Background History of RAW and It’s Secret Operations

The Sino-Indian War of 1962, in which India was humiliated, is where RAW (Research and Analysis Wing) got its journey started. The government recognized the necessity for an impartial foreign intelligence organization after the war exposed India’s deficiencies in intelligence collecting. In response, RAW was founded as a separate intelligence organization on September 21, 1968, with the intention of gathering intelligence from outside of India’s boundaries.

• RAW’s initial mandate was modest, with a particular focus on China and Pakistan. Its main goals included gathering intelligence on China’s and Pakistan’s military prowess and keeping an eye on their nuclear programs. Yet as time went on, RAW’s scope of work grew, and it started taking on a variety of projects, such as covert operations, and psychological warfare.
• RAW was crucial in helping the Bangladeshi independence movement against Pakistan at the beginning of the 1970s, which led to the establishment of Bangladesh. RAW was crucial in supporting the Tamil Tigers rebel group during the Sri Lankan Civil War in the 1980s.
• RAW was reorganized in the 1990s to take into account shifting geopolitical conditions. Its functions now also cover economic intelligence, counterintelligence, and terrorism. RAW was instrumental in helping the Indian Armed Forces win the Kargil War in 1999 between India and Pakistan by giving them critical intelligence.
• RAW underwent substantial reforms and restructuring in the wake of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, with a renewed emphasis on counterterrorism and a more integrated approach to intelligence gathering.
• RAW has participated in a number of significant operations in recent years, including the surgical strikes across the Line of Control in 2016 and the raid on Balakot in 2019 in retaliation to the assault in Pulwama. 

The full form of RAW is Research and Analysis Wing. Raw is tasked with gathering external intelligence, carrying out covert operations, and advising the government on foreign policy issues pertaining to national security. In 1962, India went through a war defect in Sino-Indian War, after this defect, the emergence of RAW came into existence. The RAW organization was founded in the year of 1968.

RAW (Research and Analysis Wing) is tasked with gathering and analyzing intelligence from outside of India’s boundaries in order to safeguard the nation’s national security interests. RAW directly operates under the hand of the Prime Minister’s Office. In order to gather information on a variety of topics, including terrorism, nuclear proliferation, and geopolitical developments, it maintains a global network of agents, informants, and sources.