The Untold Army

Awards like Param Vir Chakra, Vir Chakra are for our Valliant soldiers on the front but is there any recognition for the heroes who work behind the curtains to support them? Sadly no, and if you are wondering who the background heroes are, well they are every nation's 'unofficial' men in uniform- the undercover officers from various intelligence agencies.

If you thought R&AW and IB are the only two agencies that we are talking about then you are definitely in for a surprise! because these two agencies are just a small part of India's vast intelligence team. There are in fact many more special agencies for fields like monitoring electronic signals from the enemy counterpart, electronic and cyber intelligence and one for cryptology as well!

Hopefully this intrigues you for more such insightful stories that we will be bringing to you about the unheard heroes from these institutions! 

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