Narendra Nath Dhar Dubey (BSF Officer) Height, Wife, Children, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Nickname	NND Dubey
Profession	Retired Border Security Force Officer
Known For	Leading the encounter operation against Ghazi Baba (The mastermind of Indian Parliament attack, 2001)
Physical Stats
Height (approx.)	5' 8" (173 cm)
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Black (Partially Bald)
Career
Award	Kirti Chakra Award (2005)
Personal Life
Birthplace	Gorakhpur, UP
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Gorakhpur, UP
College/University	Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University, Uttar Pradesh Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi
Educational Qualification	Post Graduation
Religion	Hinduism
Hobbies	Reading, Listening Music
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Married
Family
Wife/Spouse
Children	Son(s)- 2 Daughter- 1

Some Lesser Known Facts About Narendra Nath Dhar Dubey

• Narendra Nath Dhar Dubey was born and raised in a rural area of Gorakhpur on the bank of the Rapti River.

• His grandfather was an officer in the Indian National Army.

• In an interview, Narendra Nath said that he belongs to a very rural area and faced many challenges in his education.

• Narendra was a very bright student since childhood.

• In an interview, Narendra Dhar mentioned that he wanted to study Science and Mathematics since childhood, but his parents didn’t allow him to study Science, so he had to choose Arts as his subjects.

• After his junior college, he gave the entrance test of the University of Allahabad, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. He stood second in the entrance test, but his parents did not allow him to go too far from home, and insisted him to take admission in a nearby college or University. The reason for that was that one of his elder brothers had died in a road accident, and his family was afraid of highways and busy roads.

• Later, he gave the entrance test for Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University, Uttar Pradesh, and took admission for his Graduation Degree in Arts.

• In an interview, during his Master’s degree at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, he got a monthly stipend of Rs 181. He also got a single bed room in the hostel that was allotted only for toppers of the university.

• After his master’s degree, he wanted to be a teacher.

• In an interview, Narendra Nath mentioned that when he completed his master’s, one of his friends suggested that he should take the entrance test for UP police. Narendra discussed this with his family, and his family gave him permission to take the test.

• Luckily, he cleared the entrance and ground test. At that time, he was given with stipend of Rs 80 per month.

• In the late 1990s, he joined the Border Security Forces.

• The key operation of his service tenure was the encounter with Ghazi Baba, the mastermind of the Indian Parliament attack (2001). It was also the first historic operation of the Border Security Force in Kashmir in 38 years.

• Dubey was a second-in-command rank officer of the BSF at the time of the Ghazi Baba encounter operation.

• The operation lasted nearly two years, which also involved intensive fear and risk.

• In an interview, Dubey mentioned that in August 2003, when he was attending an event where a woman in a burqa walked by him and dropped a tip, and went away. Dubey also mentioned that the tip was accurate and Ghazi was hiding in that location.

• When the final encounter took place in Kashmir, Dubey was leading from the front.

• Narendra Nath Dubey was heavily injured in this operation. He got a total of 7 bullets.

• During the operation, when Dubey was holding a militant with his arm, he fired Dubey with a gun and his right forearm was shattered.

• In an interview, Dubey mentioned that after 64 days, his parents got to know about this operation.

• Dubey underwent 3 major surgeries in one year, and he was discharged from AIIMS Hospital, New Delhi, after 4 years of operation in 2007. One bullet is still lodged in his body.

• Although this Gazi Baba Encounter operation was one of the biggest operations of that time but it didn’t get much media coverage.

• Narendra Nath Dhar was awarded with Gallantry Kirti Chakra honour in 2005 for leading the Ghazi Baba encounter operation.

• In 2021, a writer named Rahul Pandita also mentioned the Ghazi Baba operation and Narendra Nath Dhar Dubey’s heroic courage in his book titled “The Lover Boy of Bahawalpur: How the Pulwama Case was Cracked”.

• After 23 years, a biopic of Narendra Nath Dhar Dubey was released in April 2025. This film covered the heroism of Narendra Dhar and the Border Security Force of India during the encounter of Ghazi Baba. Emraan Hashmi portrayed the role of Narendra Nath Dhar Dubey.
  

  Narendra Nath Dhar Dubey with Emraan Hashmi

• Narendra Nath Dubey keeps his personal life away from social media and doesn’t talk much about his family.