=Sinha |first=S. K. |date=October 20, 2012 |work=The Asian Age |access-date=2018-05-26 |language=en |archive-date=26 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180526191159/http://archive.asianage.com/columnists/guilty-men-62-491 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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.<ref name="The curious case of establishment 22">{{Cite news |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/the-curious-case-of-establishment-22/story-eiDenZvNioffJFupLzNGOI.html |title=The curious case of establishment 22 |last=Sanyal |first=Amitava |date=2009-11-14 |access-date=2018-05-26 |language=en}}</ref> The [[Government of India]] awarded him [[Padma Bhushan]], the third-highest Indian civilian award, in 1964.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{Cite web |url=http://www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in/ |title=Padma Awards |date=2018-05-17 |website=Padma Awards |publisher=Government of India |access-date=2018-05-17 |archive-date=15 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181015000149/http://www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== 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.

==See also==
* [[Death of Subhas Chandra Bose]]
* [[R. N. Kao]]

==References==
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== Further reading ==
* {{Cite book |title=India : the crucial years |last=Rajeswar, T. V. |publisher=Harper Collins |year=2016 |isbn=9789351772866 |location=New Delhi |page=296 |oclc=921977922}}

==External links==
* {{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1151009/jsp/opinion/story_46869.jsp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180526193144/https://www.telegraphindia.com/1151009/jsp/opinion/story_46869.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 May 2018 |title=Snippets from the world of secrets |last=Sanyal |first=Amitava |date=November 15, 2009 |work=The Telegraph |access-date=2018-05-26}}

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