26/09/2015
Real story of "THE BLACK TIGER" a great hero of INDIA.
•••►Ravinder Kaushik was a former RAW (Research and Analysis Wing) agent, who was caught and jailed in Pakistan where he eventually died. He gave this supreme sacrifice so that you and i could sleep at peace in our cozy bedrooms.
•••►Born and brought up in Sriganganagar, He was a famous theater artist with above-average intelligence and looks and displayed his talent at the national level dramatic meet in Lucknow, which was witnessed by some officials of the Indian Intelligence Agency RAW. He was contacted and offered a job for being an undercover agent of India in Pakistan. At the age of 23, he was sent to Pakistan on a mission.
•••►He was recruited by RAW and given extensive training in Delhi for two years. He was converted to MUSLIM, He was taught Urdu, given religious education and acquainted with the topography and other details about Pakistan. Being from Punjab-speaking Sri Ganganager, he was well versed in the language which is spoken in major part of Pakistan
•••►In 1975 he was sent to Pakistan and given the name Nabi Ahmed Shakir. He was successful in getting admission in Karachi University and completed his LLB.
•••►He joined Pakistan Army and became a commissioned officer and later was promoted to the rank of a Major.
•••►From 1979 to 1983, while in military service, he passed on valuable information to RAW which was of great help to the Indian defence forces.
•••►He was given the title of 'Black Tiger' by India's then Prime Minister, INDIRA GANDHI.
•••►He spent 26 years of his life away from his home and family in Pakistan in very unfavourable conditions.
Entering a world of intrigue and danger,writing letters home every once in a while to let his family know of his whereabouts.
•••►Using the secret information provided by Him, India formulated a strategy that was always one step ahead of Pakistan's and checkmated it's war plans. On many occasions Pakistan prepared to wage war across the borders of Rajasthan in India, but they were foiled due to the timely advance warning given by Ravinder Kaushik, as he was a senior military officer in Pakistan by now and had access to top secret information.
BUT
•••►In September 1983, Indian intelligence agencies had sent an agent, Inyat Masiha, to get in touch with Black Tiger. But the agent was caught by Pakistan’s intelligence agencies and revealed Ravinder Kaushik's true identity.
•••►Kaushik was then captured,and Interrogated for 2 years at an interrogation centre in Sialkot.
BUT failed to get any information about Indian Intelligence.
•••►Due to failed Interrogation,Kaushik was TORTURED for 16 years, kept in various jails, including Sialkot, Kot Lakhpat and in Mianwali jail where he was Brutally Tortured by cutting his eye lids and private parts so that he could not sleep, by melting his ears drums with hot iron rod.
•••►eventually he contracted Asthma and TB and died.
•••►The only thing the government did after he died was to send his parents some money every month as pension. The family first got Rs. 500 a month, and after a few years, they began receiving Rs. 2,000 a month -- until 2006, when his mother Amladevi died.
•••►Bollywood movie Ek tha Tiger was loosely based on his story but honestly, no actor deserves to play Ravinder Kaushik.
•••►He used to secretly send letters to his family in India, which revealed his poor health condition and the trauma faced by him in Pakistani jails.
In one of his letters he wrote,
“Had I been an American, I would have been out of this jail in three days.”
"Kya Bharat jaise bade desh ke liye kurbani dene waalon ko yahi milta hai?" (Is this the reward a person gets for sacrificing his life for India?)
Ravinder Kaushik risked his life and died for India. As usual, disgusted and Ignored by Indian Government.
Can we learn to respect?
Why do we always fail to respect true Patriots ?
Jai Hind
Salute to a Superman
Son of the Soul.
A Patriot of patriots.
