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Place of Birth: Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
About R. N. Kao
- Rameshwar Nath Kao (May 10, 1918 - January 20, 2002) was a spymaster and the first chief of India's external intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) from its founding in 1969 to 1977.
- Kao was one of India's foremost intelligence officers, and helped build R&AW.
- He held the position of Secretary (Research) in the Cabinet Secretariat of the Government of India, which has been held by all R&AW directors since.
- He had also, during the course of his long career, served as the personal security chief to Prime Minister 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, and was photographed only twice throughout his life.
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