Reborn In 17th century India with Black Technology

25th October 1657

It has been a week since the 400 agents as 100 teams have been dispatched on their missions to the Safavid Empire. Throughout the week, Roshan had stayed in the Tes town, arranging all the logistical supplies for the agents as well as assisting Harpreet Singh in setting up the Research and Analysis Wing in order to constantly stay in tune with the movements of the agents

Harpreet Singh is actually the first Bharatiya External Pragya agent to use a Research and Analysis Wing on a major operation right off the bat, as it is still a new unit in the Bharatiya External Pragya. Roshan only dared to use it after it was proven highly successful during operations in Southeast Asian countries and contributed significantly to the success in the Philippines.

It is safe to say that the intelligence-gathering capabilities of the Bharatiya External Pragya are evolving one iteration at a time. After each mission, new lessons are learned, and new strategies are integrated into the department, causing its intelligence-gathering capabilities to improve by leaps and bounds.

Due to the installation of the Research and Analysis Wing, Roshan temporarily does not have to worry about the mission in the Safavid Empire. Hence, he is going back to the Chabahar Port as he still has a doubt that needs to be clarified.

Travelling in the carriage, he rubbed his chin, still unable to understand what Selvan’s play was.

"Why would he use government employees in his plan to reduce the power of local ruling factions?" Roshan felt that this idea was too risky, as once the news is exposed, the large tribes and families that have only recently come into contact with the Bharatiya Empire may suddenly become hostile, resist the empire, and start riots, hindering the development of Makran, Balochistan, and Pakhtun Pradesh.

And that is only the most likely scenario, which the Bharatiya Empire could still handle.

Even if the tribes gathered all the forces of Balochistan, Makran, and Pakhtun Pradesh, they would not be able to gain independence from Bharat. But what if they do not act right away? What if, due to a clever leader, they choose to wait it out, enjoy all the benefits brought by Bharat, and at the same time stab Bharat in the back when it is least prepared?

That is more devastating for the Bharatiya Empire than the current situation, where cities like Gwadar and Ormara have unusually high concentrations of resources in the hands of a few tribal families who managed to gain a first-mover advantage, or like Chabahar, where the city has always been under their control.

Knowing the risks, Roshan definitely can’t let such a thing continue to happen, so he has to get to the bottom of it right away.

Roshan had arrived at a busy street, which was quite popular and located in the central part of the city. Roshan got down from the carriage, camouflaged himself with different clothes and ornaments, randomly walked around multiple streets, and finally, after making sure that he had gotten rid of the eyes from the agents of Bharatiya Internal Pragya, he entered the restaurant.

The restaurant was crowded as the people were happily enjoying their meals. Roshan, however, did not find a spot to sit down. Instead, he went to the owner, who was writing the bills.

The owner lifted his face, ready to take the order from the guest, but strangely, he felt that the guest seemed familiar to him. If it had been someone else, they would have already ignored this feeling, but the owner was not an ordinary man. He did not ignore this feeling and started searching his memory, all the while keeping the same smile on his face.

However, before he could remember, the mysterious man spoke.

"I would like one plate of sand dune dust and a serving of Sindhu River water."

The owner’s eyes widened as he immediately understood who the person was. ’No wonder he seemed familiar.’

The shock on his face appeared for only a split second before it quickly disappeared. The owner recovered and gave a very professional smile. He pulled out a token and handed it over to Roshan. "Your meal will be served directly to the VIP room, sir. Please enjoy the meal at Chandra Sagar Veg and Non-Veg Restaurant."

Roshan had a look of approval after seeing that the agent he had trained in his early days had grown up.

The owner handed over his position to his nephew and soon followed Roshan.

Inside the VIP room, both men greeted each other with smiles on their faces.

Roshan looked through the window, which showed the people entering and exiting the restaurant. "You have a nice place here, Chandra. It’s perfect for your operation."

Chandra Sagar, the agent Roshan had come to look for, had a humble expression on his face. "It’s all thanks to the director’s teaching that I was able to make contributions and get a place like this for myself."

Roshan shook his head. "No, I did not do much. I only gave you the initial foundation. It was you, Raghav Rao, and your brother who took on the difficult task of accompanying Bharatiya commandos in scouting Balochistan during the war."

"The Empire also sees your contribution. That is why you and your colleague Raghav Rao obtained the noble rank of Class Two Manthri. I saw you during the nobility promotion ceremony that was secretly held to honour the three intelligence departments of the empire."

"Although you are no longer in the Bharatiya External Pragya, I still wish you the best of luck in your career."

Chandra Sagar was touched. He did a namaskara. "I am very thankful for your kind words, Director. Then," his face suddenly took on a serious expression, "what can I do for you, sir?"

Surprisingly, Roshan, who had a kind expression before, now had a stern look on his face. "I don’t know what is happening with the Mengal tribe. I know Bharatiya Internal Pragya has something to do with it.

I don’t care what your agents from Bharatiya Internal Pragya want to do with the Mengal family or any other family for that matter, but I want to ask," Roshan’s eyes were piercing, "Do you know the consequences once the matter is leaked?"

Chandra Sagar was immediately surprised as he did not expect his old director to ask such a question. After a while, he couldn’t help but feel admiration for Roshan. He knew that the director had arrived at Chabahar Port only a week ago, settled in tis town, and had not left the town since then.

So he was amazed at how the director was able to analyze the internal operations of the Bharatiya internal Pragya and gather such information in such a short time. "Really, the director is the director," Chandra Sagar lamented.

If Chandra Sagar knew that Roshan had been able to guess the involvement of Bharatiya internal Pragya in the matter of suppressing the mengal tribe on the first day, he might not know how to feel.

Chandra Sagar looked at his old director, without any fear.

"Director, are you aware of Operation Silent Eclipse?"

The information he was about to reveal, although a secret to most intelligence agents even in his own department, was not so for the director of Bharatiya External Pragya. If Roshan wanted to find out, he could just go to the capital and look at the recent activities in the archives.

Roshan thought for a while, went through his memory, and shook his head. "No, I don’t."

"Well, Director, this is a new operation launched by Director Selvan after receiving the permission of His Majesty."

"Operation Silent Eclipse is focused on reducing the power of local ruling factions in the Muslim-dominated regions of the empire."

"The operation varies from city to city according to the local conditions. For Chabahar, as you have seen, we obviously chose the way of tribal in-fighting."

Roshan nodded his head with a little worry on his face.

"I have seen it, and I don’t have any opinion on it, but I am concerned about whether this will be exposed."

Chandra Sagar nodded his head, with a sinister glint in his eyes. "Director, you do know about the purge that happened a few months ago within various intelligence departments, right?"

Roshan naturally knew this as he was directly involved in it, but then he suddenly realized something. "You mean?..."

"Yes, the purge has not yet happened in the three cities of Chabahar, Gwadar, and Ormara. We have already identified the corrupt police officers, civil servants in the city administrator’s office, and intelligence agents in the Bharatiya Internal Pragya, but we haven’t taken any action against them"

"So naturally, when the various tribal families come to them in secret to help with embezzlement, these corrupt government workers will be attracted, as they have already tasted the benefits of their crooked ways. Especially now, since they have not received any punishment, they will be more blatant in their corruption."

"Also, in order for Operation Silent Eclipse to go on without any hitch, the corrupt police officers, civil servants, and intelligence agents are all kept in the dark about the purge that took place on the mainland. Hence, they feel like they are hidden from the empire’s purview.

They now believe that the distant city they are in has not received much attention from the intelligence department, so they have become more and more rampant, doing more and more evil.

"Only a few days ago, we received a report of three major families in the Mengal tribe joining hands with these corrupt officers, government employees, and intelligence agents to illegally buy a total of 652 acres of land around the outskirts of Chabahar City, near a new town called Gulchahar."

There was a smile on Chandra Sagar’s face.

Roshan nodded in understanding. Chandra Sagar did not have to explain the remaining parts of the operation.

"So once the atrocities these people commit reach a boiling point and create widespread unhappiness among the people, I assume the city administrator or Selvan will personally take charge of weeding out these corrupt individuals and return the land to the people whom the government believes are the actual owners, which is definitely not the Mengal tribe. n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

"And if the top leaders of the Mengal tribe cause complaints and trouble, then the information about their collusion with the government agents to embezzle the property of their own tribesmen could be used as a way of blackmailing them, making them obedient. With this dirt on them, the top leaders would also work hard to soften the dissatisfaction of their weaker tribesmen."

"Overall, with this plan, not only have you successfully broken apart a large interest group that could rival the local government in Chabahar City, but you have also managed to fully distribute the wealth among different people, allowing the government to not only rule in peace but also to one, avoid the suspicion of the tribal people and two, gain enough local support to strengthen the government due to resource distribution."

"I have to say, Chandra, Selvan made an excellent plan. I must congratulate him when I go back."

Roshan was finally relieved. Knowing everything he wanted to know, he understood that he had been worried unnecessarily. He drank the beverage that was offered to him and got up to leave, but before he did,

"Chandra Sagar, I assume you are responsible for the operations of Bharatiya Internal Pragya in Chabahar Port?"

"Ah, yes, Director."

"Then is Raghav Rao responsible for the operations of Bharatiya Internal Pragya in either Gwadar or Ormara?"

"Yes."

A smile crossed Roshan’s face. "Good luck to you both, and don’t let down the reputation of the first batch of agents that I trained."

Chandra Sagar stiffened his back and returned a salute to his old director. It could be seen that although Chandra Sagar had shifted from Bharatiya External Pragya to Internal Pragya after the war, he still respected his old director quite a bit.

P.S. Sorry the copy may be a little ruff, but I don’t have time today