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Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB; transl. Armed Border Force) is a central armed police force in India under the Ministry of Home Affairs. It is responsible for guarding India’s borders with Nepal and Bhutan .
Hon'ble Home Minister of India Shri Amit Shah with the Union Home Secretary and Chiefs of the CAPFs. Central Armed Police Forces are organised with the primary role of border guarding for AR, BSF, ITBP, SSB; Security of sensitive establishments by CISF, Assisting Police to tackle Law & Order, Counter-Terrorist Operations, Counter Naxal Operations by CRPF, NSG.
Originally constituted as the Crown Representative Police in 1939, CRP was raised in response to the political unrest and agitations in the then Princely States of India following the Madras Resolution of the All-India Congress Committee in 1936 and the ever-growing desire of the Crown Representative to help the vast majority of the native States preserve law and order as part of imperial policy.
Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) – 82,000 personnel on the Bhutan and Nepal borders; Indian Coast Guard (तटरक्षक) – a specialized maritime force under India's Ministry of Defence dedicated to protecting the sea borders.
Since India's independence in 1947, the protection of its international boundaries was the responsibility of the local police in each border state, with little inter-state coordination. [8] However, during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, Pakistan attacked Sardar Post, Char Bet, and Beria Bet on April 9, 1965, in Kutch. This attack exposed the ...
Sashastra Seema Bal: 94,261: Ministry of Home Affairs: Indo-Nepal Border and Indo-Bhutan Border [106] Railway Protection Force: 76,563 [102] Ministry of Railways: Indian Railways National Disaster Response Force: 13,000: Ministry of Home Affairs: Area prone to Disaster in India Defence Security Corps: 31,000 [102] Territorial Army branch of ...
The NSG consists entirely of volunteers on deputation from the Central Armed Police Forces, or the State Police departments and the Indian Army. NSG commandos are sent back to their parent department after serving with the force for a certain period. The Director General of the National Security Guard is an officer from the Indian Police ...
Sashastra Seema Bal, Indian border patrol force, formerly called Special Service Bureau; Secret Service Bureau, of the United Kingdom, now called the Secret Intelligence Service; Services Selection Board, for the selection of candidates in officer cadre of Indian Armed Forces; Special Service Battalion, a South African military unit