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	'''Brajesh Chandra Mishra''' (29 September 1928 – 28 September 2012) was an Indian diplomat from the [[Indian Foreign Service]] and [[politician]], best known for serving as Prime Minister [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]'s [[Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India\|principal secretary]] and [[National Security Advisor (India)\|National Security Advisor]] from 1998 to 2004.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?209986 \|title=The Name Is Mishra, Brajesh Mishra \|publisher=www.outlookindia.com \|date=4 September 2000 \|access-date=14 August 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2006/feb/07capbuz.htm \|title=Brajesh Mishra is still listening in \|publisher=Rediff.com \|access-date=14 August 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_scrap-national-security-adviser-s-post-brajesh-mishra_1336787 \|title=Scrap national security adviser's post: Brajesh Mishra – India – DNA \|publisher=Dnaindia.com \|date=20 January 2010 \|access-date=14 August 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/devils-advocate-brajesh-mishra-on-atal-vs-advani/100134-37.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090830174128/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/devils-advocate-brajesh-mishra-on-atal-vs-advani/100134-37.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=30 August 2009 \|title=Devil's Advocate: Brajesh Mishra on Atal vs Advani – Politics News – IBNLive \|publisher=Ibnlive.in.com \|date=3 February 2010 \|access-date=14 August 2010}}</ref> He received [[Padma Vibhushan]] for his contribution<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Padma Vibhushan for Brajesh Mishra; Padma Bhushan for Surendra Singh\|url=https://www.orfonline.org/research/padma-vibhushan-for-brajesh-mishra-padma-bhushan-for-surendra-singh/\|access-date=2021-06-29\|website=ORF\|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|~~last~~=~~Jan~~ 25\|first=Indrani ~~Bagchi {{!}} TNN {{!}}~~\|~~last2~~=~~2011\|last3=Ist\|first3=18:41~~\|title=Former national security adviser Brajesh Mishra awarded the Padma Vibhushan. Former foreign secretary and PM's special envoy on the nuclear deal, Shyam Saran awarded Padma Bhushan. - Times of India\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/former-national-security-adviser-brajesh-mishra-awarded-the-padma-vibhushan-former-foreign-secretary-and-pms-special-envoy-on-the-nuclear-deal-shyam-saran-awarded-padma-bhushan-/articleshow/7361594.cms\|access-date=2021-06-29\|website=The Times of India\|language=en}}</ref>		'''Brajesh Chandra Mishra''' (29 September 1928 – 28 September 2012) was an Indian diplomat from the [[Indian Foreign Service]] and [[politician]], best known for serving as Prime Minister [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]'s [[Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India\|principal secretary]] and [[National Security Advisor (India)\|National Security Advisor]] from 1998 to 2004.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?209986 \|title=The Name Is Mishra, Brajesh Mishra \|publisher=www.outlookindia.com \|date=4 September 2000 \|access-date=14 August 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2006/feb/07capbuz.htm \|title=Brajesh Mishra is still listening in \|publisher=Rediff.com \|access-date=14 August 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_scrap-national-security-adviser-s-post-brajesh-mishra_1336787 \|title=Scrap national security adviser's post: Brajesh Mishra – India – DNA \|publisher=Dnaindia.com \|date=20 January 2010 \|access-date=14 August 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/devils-advocate-brajesh-mishra-on-atal-vs-advani/100134-37.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090830174128/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/devils-advocate-brajesh-mishra-on-atal-vs-advani/100134-37.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=30 August 2009 \|title=Devil's Advocate: Brajesh Mishra on Atal vs Advani – Politics News – IBNLive \|publisher=Ibnlive.in.com \|date=3 February 2010 \|access-date=14 August 2010}}</ref> He received [[Padma Vibhushan]] for his contribution<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Padma Vibhushan for Brajesh Mishra; Padma Bhushan for Surendra Singh\|url=https://www.orfonline.org/research/padma-vibhushan-for-brajesh-mishra-padma-bhushan-for-surendra-singh/\|access-date=2021-06-29\|website=ORF\|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|date=January 25, 2011\|first=Indrani\|last=Bagchi\|title=Former national security adviser Brajesh Mishra awarded the Padma Vibhushan. Former foreign secretary and PM's special envoy on the nuclear deal, Shyam Saran awarded Padma Bhushan. - Times of India\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/former-national-security-adviser-brajesh-mishra-awarded-the-padma-vibhushan-former-foreign-secretary-and-pms-special-envoy-on-the-nuclear-deal-shyam-saran-awarded-padma-bhushan-/articleshow/7361594.cms\|access-date=2021-06-29\|website=The Times of India\|language=en}}</ref>

	== Early life and family ==		== Early life and family ==

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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Brajesh Mishra
| image = Brajesh Mishra.jpg
| caption = Mishra in 2001
| office1 = 9th [[Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India]]
| primeminister1 = [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| term_start1 = 19 March 1998
| term_end1 = 22 May 2004
| office = [[National Security Advisor (India)|1st National Security Advisor of India]]
| primeminister = [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| term_start = 19 November 1998
| term_end = 22 May 2004
| predecessor = ''Office established''
| successor = [[J. N. Dixit]]
| predecessor1 = [[Narinder Nath Vohra|N. N. Vohra]]
| successor1 = [[T. K. A. Nair]]
| office2 = [[Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations|Permanent Representative of India]] to the United Nations
| term2 = June 1979 – April 1981
| birth_place =
| birth_name = Brajesh Chandra Mishra
| birth_date = 29 September 1928
| death_date = 28 September 2012 (aged 84)
| death_place = New Delhi
| death_cause = Heart failure
| known_for = India's first [[National Security Advisor (India)|National Security Advisor]] and [[Prime Minister of India|prime minister]], [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]'s [[Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India|principal secretary]]
| occupation = *[[Civil Servant]] ([[Indian Foreign Service|IFS]])
*[[Politician]]
| parents = [[Dwarka Prasad Mishra]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (1991–98)
| awards = [[Padma Vibhushan]]
}}

'''Brajesh Chandra Mishra''' (29 September 1928 – 28 September 2012) was an Indian diplomat from the [[Indian Foreign Service]] and [[politician]], best known for serving as Prime Minister [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]'s [[Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India|principal secretary]] and [[National Security Advisor (India)|National Security Advisor]] from 1998 to 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?209986 |title=The Name Is Mishra, Brajesh Mishra |publisher=www.outlookindia.com |date=4 September 2000 |access-date=14 August 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2006/feb/07capbuz.htm |title=Brajesh Mishra is still listening in |publisher=Rediff.com |access-date=14 August 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_scrap-national-security-adviser-s-post-brajesh-mishra_1336787 |title=Scrap national security adviser's post: Brajesh Mishra – India – DNA |publisher=Dnaindia.com |date=20 January 2010 |access-date=14 August 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/devils-advocate-brajesh-mishra-on-atal-vs-advani/100134-37.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090830174128/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/devils-advocate-brajesh-mishra-on-atal-vs-advani/100134-37.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 August 2009 |title=Devil's Advocate: Brajesh Mishra on Atal vs Advani – Politics News – IBNLive |publisher=Ibnlive.in.com |date=3 February 2010 |access-date=14 August 2010}}</ref> He received [[Padma Vibhushan]] for his contribution<ref>{{Cite web|title=Padma Vibhushan for Brajesh Mishra; Padma Bhushan for Surendra Singh|url=https://www.orfonline.org/research/padma-vibhushan-for-brajesh-mishra-padma-bhushan-for-surendra-singh/|access-date=2021-06-29|website=ORF|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Jan 25|first=Indrani Bagchi {{!}} TNN {{!}}|last2=2011|last3=Ist|first3=18:41|title=Former national security adviser Brajesh Mishra awarded the Padma Vibhushan. Former foreign secretary and PM's special envoy on the nuclear deal, Shyam Saran awarded Padma Bhushan. - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/former-national-security-adviser-brajesh-mishra-awarded-the-padma-vibhushan-former-foreign-secretary-and-pms-special-envoy-on-the-nuclear-deal-shyam-saran-awarded-padma-bhushan-/articleshow/7361594.cms|access-date=2021-06-29|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>

== Early life and family ==

He was born on 29 September 1928 to [[Dwarka Prasad Mishra]], who was a former [[Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh]].<ref name="Stamps issued by India for Dwarka Prasad Mishra">{{cite web|url=http://geocities.com/dakshina_kan_pa/art24/aug.htm |title=Internet Archive Wayback Machine |publisher=Web.archive.org |date=27 October 2009 |access-date=30 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027173636/http://geocities.com/dakshina_kan_pa/art24/aug.htm |archive-date=27 October 2009 }}</ref> His father was considered a staunch politician from the Congress Party and very close to [[Indira Gandhi]] though they fell out later.<ref>{{cite news|title=Former Foreign Minister Natwar Singh pays tribute to Brajesh Mishra|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/former-foreign-minister-natwar-singh-pays-tribute-to-brajesh-mishra/1/222837.html|access-date=1 October 2012|newspaper=India Today|date=30 September 2012}}</ref>

== Diplomatic career ==
Brajesh Mishra joined the [[Indian Foreign Service]] in 1951. He served as ''[[chargé d'affaires]]'' in [[Beijing]] after the 1962 [[Sino-Indian War]] and was India's ambassador to [[Indonesia]]. He was also ambassador and India's Permanent Representative in Geneva. Mishra's last posting was as [[Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations|India's permanent representative]] to the United Nations from June 1979 to April 1981.<ref>{{cite web| title = Permanent Representatives of India to the United Nations| url = http://www.un.int/india/2013/pmi_prs.pdf| publisher = un.intl/india| access-date = 21 August 2013}}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

As permanent representative, he voiced India's position on the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan at the [[sixth emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly]], but his disagreement with that position was part of the reason why he resigned from IFS and joined the United Nations in 1981; serving as 6th [[United Nations Commissioner for Namibia]] from 1 April 1982 to 1 July 1987.<ref>{{cite news|title=UN Debate|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1u5UAAAAIBAJ&sjid=z5IDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1559,4251403|access-date=1 October 2012|newspaper=The Age (Australia)|date=14 January 1980}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Dikshit|first=Sandeep|title=Brajesh Mishra, strategic czar of Vajpayee era, passes away|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/brajesh-mishra-strategic-czar-of-vajpayee-era-passes-away/article3950457.ece|access-date=1 October 2012|newspaper=The Hindu|date=30 September 2012|location=Chennai, India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Srinivasan|first=T P|title=Brajesh Mishra: Steely determination and a kind heart|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/column/brajesh-mishra-steely-determination-and-a-kind-heart-column/20121001.htm|access-date=1 October 2012}}</ref>

== Principal secretary and National Security Advisor ==
In April 1991, Mishra joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] and became head of its foreign policy cell.<ref name=Malhotra>{{cite news|last=Malhotra|first=Jyoti|title=Brajesh Mishra combined guile with generosity as India's first NSA|url=http://business-standard.com/india/news/brajesh-mishra-combined-guilegenerosity-as-indias-first-nsa/189093/on|access-date=1 October 2012|newspaper=Business Standard|date=29 September 2012}}</ref> He resigned from the party in March 1998 on becoming the 9th [[Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India]]. After Brajesh Mishra, the post of [[Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India|principal secretary]] became such a powerful one that it eclipsed the status of [[Union Council of Ministers|cabinet ministers]]. As Vajpayee's troubleshooter, he was one of the most powerful principal secretaries the PMO had ever seen.<ref>{{cite news|title=Brajesh Mishra: India's first NSA, Vajpayee's troubleshooter|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/India-s-first-NSA-Brajesh-Mishra-passes-away/Article1-937356.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121209024451/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/India-s-first-NSA-Brajesh-Mishra-passes-away/Article1-937356.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 December 2012|access-date=1 October 2012|newspaper=Hindustan Times|date=29 September 2012}}</ref>

From November 1998 to 23 May 2004, he was also the first National Security Advisor and was instrumental in creating an institutional structure for national security management.<ref name=Gupta>{{cite web|last=Gupta|first=Arvind|title=Brajesh Mishra's Legacy to National Security and Diplomacy|url=http://idsa.in/idsacomments/BrajeshMishrasLegacytoNationalSecurityandDiplomacy_agupta_300912|publisher=Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses|access-date=2 October 2012}}</ref> His batch as an [[Indian Foreign Service]] officer was the same as the [[Indian Administrative Service]] batch of [[K. Subrahmanyam]], widely considered as the doyen of India's strategic affairs community, and made him the first convener of the [[National Security Council (India)#National Security Advisory Board|National Security Advisory Board]] where they worked closely on many issues.<ref name=Mishra>{{cite web|last=Mishra|first=Brajesh|title=Annual Krishnaswamy Memorial Lecture|url=http://www.globalindiafoundation.org/Speech_Brajesh_Mishra%5B1%5D.pdf|publisher=Global India Foundation|access-date=2 October 2012}}</ref>

He was the key motivator of foreign policy and principal spokesman on all major issues. And the opportunities for him were endless. From Pokhran-2 to Kashmir, and from Vajpayee's historic visit to Pakistan to engaging the United States in a strategic dialogue, he was behind a never-ending series of foreign policy and security manuover.

== Final years and death ==
After demitting office, Mishra had initially expressed reservations against the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal. Following this, the then prime minister, [[Manmohan Singh]] briefed specially to address his concerns about the deal. However, support to nuclear deal was Mishra's last tribute to Vajpayee.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1121001/jsp/frontpage/story_16038818.jsp#.VCElV5SSxp5
|title= Mishra’s last tribute to Atal - Support to nuclear deal to preserve mentor’s legacy|newspaper=The Telegraph|access-date=23 September 2014}}</ref> Thereafter, Mishra extended his support and publicly endorsed the deal. This position of his was at variance with the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]'s, the party to which he once belonged to and in whose government he had been the National Security Advisor of the country, which was opposed to the deal.

In 2011, he was awarded [[Padma Vibhushan]] (the second highest [[civilian award]]).<ref name="Brajesh Mishra, Azim Premji, Montek in list of 128 Padma awardees">{{cite news|title=Brajesh Mishra, Azim Premji, Montek in list of 128 Padma awardees|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Brajesh-Mishra-Azim-Premji-Montek-in-list-of-128-Padma-awardees/articleshow/7361816.cms|access-date=21 June 2012 | work=The Times of India}}</ref>

Mishra died on 28 September 2012 at [[Fortis Healthcare|Fortis hospital]], [[Vasant Kunj]] in New Delhi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/India-s-first-NSA-Brajesh-Mishra-passes-away/Article1-937356.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121209024451/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/India-s-first-NSA-Brajesh-Mishra-passes-away/Article1-937356.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 December 2012|title= India's first National Security Advisor Brajesh Mishra passes away|newspaper=The Hindu|access-date=29 September 2012}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120630151015/http://outlookindia.com/peoplehome2.aspx?pid=4294&author=Brajesh+Mishra Articles at Outlook India on Brajesh Mishra]
* [http://news.rediff.com/interview/2010/oct/28/interview-former-nsa-feels-obama-visit-wont-be-successful.htm Brajesh Mishra's Interview with Rediff.com]
* [http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?282419 Brajesh Mishra (1928–2012) – An Assessment by B Raman, Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India]
* [http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/man-who-was-bharat-sarkar/article3951970.ece Man who was ‘Bharat sarkar’ – Gopalkrishna Gandhi]
* [http://www.vifindia.org/article/2012/october/05/brajesh-mishra-india-s-first-intelligence-tsar Brajesh Mishra: India's First Intelligence Tsar]

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