Bhagat Ram Talwar

Bhagat Ram Talwar (1908—1983) played an active role in India's freedom struggle, and was most known for his role as the friend of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.[1] Talwar helped Bose escape from house arrest in January, 1941. They made the dangerous journey from Calcutta to Kabul and Netaji eventually made it to Germany. Unknown to Bose, Talwar was a spy for at least five countries, namely, Germany, Japan, USSR, Italy and British-ruled India.[2][3] Also known by the alias Silver, he was a freedom fighter and a peasant leader from the North-West Frontier Province in present-day Pakistan, and thus identified himself during a mission as a " Pathan."[4] He was of Hindu Khatri descent.[5][6] He was an agent and prominent figure of the Kirti Kisan Party.[7]

Bhagat Ram Talwar
Bhagat Ram Talwar
NationalityIndian
Known forActive role in India's freedom struggle
Spouse(s)Ram Kaur
RelativesGurdas Mal Talwar (father; died 4 July, 1931), Mathura Devi Talwar (mother), Hari Kishan Talwar (elder brother)

Bhagat Ram Talwar's older brother, Hari Kishan Talwar (born 2 January 1908), was sentenced and hanged on 9 June, 1931 by the British for his assassination attempt on the British Governor of Punjab, Sir Geoffrey de Montmorency.[8]

Mihir Bose wrote a book on Bhagat titled "The Indian Spy: The True Story of the Most Remarkable Secret Agent of World War II" published by Aleph.[3]

References
  1. "A footnote in history". Mid-day. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  2. "The Enigma of Subhas Chandra Bose". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 30 April 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  3. Tharakan, Hormis (31 May 2017). "The Spy Who Came From the Cold". Open The Magazine. Archived from the original on 28 November 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  4. Bose, Mihir (4 April 2017). "Why did Winston Churchill hate the Hindus and prefer the Muslims?". Quartz India. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  5. Talwar, Bhagat Ram (1976). The Talwars Of Pathan Land And Subhas Chandras Great Escape. There was also a pucca house belonging to a Hindu Khatri family which owned some land and had taken to farming as a profession. This family of the Talwars was destined to play an unforgettable role not only in the struggle of the local peasantry against the rapacious nawab but also in the larger sphere of national struggle of the Indian people for freedom from foreign bondage.
  6. Pillai, Manu S. (27 May 2017). "Silver: The man who betrayed Subhas Chandra Bose". Mint. Archived from the original on 3 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2020. It was, in fact, on the edge of this landscape, near Peshawar, that our morally agnostic protagonist was born in 1908, into a family of Punjabi descent.
  7. Talwar, Bhagat Ram (1976). The Talwars of Pathan Land and Subhash Chandra's Great Escape. People's Publishing House.
  8. Lal, Chaman (22 March 2014). "The Lost Letter". Retrieved 28 December 2016 – via www.thehindu.com.


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