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	\| dates = 1941 – present		\| dates = 1941 – present
	\| country = {{~~flagicon~~\|India}} ~~[[India]]~~		\| country = {{flag\|India}}
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	The primary mission of military intelligence is to provide timely, relevant, accurate, and synchronized intelligence support to tactical, operational and strategic-level needs of the army.		The primary mission of military intelligence is to provide timely, relevant, accurate, and synchronized intelligence support to tactical, operational and strategic-level needs of the army.

	It is also conducts counter-intelligence activities to detect, identify and neutralize adversarial intelligence threats inside Indian Army.<ref name="Description">{{cite news \|last1=Unnithan \|first1=Sandeep \|title=How Indian Army's Military Intelligence Directorate works \|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/special-report/story/20120206-bangladesh-indian-army-military-intelligence-directorate-sheikh-hasina-757152-2012-01-28 \|access-date=23 June 2020 \|work=India Today \|publisher=Living Media India Limited \|date=6 February ~~2012~~}}</ref>		It also conducts counter-intelligence activities to detect, identify and neutralize adversarial intelligence threats inside Indian Army.<ref name="Description">{{cite news \|last1=Unnithan \|first1=Sandeep \|title=How Indian Army's Military Intelligence Directorate works \|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/special-report/story/20120206-bangladesh-indian-army-military-intelligence-directorate-sheikh-hasina-757152-2012-01-28 \|access-date=23 June 2020 \|work=India Today \|publisher=Living Media India Limited \|date=6 February 2022}}</ref>

	==Organisation==		==Organisation==
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	The agency was set up in 1941 as part of the erstwhile [[British Indian Army]] to generate field intelligence for the army, in the Second World War. After Independence, M.I. was initially tasked with generating only tactical or field intelligence in all [[Borders of India\|countries bordering India]].		The agency was set up in 1941 as part of the erstwhile [[British Indian Army]] to generate field intelligence for the army, in the Second World War. After Independence, M.I. was initially tasked with generating only tactical or field intelligence in all [[Borders of India\|countries bordering India]].

	In 1978, the directorate was involved in the [[Samba spy scandal]], wherein it was later found that the directorate had falsely implicated three Indian Army officers as Pakistani spies.<ref name="Scandal">{{cite news \|title=The Samba Case, the Indian army's darkest chapter \|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/may/29samba.htm \|access-date=23 June 2020 \|work=Reddif}}</ref><ref name="Samba spy">{{cite news \|last1=Chawla \|first1=Prabhu \|title=Samba spy case takes dramatic turn as officers challenge dismissal order in HC \|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/investigation/story/19800430-samba-spy-case-takes-dramatic-turn-as-officers-challenge-dismissal-order-in-hc-806631-2014-02-01 \|access-date=23 June 2020 \|work=India Today \|agency=Living Media India Limited \|date=1 February ~~2014~~}}</ref>		In 1978, the directorate was involved in the [[Samba spy scandal]], wherein it was later found that the directorate had falsely implicated three Indian Army officers as Pakistani spies.<ref name="Scandal">{{cite news \|title=The Samba Case, the Indian army's darkest chapter \|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/may/29samba.htm \|access-date=23 June 2020 \|work=Reddif}}</ref><ref name="Samba spy">{{cite news \|last1=Chawla \|first1=Prabhu \|title=Samba spy case takes dramatic turn as officers challenge dismissal order in HC \|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/investigation/story/19800430-samba-spy-case-takes-dramatic-turn-as-officers-challenge-dismissal-order-in-hc-806631-2014-02-01 \|access-date=23 June 2020 \|work=India Today \|agency=Living Media India Limited \|date=1 February 2022}}</ref>

	==Operations==		==Operations==
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	M.I. was also active in [[Myanmar]], which nurtured insurgent groups. In 1998, a M.I. operative impersonated a [[Khalistan movement\|Khalistani]] terrorist and infiltrated a gun-running Myanmar insurgent group. He led them into a death trap in the [[Andaman islands]].<ref name="Leech">{{cite news \|last1=Goel \|first1=Kritika \|title=Operation Leech: What Was This Military Op & What Went Down? \|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/indian-army-operation-leech-what-was-military-operation-what-went-down \|access-date=23 June 2020 \|work=The Quint \|agency=Quintillion Media Pvt Ltd}}</ref> [[Operation Leech]], as the operation was called, marked the start of the outreach of the Indian Army to the [[Burma\|Burmese junta]] in the 1990s. It also aimed to offset the expanding footprint of China on the eastern border of India.<ref name=india-today/><ref name="Leech"/>		M.I. was also active in [[Myanmar]], which nurtured insurgent groups. In 1998, a M.I. operative impersonated a [[Khalistan movement\|Khalistani]] terrorist and infiltrated a gun-running Myanmar insurgent group. He led them into a death trap in the [[Andaman islands]].<ref name="Leech">{{cite news \|last1=Goel \|first1=Kritika \|title=Operation Leech: What Was This Military Op & What Went Down? \|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/indian-army-operation-leech-what-was-military-operation-what-went-down \|access-date=23 June 2020 \|work=The Quint \|agency=Quintillion Media Pvt Ltd}}</ref> [[Operation Leech]], as the operation was called, marked the start of the outreach of the Indian Army to the [[Burma\|Burmese junta]] in the 1990s. It also aimed to offset the expanding footprint of China on the eastern border of India.<ref name=india-today/><ref name="Leech"/>

	M.I. has carried out operations in [[Bangladesh]] too because of safe sanctuaries provided to insurgent groups like the [[United Liberation Front of Assam]] (U.L.F.A.), the [[United National Liberation Front\|United National Liberation Front of Manipur]] (U.N.L.F.) and the [[Kamtapur Liberation Organisation]].<ref name="Secret war">{{cite news \|last1=Swami \|first1=Praveen \|title=India's secret war in Bangladesh \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/indias-secret-war-in-bangladesh/article2747538.ece \|access-date=23 June 2020 \|work=The Hindu \|agency=The Hindu Group \|date=26 December ~~2011~~}}</ref> Within months of the [[Sheikh Hasina\|Hasina]] government taking over in 2009, the entire leadership of the U.L.F.A. and the U.N.L.F. was handed over to Indian authorities.<ref name=india-today/>		M.I. has carried out operations in [[Bangladesh]] too because of safe sanctuaries provided to insurgent groups like the [[United Liberation Front of Assam]] (U.L.F.A.), the [[United National Liberation Front\|United National Liberation Front of Manipur]] (U.N.L.F.) and the [[Kamtapur Liberation Organisation]].<ref name="Secret war">{{cite news \|last1=Swami \|first1=Praveen \|title=India's secret war in Bangladesh \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/indias-secret-war-in-bangladesh/article2747538.ece \|access-date=23 June 2020 \|work=The Hindu \|agency=The Hindu Group \|date=26 December 2022}}</ref> Within months of the [[Sheikh Hasina\|Hasina]] government taking over in 2009, the entire leadership of the U.L.F.A. and the U.N.L.F. was handed over to Indian authorities.<ref name=india-today/>

	In January 2012, the M.I. warned [[Sheikh Hasina]], the [[Prime Minister of Bangladesh\|Prime Minister]] of Bangladesh, about a coup brewing in the [[Bangladesh Army\|Bangladeshi Army]] which was ultimately foiled.<ref name=india-today/>		In January 2012, the M.I. warned [[Sheikh Hasina]], the [[Prime Minister of Bangladesh\|Prime Minister]] of Bangladesh, about a coup brewing in the [[Bangladesh Army\|Bangladeshi Army]] which was ultimately foiled.<ref name=india-today/>
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	Since 2005, M.I. is also involved in hundreds of cross-border counter terrorism strikes across LOC, into Pakistan. Most notable being [[2016 Indian Line of Control strike\|2016 Surgical strike]].<ref name="LoC 2016">{{cite news \|last1=Negi \|first1=Manjeet Singh \|title=Surgical strikes in PoK: How Indian para commandos killed 50 terrorists, hit 7 camps \|url=http://indiatoday.in/india/story/uri-avenged-inside-story-indian-army-surgical-strikes-pok-343995-2016-09-29 \|access-date=23 June 2020 \|work=India Today \|agency=Living Media India Limited}}</ref>		Since 2005, M.I. is also involved in hundreds of cross-border counter terrorism strikes across LOC, into Pakistan. Most notable being [[2016 Indian Line of Control strike\|2016 Surgical strike]].<ref name="LoC 2016">{{cite news \|last1=Negi \|first1=Manjeet Singh \|title=Surgical strikes in PoK: How Indian para commandos killed 50 terrorists, hit 7 camps \|url=http://indiatoday.in/india/story/uri-avenged-inside-story-indian-army-surgical-strikes-pok-343995-2016-09-29 \|access-date=23 June 2020 \|work=India Today \|agency=Living Media India Limited}}</ref>
	==Military Intelligence Training School & Depot==		==Military Intelligence Training School & Depot==
			[[File:MINTSD.jpg\|thumb\|Military Intelligence Training School & Depot, Pune]]
	Military Intelligence Training School & Depot (MINTSD) at Pune trains intelligence professionals of Indian Army, Navy, Air Force, Para Military Forces, Civil Intelligence Agencies and Friendly Foreign Countries. It started modestly in [[Karachi]] on 20 January 1941. MINTSD moved through [[Murree]] in July 1947 and after partition to [[Mhow]] in November 1947 and finally to its present location in Pune in September 1952.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.punekarnews.in/75-glorious-years-of-military-intelligence-training-school-and-depot-mintsd/\|title=75 glorious years of Military Intelligence Training School And Depot (MINTSD)\|date=2016-01-20\|access-date=2021-05-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.philamart.com/Listing/Details/3071363/Military-Intelligence-Training-School-And-DepotIndian-Army-Postal-Cover\|title=Military Intelligence Training School And Depot-Indian Army Postal Cover\|date=2016-01-20\|access-date=2021-05-29}}</ref>		Military Intelligence Training School & Depot (MINTSD) at Pune trains intelligence professionals of Indian Army, Navy, Air Force, Para Military Forces, Civil Intelligence Agencies and Friendly Foreign Countries. It started modestly in [[Karachi]] on 20 January 1941. MINTSD moved through [[Murree]] in July 1947 and after partition to [[Mhow]] in November 1947 and finally to its present location in Pune in September 1952.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.punekarnews.in/75-glorious-years-of-military-intelligence-training-school-and-depot-mintsd/\|title=75 glorious years of Military Intelligence Training School And Depot (MINTSD)\|date=2016-01-20\|access-date=2021-05-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.philamart.com/Listing/Details/3071363/Military-Intelligence-Training-School-And-DepotIndian-Army-Postal-Cover\|title=Military Intelligence Training School And Depot-Indian Army Postal Cover\|date=2016-01-20\|access-date=2021-05-29}}</ref>

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The '''Directorate of Military Intelligence''' ('''M.I.''') is the [[military intelligence|Intelligence]] arm of the [[Indian Army]].<ref name=india-today>{{Cite news |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/bangladesh-indian-army-military-intelligence-directorate-sheikh-hasina/1/170880.html |title=The Secret Secret Service |first=Sandeep |last=Unnithan |date=28 January 2012 |access-date=16 January 2014 |work=[[India Today]]}}</ref>
The primary mission of military intelligence is to provide timely, relevant, accurate, and synchronized intelligence support to tactical, operational and strategic-level needs of the army.

It is also conducts counter-intelligence activities to detect, identify and neutralize adversarial intelligence threats inside Indian Army.<ref name="Description">{{cite news |last1=Unnithan |first1=Sandeep |title=How Indian Army's Military Intelligence Directorate works |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/special-report/story/20120206-bangladesh-indian-army-military-intelligence-directorate-sheikh-hasina-757152-2012-01-28 |access-date=23 June 2020 |work=India Today |publisher=Living Media India Limited |date=6 February 2012}}</ref>

==Organisation==
Approximately 3,700 military personnel are assigned to intelligence duties. These personnel are trained at Military Intelligence Training School and Depot (MINTSD), Pune.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/city/pune/Military-intelligence-training-school-completes-75-years/articleshow/50836967.cms|title=Military intelligence training school completes 75 years|access-date=3 February 2016|publisher=Times Of India}}</ref>

The operational geographical mandate of the organization is set to 50 km from the border.<ref name=india-today/>

==History==
The agency was set up in 1941 as part of the erstwhile [[British Indian Army]] to generate field intelligence for the army, in the Second World War. After Independence, M.I. was initially tasked with generating only tactical or field intelligence in all [[Borders of India|countries bordering India]].

In 1978, the directorate was involved in the [[Samba spy scandal]], wherein it was later found that the directorate had falsely implicated three Indian Army officers as Pakistani spies.<ref name="Scandal">{{cite news |title=The Samba Case, the Indian army's darkest chapter |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/may/29samba.htm |access-date=23 June 2020 |work=Reddif}}</ref><ref name="Samba spy">{{cite news |last1=Chawla |first1=Prabhu |title=Samba spy case takes dramatic turn as officers challenge dismissal order in HC |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/investigation/story/19800430-samba-spy-case-takes-dramatic-turn-as-officers-challenge-dismissal-order-in-hc-806631-2014-02-01 |access-date=23 June 2020 |work=India Today |agency=Living Media India Limited |date=1 February 2014}}</ref>

==Operations==
In early 1957, 2 M.I. officers had infiltrated into Chinese territory and carried out a Reconnaissance operation. It was due to this operation, that indian government got first-hand evidence that China had illegally built a road in [[Aksai Chin]]. The personnel had joined a group of yak grazers in disguise and gathered the first-hand evidence. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timesofindia.com/india/jawaharlal-nehru-ignored-intelligence-report-of-chinese-road-in-indian-territory-in-1957-book/amp_articleshow/78096926.cms|title=Jawaharlal Nehru ignored intelligence report of Chinese road in Indian territory in 1957: Book|date=14 September 2020|publisher=Times Of India}}</ref>

In late 1990s, M.I. officers were also deployed in [[Tajikistan]] and later into [[Afghanistan]], in support of the [[Ahmad Shah Massoud]]–led [[Northern Alliance]] that overthrew the Taliban in 2001 with the aid of the US-led coalition forces in the aftermath of the [[September 11 attacks]] and the subsequent [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|War in Afghanistan]]. <ref name=india-today/>

M.I. was also active in [[Myanmar]], which nurtured insurgent groups. In 1998, a M.I. operative impersonated a [[Khalistan movement|Khalistani]] terrorist and infiltrated a gun-running Myanmar insurgent group. He led them into a death trap in the [[Andaman islands]].<ref name="Leech">{{cite news |last1=Goel |first1=Kritika |title=Operation Leech: What Was This Military Op & What Went Down? |url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/indian-army-operation-leech-what-was-military-operation-what-went-down |access-date=23 June 2020 |work=The Quint |agency=Quintillion Media Pvt Ltd}}</ref> [[Operation Leech]], as the operation was called, marked the start of the outreach of the Indian Army to the [[Burma|Burmese junta]] in the 1990s. It also aimed to offset the expanding footprint of China on the eastern border of India.<ref name=india-today/><ref name="Leech"/>

M.I. has carried out operations in [[Bangladesh]] too because of safe sanctuaries provided to insurgent groups like the [[United Liberation Front of Assam]] (U.L.F.A.), the [[United National Liberation Front|United National Liberation Front of Manipur]] (U.N.L.F.) and the [[Kamtapur Liberation Organisation]].<ref name="Secret war">{{cite news |last1=Swami |first1=Praveen |title=India's secret war in Bangladesh |url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/indias-secret-war-in-bangladesh/article2747538.ece |access-date=23 June 2020 |work=The Hindu |agency=The Hindu Group |date=26 December 2011}}</ref> Within months of the [[Sheikh Hasina|Hasina]] government taking over in 2009, the entire leadership of the U.L.F.A. and the U.N.L.F. was handed over to Indian authorities.<ref name=india-today/>

In January 2012, the M.I. warned [[Sheikh Hasina]], the [[Prime Minister of Bangladesh|Prime Minister]] of Bangladesh, about a coup brewing in the [[Bangladesh Army|Bangladeshi Army]] which was ultimately foiled.<ref name=india-today/>

Since 2005, M.I. is also involved in hundreds of cross-border counter terrorism strikes across LOC, into Pakistan. Most notable being [[2016 Indian Line of Control strike|2016 Surgical strike]].<ref name="LoC 2016">{{cite news |last1=Negi |first1=Manjeet Singh |title=Surgical strikes in PoK: How Indian para commandos killed 50 terrorists, hit 7 camps |url=http://indiatoday.in/india/story/uri-avenged-inside-story-indian-army-surgical-strikes-pok-343995-2016-09-29 |access-date=23 June 2020 |work=India Today |agency=Living Media India Limited}}</ref>
==Military Intelligence Training School & Depot==
Military Intelligence Training School & Depot (MINTSD) at Pune trains intelligence professionals of Indian Army, Navy, Air Force, Para Military Forces, Civil Intelligence Agencies and Friendly Foreign Countries. It started modestly in [[Karachi]] on 20 January 1941. MINTSD moved through [[Murree]] in July 1947 and after partition to [[Mhow]] in November 1947 and finally to its present location in Pune in September 1952.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.punekarnews.in/75-glorious-years-of-military-intelligence-training-school-and-depot-mintsd/|title=75 glorious years of Military Intelligence Training School And Depot (MINTSD)|date=2016-01-20|access-date=2021-05-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.philamart.com/Listing/Details/3071363/Military-Intelligence-Training-School-And-DepotIndian-Army-Postal-Cover|title=Military Intelligence Training School And Depot-Indian Army Postal Cover|date=2016-01-20|access-date=2021-05-29}}</ref>

It offers the following courses under the [[Savitribai Phule Pune University]] - Diplomas in Combat Intelligence and Security, Management of Intelligence and Security Teams, Management of Intelligence and Security Teams, Security, Security and Intelligence Tradecraft; P.G. Diploma in Combat Intelligence Analysis and Management, Intelligence Tradecraft and Practice, Satellite and Aerial Imagery Interpretation and Security with Specialization in Counter Intelligence.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bcud.unipune.ac.in/utilities/college_search/IMMP019010_ENG/Pune_University_College|title=Colleges, Research Centers and University Department Details|date=|access-date=2021-05-29}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Defence Intelligence Agency (India)|Defence Intelligence Agency]]
* [[Directorate of Air Intelligence]]
* [[Directorate of Naval Intelligence (India)|Directorate of Naval Intelligence]]
* [[Technical Support Division]]

==References==
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