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Frederick Allan Rowley
Frederick Allan Rowley (27 July 1922 – 28 July 2014) was a British Army officer, Foreign Office diplomat, and Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) controller. Early life He was born on 27 July in 1922 Rajputana, British India, the son of RQMS Rowley, Worcestershire Regiment. He was educated at Haig School, Aldershot. Career From 1941 to 1945, Rowley served with 10th Baluch Regiment, 5/10th Baluch Regiment of the British Indian Army in India and Burma. Rowley "developed notable leadership qualities", fighting in Burma and southeast Asia, and was "just the sort of man the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), or MI6, was looking for", according to his obituary in ''The Times''. Rowley joined the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) in 1948. In 1963, Rowley completed a three-year secondment with the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS), and became responsible for intelligence gathering in Rhodesia, under John Debenham Taylor. Rowley was an MI6 Controller, and the first head ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajputana
Rājputana, meaning "Land of the Rajputs", was a region in the Indian subcontinent that included mainly the present-day Indian state of Rajasthan, as well as parts of Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat, and some adjoining areas of Sindh in modern-day southern Pakistan. The main settlements to the west of the Aravalli Hills came to be known as ''Rajputana'', early in the Medieval Period. The name was later adopted by British government as the Rajputana Agency for its dependencies in the region of the present-day Indian state of Rājasthān. The Rajputana Agency included 18 princely states, two chiefships and the British district of Ajmer-Merwara. This British official term remained until its replacement by "Rajasthan" in the constitution of 1949. Name George Thomas (''Military Memories'') was the first in 1800, to term this region the ''Rajputana Agency''. The historian John Keay in his book, ''India: A History'', stated that the ''Rajputana'' name was coined by the British, but that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
