Maloy Krishna Dhar

Maloy Krishna Dhar
Maloy Krishna Dhar (2011)
Former Joint Director of Intelligence Bureau
Personal details
Born	(1939-07-13)13 July 1939 Bhairab-Mymensingh, East Bengal, British India (present day Bangladesh)
Died	19 May 2012(2012-05-19) (aged 72) Delhi, India
Nationality	Indian
Spouse	Sunanda Dhar
Children	2
Alma mater	University of Calcutta
Profession	Spymaster

Maloy Krishna Dhar (13 July 1939 – 19 May 2012) was an Indian intelligence officer and an author who served in the Intelligence Bureau, India's domestic intelligence agency.^[1]

Early life and education

Dhar was born in Kamalpur, Bhairab-Mymensingh in East Bengal, and relocated to West Bengal with his family during the Partition of India. Following his completion of a Master's degree in Bengali Literature and Language and Comparative Literature from the University of Calcutta^[2]

Career

He served from 1964–1968 in the West Bengal cadre of the Indian Police Service and, in 1968, was deputed to the Intelligence Bureau, where he spent the rest of his career.^[3]

Throughout his extensive career, he held significant positions during important periods, such as the insurgency period in Manipur and Nagaland in the early 1970s.^[4] He also played a role in Sikkim between 1975 and 1979, during its formal merging as a state.^[5] Additionally, he was involved in handling sensitive operations related to counterintelligence and counterterrorism. From 1983–87, he was stationed in Canada, a time marked by the increasing rise of the Khalistan movement and the Kanishka Bombing.^[6]

After reaching retirement age, he pursued a career as an independent writer and journalist, contributing articles to all the prominent English newspapers, specifically focusing on India's intelligence system.^[7]

Death

Dhar passed away on May 19, 2012, following a month-long struggle with deteriorating health. It began with a stroke and was further complicated by renal and multi-organ failure.^[8]

Publications

• Bitter Harvest : A Saga of The Punjab (1996)
• Open Secrets: India's Intelligence Unveiled (2005)
• Fulcrum of Evil: ISI-CIA-Al Qaeda Nexus (2006)
• Black Thunder: Dark Nights of Terrorism in Punjab (2009)
• Train to India: Memories of Another Bengal (2009)
• We the People of India: A Story of Gangland Democracy (2010)
• Shakti: Real-life Stories Celebrating Women Power (2012)
• The Ghost Wars of Tepantar (2012)

References

1. Shaffer, Ryan (2021-01-02). "Indian Intelligence and the Mystery of Muhammad's Hair". International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence. 34 (1): 97–105. doi:10.1080/08850607.2020.1752565. ISSN 0885-0607. S2CID 219751651.
2. Ashrafi, Shah Tazrian (2020-08-13). "The fires of Partition in East Bengal". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
3. Noorani, A. G. (2005). Dhar, Maloy Krishna (ed.). "Intelligence and the Political System". Economic and Political Weekly. 40 (13): 1330–1333. ISSN 0012-9976. JSTOR 4416397.
4. Dhar, Mainak (4 June 2012). "My Father Maloy - a diamond on Intelligence". Sri Lanka Guardian. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
5. "If not for him, Sikkim wouldn't be a part of India". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
6. Billore, Paridhi (2022-05-10). "Book Review | Open Secrets: The Explosive Memoirs of an Indian Intelligence Officer – Center For Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS)". www.claws.in. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
7. Shaffer, Ryan (2022-05-04). "Decoding the Samba spy scandal:false spies, counterintelligence and military intelligence in India". Journal of Intelligence History. 21 (2): 191–212. doi:10.1080/16161262.2021.1882090. ISSN 1616-1262. S2CID 233780331.
8. "An intelligence officer who wielded the pen with equal ease". The Indian Express. 21 May 2012. Retrieved 2023-07-17.