R. N. Kao

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Rameshwar Nath Kao (10 May 1918 – 20 January 2002) was an Indian spymaster, bureaucrat, police officer and Intelligence officer. He is best known for serving as the first secretary of India's external intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) from its founding in 1968 to 1977. Kao held the position of Secretary (Research) in the Cabinet Secretariat of the Government of India. He had also, during the course of his long career, served as the personal security chief to Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and as security adviser to Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. He also founded the Aviation Research Centre (ARC) and the Joint Intelligence Committee. An intensely private man, Kao was rarely seen in public post-retirement.

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