Border Security Force

Indian Border police deployed near Bangladesh and Pakistan

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Border Security Force

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Common name| Border security force
Abbreviation| BSF
Motto| जीवन पर्यन्त कर्तव्य[1]
Agency overview
Formed| 1 December, 1965
Employees| 265,000 active personnel[2]
Annual budget| ₹25,027.52 crore (US$3.1 billion) (2024–25)[3]
Jurisdictional structure
Federal agency| India
Operations jurisdiction| India
Governing body| Ministry of Home Affairs (India)
Constituting instrument|

* Border Security Force Act, 1968

General nature|

* Federal law enforcement

Operational structure
Headquarters| New Delhi, India
Minister responsible|

* Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs

Agency executive|

* Nitin Agarwal , IPS, Director General[4]

Parent agency| Ministry of Home Affairs
Facilities
Boats| 500+
Aircraft| 24
Animals| Dogs, Camels, Horses
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The Border Security Force (BSF) is India's border guarding organisation at its borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh. It is one of the five Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) of India, and was formed in the wake of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 "for ensuring the security of the borders of India and for connected matters therewith".[5][6]

It has various active roles during an outbreak of war. CAPF facilitates a navy, air wing and an artillery regiment. It is under the control of the Ministry of Home Affairs. However, the BSF has a small force of officers or "Cadre". Notably, the head designated Director-General (DG), has been an Indian Police Service officer since its establishment.[6] The BSF has grown from 25 battalions in 1965, to 192 battalions with a sanctioned strength of 270,000 personnel including an expanding air wing, navy, an artillery regiment and specialised units.[7][8] It is currently the world's largest border security force. BSF has been termed the First Line of Defence of Indian territories.[9]

A soldier of Border Security Force in one of the ceremonial uniforms.

## History[edit]

Since the independence of India in 1947, the protection of India's international boundaries was the responsibility of the local police belonging to each border state, with little inter-state coordination.[10] However, during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, Pakistan attacked Sardar Post, Char Bet, and Beria Bet on 9 April 1965 in Kutch. This attack exposed the inadequacy of the State Armed Police to cope with armed aggression. Thus, after the end of the war, the government created the Border Security Force as a unified central agency with the specific mandate of guarding India's international borders. This act brought greater cohesion in border security. K F Rustamji, from the Indian Police Service, was the first Director General of the BSF. Since it was a new force, the officers had to be deputed or inducted from outside to fill the various vacancies at various levels until the force's own cadre matured sufficiently. It was for this reason that emergency commissioned officers and SS officers of the Indian Army were inducted in large numbers into the force along with IPS officers who were deputed to the force for high level appointments.[10]

The BSF's capabilities were used in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 against Pakistani forces in areas where the Regular Forces were thinly spread; BSF troops took part in several operations including the famous Battle of Longewala. In fact, for BSF the war on the eastern front had started well before the war actually broke out in December 1971. BSF had trained, supported and formed part of Mukti Bahini and had entered erstwhile East Pakistan before the actual hostilities broke out. BSF had played a very important role in the Liberation of Bangladesh which Indira Gandhi and Sheikh Mujibur Rehman had also acknowledged.

### List of DG's of BSF[edit]

K.F. Rustamji, IPS[11] was appointed as the first Director General of Border Security Force from 22 July 1965 to 30 September 1972 and the current Director General is Nitin Agarwal, IPS, since 15 June 2023.[12]

No. | Name | Start | End

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1  | Khusro Faramurz Rustamji | 22 Jul 1965  | 30 Sep 1972
2  | Ashwini Kumar | 01 Oct 1972  | 31 Dec 1977
3  | Sharawan Tandon  | 01 Jan 1978  | 30 Nov 1980
4  | K. Rama Murti  | 01 Dec 1980  | 31 Aug 1982
5  | Birbal Nath  | 01 Sep 1982  | 30 Sep 1984
6  | M.C. Misra  | 01 Oct 1984  | 31 Jul 1987
7  | H.P. Bhatnagar  | 01 Aug 1987  | 31 Jul 1990
8  | T. Ananthachary  | 01 Aug 1990  | 31 May 1993
9  | Prakash Singh | 09 Jun 1993  | 31 Jan 1994
10  | D.K. Arya  | 01 Feb 1994  | 03 Dec 1995
11  | Arun Bhagat  | 04 Dec 1995  | 02 Oct 1996
12  | A.K. Tandon  | 02 Oct 1996  | 04 Dec 1997
13  | E.N. Rammohan | 04 Dec 1997  | 30 Nov 2000
14  | Gurbachan Singh Jagat  | 30 Nov 2000  | 30 Jun 2002
15  | Ajay Raj Sharma  | 01 Jul 2002  | 31 Dec 2004
16  | R.S. Mooshahary | 31 Dec 2004  | 26 Feb 2006
17  | A.K. Mitra  | 27 Feb 2006  | 30 Sep 2008
18  | M.L. Kumawat  | 01 Oct 2008  | 31 Jul 2009
19  | Raman Srivastava  | 01 Aug 2009  | 31 Oct 2011
20  | U.K. Bansal  | 01 Nov 2011  | 30 Nov 2012
21  | Subhash Joshi  | 19 December 2012  | 28 February 2014
22  | D.K. Pathak  | 8 March 2014  | 29 February 2016
23  | K.K. Sharma  | 1 March 2016  | 30 September 2018
24  | Rajni Kant Mishra  | 1 October 2018  | 31 August 2019
25  | V.K. Johri  | 1 September 2019  | 10 March 2020
26  | Surjeet Singh Deswal | 11 March 2020  | 17 August 2020
27  | Rakesh Asthana | 18 August 2020  | 28 July 2021
28  | Surjeet Singh Deswal | 28 July 2021  | 31 Aug 2021
29  | Pankaj Kumar Singh | 1 September 2021  | 31 December 2022
30  | Sujoy Lal Thaosen  | 1 January 2023  | 14 June 2023
31  | Nitin Agarwal  | 15 June 2023  | Incumbent

### Engagements[edit]

* Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
* Operation Blue Star
* Operation Black Thunder
* Insurgency in Punjab
* Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
* Operation Vijay – Kargil War
* 2001 Bangladeshi-Indian border skirmishes
* 2001–2002 Operation Parakram – India-Pakistan Standoff
* 2013 India-Pakistan Border skirmishes
* 2014–15 India–Pakistan border skirmishes
* 2016–2018 India–Pakistan border skirmishes
* 2019 India–Pakistan border skirmishes

## Roles[edit]

During peacetime

* Border guard and security.
* Prevention trans-border crimes, unauthorized entry into or exit from the territory of India.
* Prevention of smuggling and any other illegal activities on the border.
* Anti-infiltration duties.
* Collection trans-border intelligence.
* To promote a sense of security among the people living in the border areas.

During war time

* Holding ground in assigned sectors.
* Limited aggressive action against irregular forces of the enemy.
* Maintenance of law and order in enemy territory administered under the Army's control.
* Acting as guides to the Army in border areas.
* Assistance in control of refugees.
* Provision of escorts.
* Performing special tasks connected with intelligence including cross-border raids.[13]
* Replenishing manpower.

BSF is also employed for Internal Security Duties and other law and order duties on the requisition of the State Government. Being a Central Armed Police Force it can be entrusted with policing duties at any place apart from its mandate.[13] Although originally charged with guarding India's external boundaries, the BSF in the 1990s was also given the task in counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism operations in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, and the Northeastern Seven Sister States. While in Punjab, BSF took part in operations like Blue Star, Black Thunder 1 & 2\. However, when the insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir broke out in 1989, it moved towards the state and handed over the operations in Punjab to CRPF and local police. In Jammu and Kashmir, state police and the thinly-deployed Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) struggled to cope with the torturous violence, so it was deployed to combat these.

In Jammu and Kashmir, BSF initially suffered casualties from terrorist attacks but later saw successes. During the initial years, terrorist activity had even reached Jammu and parts of Northern Punjab and Himachal Pradesh. However, it was only due to the successful operations by BSF that by the late 1990s, their area of activity had been restricted only to the valley. BSF was also successful in setting up a robust HUMINT network. From arresting Maulana Masood Azhar, Bitta Karate, Yasin Malik BSF is also credited for killing Ghazi Baba \- chief of Jaish-e-Mohammed and the mastermind of the 2001 Indian Parliament attack in August 2003, along with his deputy commander. The BSF raided Baba's hideout in Srinagar and he was killed in the ensuing gun battle along with his deputy chief.

However, with changing tactical and operational conditions, and expansion and modernisation of State police, the Government withdrew all 60 BSF battalions and redeployed them on the Indo-Pakistani border and Bangladesh–India border. These troops were then replaced by fresh troops from the CRPF that had undergone specialised training in counter-terrorism.

Some units of BSF are also deployed in Central India to combat Naxal violence. Counter-Maoist operations are diversified. BSF is deployed in Kanker district of Chhattisgarh, where Naxal strength is comparatively thinner than that of other parts of Bastar region. At present total 15 battalions of BSF are stationed in different parts of Kanker district to combat the Naxal.

After recent civilian killings in Kashmir the Home Ministry re-inducted BSF for counter-insurgency operations and law-and-order duties in valley. The BSF units will be deployed in sensitive areas which lie in various districts of the Kashmir valley. A significant contributor to BSF success in the Kashmir Valley is Commandant Jagmohan Singh Rawat SM, KC. He has played a crucial role in counter-insurgency operations.

## Organisation[edit]

BSF band marching contingent during the 63rd Republic Day Parade. The Home Minister with children who are part of the Bharat Darshan Tour organized by the BSF in 2012. Women personnel of BSF taking part in the ceremonial retreat at the India-Pakistan border at Wagah, 2010. A BSF soldier performs at the Attari–Wagah border ceremony metres from a Pakistan Rangers soldier. At the Petrapole-Benapole Border Ceremony, BSF and Border Guard Bangladesh personnel.

The Border Security Force has its headquarters in New Delhi and is known as Force Headquarters (FHQ) headed by a Director General. Various directorates like Operations, Communications & IT, Training, Engineering, General, Law, Provisioning, Administration, Personnel, Armaments, Medical, Finance etc. function under the DG. Each directorate is headed by an IG. The Eastern Theatre is looked after by Spl. DG HQ (Eastern Command) at Kolkata and the Western Theatre is looked after by Spl DG HQ (Western Command) at Chandigarh. Field Formations in BSF are headed by an IG and are known as Frontiers Headquarters (Ftr HQ). There is 13 such Frontier under which Sector Headquarters (SHQ) function headed by a DIG each. Each SHQ has under its command 4–5 infantry battalions, along with attachments of artillery, air and water wings. Presently 186 battalions are sanctioned to BSF. Five major training institutions and ten Subsidiary Training Centres (STCs) are imparting ab-initio as well as in-service training to its ranks and other CPOs/SPOs including IPS Probationers.

BSF is the only Central Armed Police force to have its own Air Wing and artillery regiment, and besides ITBP to have a Water Wing. All these specialised wings support the General Duty Battalions in their operations. The Financial Adviser of the BSF has been an Indian Revenue Service officer of the rank of Joint Secretary and also has Dy Advisers from the Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Indian Civil Account Service and Indian Defence Account Service.

The BSF also has a national level school for the breeding and training of dogs. Dogs from other CPOs and State Police are sent to National Training Centre for Dogs (NTCD) to be trained in infantry patrol, detection of explosives, tracking and the like.[14]

The BSF maintains a Tear Smoke Unit (TSU), which is unique in India. The TSU is responsible for producing tear gas munitions required for the Anti-Riot Forces. It also exports a substantial quantity to other countries.[15][16]

Three battalions of the BSF, located at Kolkata, Guwahati, and Patna, are designated as the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF). Each battalion maintains 18 self-contained specialist search and rescue teams of 45 personnel each, including engineers, technicians, electricians, dog squads and medics and paramedics. The establishment of each battalion is 1,158 personnel. The NDRF is a multi-disciplinary, multi-skilled, high-tech force for all types of disasters and can deploy to disasters by air, sea, and land. These battalions are equipped and trained for all natural disasters including combating Chemical, Biological Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) disasters.

Since 2014, As a part of modernisation, BSF also started installing infra-red, thermal imagers, aerostats for aerial surveillance, ground sensors, radars, sonar systems to secure riverine borders, fibre-optic sensor and laser beam intrusion detection systems on specific sections of border with Pakistan as well as Bangladesh. These Hi-tech systems are installed in areas where barbed wire fencing could not be installed due to treacherous terrain or marshy riverine topography. The largest section of this system is located at Dhubri, Assam, where Brahmaputra river enters Bangladesh.[17][18]

### ORBAT[edit]

* Western Command, Chandigarh
* Gujarat Frontier, Gandhinagar
* Barmer Sector
* Gandhinagar Sector
* Bhuj Sector,
* Rajasthan Frontier, Jodhpur
* Jaisalmer (South)Sector
* Jaisalmer (North) Sector
* Bikaner Sector
* Ganganagar Sector
* Punjab Frontier, Jalandhar
* Ferozepur Sector
* Amritsar Sector
* Gurdaspur Sector
* Jammu Frontier, Jammu
* Jammu Sector
* Sunderbani Sector
* Rajauri Sector
* I/Nagar Sector
* Kashmir Frontier, Humhama
* Srinagar Sector
* Baramulla Sector
* Bandipore Sector
* Kupwara Sector
* Eastern Command, Kolkata
* South Bengal Frontier,[19] Kolkata
* North Bengal Frontier, Kadamtala
* Meghalaya Frontier
* SHQ Shillong (at Mawpat)
* SHQ Tura
* Tripura Frontier, Agartala
* Mizoram & Cachar Frontier, Masimpur
* Aizawl Sector
* Cachar Sector
* CI Ops Manipur
* Assam Frontier, Guwahati
* FTR HQ (spl ops)Odisha
* SHQ Koraput
* SHQ Malkanagiri

### Special Detachments[edit]

#### Creek Crocodile[edit]

The Creek Crocodile is the specialised commando unit of BSF. Primary objective of this unit is to act as Quick reaction force and prevent smuggling and infiltration by unwanted elements. The unit is specifically deployed at Indus River Estuaries in Gujarat and Sir Creek. It was raised in 2009.[20] The base of operations of this unit is located at Koteshwar outpost of BSF.[20] They are equipped with ATVs and fast patrol boats.[21]

#### Camel Contingent[edit]

Camel contingent during a parade

BSF Camel Contingent is a specialised battalion-size Camelry Unit which has its roots in Bikaner Camel Corps. The primary purpose of this unit is to patrol the desert section of the border with Pakistan. This unit has a strength of 1200 camels and 800 riders. Both camels as well as riders are trained at Camel Training Centre located at BSF Frontier Headquarters in Jodhpur.[22]

However, with force modernisation pacing up, BSF has equipped its formation across the western border with All-Terrain Vehicles and other specialised apparatus.

## Proposal regarding guarding the Indo-Myanmar border[edit]

The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) has been considering a proposal to entrust the border-guarding duty along the Indo-Myanmar border to the Border Security Force (BSF). Presently, the 1,640 kilometres (1,020 mi) Indo-Myanmar border is being guarded by Assam Rifles.

The proposed move to guard the Indo-Myanmar border follows a proposal from the BSF to take over the role by raising 45 new battalions, one headquarters of additional director general, four frontier headquarters to be headed by an IG rank official and 12 sector headquarters to be headed by DIG level officials. However, as of 1 March 2015, it was decided by the Ministry of Home Affairs to keep the authority of this border with Assam Rifles only.

Proposed ORBAT for Myanmar Border

* Northeast Command HQ, Imphal
* Mizoram Frontier
* Manipur Frontier
* Nagaland Frontier
* Arunachal frontier

## Rank structure[edit]

Officers
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- | Commandant
- | Second-in-command
- | Deputy commandant
- | Assistant commandant
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Army equivalent |  | Lieutenant
General
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General
(Level 16)  | Lieutenant
General
(Level 15)  | Major general  | Brigadier  | Colonel  | Lieutenant Colonel  | Major  | Captain

Personnel Below Officer Rank
Rank group | Junior commissioned officers | Non commissioned officer | Enlisted

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## Equipment[edit]

All the equipment including the uniforms, weapons, ammunition, vehicles such as the bullet proof vehicles, troop carriers, logistics vehicles, mine protected vehicles are manufactured indigenously at the Indian Ordnance Factories under control of the Ordnance Factories Board.[23] Drone and anti-drone equipment is an upcoming acquisition.[24][25]

### Pistols and handguns[edit]

* Glock 9mm Pistols
* Pistol Auto 9 mm 1A 9mm Pistol

### Sub-machine guns and carbines[edit]

* Beretta MX4 Storm submachine guns. 68000 SMGs procured and replaced the SAF Carbine 1A.

### Assault rifles[edit]

* AKM: 7.62x39mm assault rifle.
* INSAS: 5.56 mm × 45 mm Assault Rifle. Service rifle of the force.
* Tavor: X95 or the MTAR-21 version used as the standard issue carbine
* Trichy 7.62x39mm Assault Rifle

### Machine guns[edit]

* INSAS LMG
* FN MAG MMG
* NSV HMG Tripod Mounted
* Bren Gun Gun Machine 7.62x51mm OFB Made
* Vz 52 Machine Gun
* Uk vz.59 Universal Machine Gun

FN MAG medium machine gun

### Sniper rifles[edit]

* Vidhwansak anti-materiel rifle (AMR) or large-calibre sniper rifle[26]
* Steyr SSG 69
* FN FAL Completely phased out as the service rifle by the INSAS rifle but still used as a DMR.
* Barret M82 12.7 Sniper Rifle

### Multi-role recoilless rifle[edit]

Carl Gustav recoilless rifle

* Carl Gustav 84 mm recoilless rifles

### Grenade launchers[edit]

* AGS-30 Automatic Grenade Launcher
* Milkor MGL Multi Grenade Launcher
* 40mm UBGL Under Barrel Grenade Launcher

### Artillery[edit]

* 51 mm Mortar
* 81 mm Mortar
* 120 mm Mortar
* Advance Air defence Avni Gun
* 105 mm Indian Field Gun

### Armoured[edit]

* Mahindra Rakshak military light utility vehicle
* OFD Mine Protected Vehicle
* Tata 407 Armoured Variant
* Maruti Gypsy Armoured Variant
* Armoured Agricultural Tractors [27][28]

### Aircraft[edit]

[29]

* Embraer 135 BJ \- 01
* Mi-17 V5 Helicopter \- 08
* Mi-17 1V Helicopter  \- 06
* HAL Dhruv \- 06
* HAL Cheetah \- 01

### MANPADS[edit]

* SA-16 Gimlet
* SA-7 Grail

### Watercraft[edit]

* Floating Border Out-Post - 03
* See BSF (Water Wing)

## Criticism and controversy[edit]

### Canadian controversy[edit]

In 2010, some Canadian visa officials rejected the immigration application of a retired BSF soldier Fateh Singh Pandher, terming BSF a "notoriously violent paramilitary unit engaged in systematic attacks on civilians and responsible for torturing suspected criminals." This accusation did not go down well with the Indian government. The Indian External Affairs Ministry was asked by the Home minister to take up the issue with Canada.[30][31] The Home ministry of India, as well as the Indian public in general and several of India's political parties, expressed outrage at this attack and called Canada's actions discriminatory and spurious, and denounced their charges against the BSF as baseless and unproven. The Indian government threatened diplomatic retaliation unless Canada withdrew their allegations. The Canadian government did not respond immediately.[32] It was speculated that diplomatic retaliation from India will consist of banning Canadians going to participate the War in Afghanistan if they are doing so through India. Public outrage in India prompted Canadian authorities to express "great respect for India's armed forces and related institutions."[33] Subsequently, India's Ministry of External Affairs summoned Canadian High Commissioner Joseph Caron and demanded that "the blatant discrimination against Indian security agencies" cease.[34] India's Minister of External Affairs, SM Krishna, condemned Canada's actions and has expressed pride in the accomplishments of the BSF.[35]

Following complaints made by the Indian government and criticism of Canada's actions against India, the Harper government retracted their earlier accusations against BSF security officials. Canada's Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, Jason Kenney, termed as "unfortunate" the incidents involving use of "foul language by the Canadian High Commission in visa rejection letters to some individuals," Kenney said, "This language, or the inaccurate impression it has created, in no way reflects the policy or position of the Government of Canada."[36]

### Bangladesh border killings[edit]

According to the Bangladeshi government, 136 civilians were killed and a further 170 others suffered injuries in 2009. The Indian government has said that 67 were killed and 80 injured in 2009.[37] The Bangladesh government and Bangladeshi organizations protested heavily against these alleged killings. Media reports claim that in August 2008, Indian BSF officials admitted that they killed 59 persons (34 Bangladeshis, 21 Indians, rest unidentified) who were trying to cross the border illegally during the prior six months.[38] Indian media claimed that, in 2001, Bangladesh Rifles ambushed and killed 16 BSF soldiers while they were chasing some Bangladeshi smugglers back into the Bangladesh. Since then, the BSF has been compelled to act tough against Bangladeshi illegals.[39] There was perceived retaliation by the BSF but was averted after Home Ministers of both countries had talks on the issue.

In July 2009 Channel 4 News reported that apparently "hundreds" of Bangladeshis and Indians are indiscriminately killed by the BSF along the Indo-Bangladeshi Barrier. The BSF claims that the barrier's main purpose is to check illegal immigration to India, and prevent cross-border terrorism from Islamists.[40]

Bangladeshi media accused the BSF of abducting 5 Bangladeshi children, aged between 8 and 15, from the Haripur Upazila in Thakurgaon District of Bangladesh, in 2010. The children were setting fishing nets near the border.[41]

In 2010, Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued an 81-page report which alleged "over 900 of abuses by the BSF" in the first decade of the 21st century. The report was compiled from interviews with victims of BSF shootings, witnesses and members of the BSF and its Bangladeshi counterpart. According to HRW, while most of them were killed when they crossed into Indian territory for indulging in cattle raiding or other smuggling activities.[42]

In February 2012, the BSF website was hacked by Bangladeshi hackers in retaliation. The hackers later shared the news in the internet and also in the other social sites where they claimed to have defaced the sites asking the BSF to stop killing Bangladeshis at border. The site became normal sometime on 15 February 2012.[43][44][45][46]

## Challenges[edit]

### Working conditions[edit]

Working conditions of the BSF have been questioned.[47] "Zero Error Syndrome" adds stress.[48] A home ministry standing committee report on the "Working Conditions in Border Guarding Forces" was published in December 2018, it was chaired by P. Chidambaram.[49][50]

### Health[edit]

Health of employees remains a challenge, and given the numbers of the force, more employees, as compared to operational deaths, die of diseases, illness; and mental health issues have also been raised and addressed by the force.[51][52][53]

## In Media[edit]

* BSF has appeared in National Geographic channel's documentary BSF : The first line of defence.[54][55]

## See also[edit]

* Assam Rifles
* Border Security Force (Water Wing)
* Central Industrial Security Force
* Central Reserve Police Force
* Indo-Tibetan Border Police
* Sashastra Seema Bal
* Border Security Force (football team)

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* Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D)
* Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy (SVPNPA)

State police
forces|

* Andhra Pradesh
* Arunachal Pradesh
* Assam
* Bihar
* Chhattisgarh
* Goa
* Gujarat
* Haryana
* Himachal Pradesh
* Jharkhand
* Karnataka
* Kerala
* Madhya Pradesh
* Maharashtra
* Manipur
* Meghalaya
* Mizoram
* Nagaland
* Odisha
* Punjab
* Rajasthan
* Sikkim
* Tamil Nadu
* Telangana
* Tripura
* Uttar Pradesh
* Uttarakhand
* West Bengal

Police
Commissionerates|

| North|

| Uttar Pradesh|

* Agra
* Gautam Buddha Nagar
* Ghaziabad
* Kanpur Nagar
* Lucknow
* Prayagraj
* Varanasi

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Haryana|

* Faridabad
* Gurugram
* Panchkula

Punjab|

* Amritsar
* Ludhiana
* Jalandhar

Madhya Pradesh|

* Bhopal
* Indore

East|

| West Bengal|

* Asansol–Durgapur
* Barrackpore
* Bidhannagar
* Chandannagar
* Howrah
* Kolkata
* Siliguri

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Odisha|

* Bhubaneswar–Cuttack

West|

| Maharashtra|

* Mumbai
* Nagpur
* Pune

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Gujarat|

* Ahmedabad City
* Surat
* Rajkot
* Vadodara

Rajasthan|

* Jaipur
* Jodhpur

South|

| Andhra Pradesh|

* Vijayawada
* Visakhapatnam

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Karnataka|

* Bangalore

Kerala|

* Kannur
* Kochi
* Kollam
* Kozhikode
* Thiruvananthapuram
* Thrissur

Tamil Nadu|

* Greater Chennai
* Avadi
* Tambaram
* Coimbatore
* Madurai
* Tiruchirappalli
* Tiruppur
* Salem
* Tirunelveli

Telangana|

* Cyberabad
* Hyderabad
* Karimnagar
* Khammam
* Nizamabad
* Rachakonda
* Ramagundam
* Siddipet
* Warangal

Northeast|

| Assam|

* Guwahati

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Nagaland|

* Dimapur

See also|

* Indian Armed Forces and Indian Military
* Indian nationality law
* Legal aid
* List of police tactical units in India
* Legal rights and other NGOs in India
* Uniform Civil Code
* Number of police officers by nations
* Global emergency phone numbers

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* Stone Age
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Middle Kingdoms|

* Middle kingdoms
* Chola

Middle Ages|

* Medieval India
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Early Modern|

* Mughals
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Contemporary|

* History of India (1947–present)
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* COVID-19 pandemic

Geography

| Geology|

* Fossil Parks
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Heritage|

* National Geological Monuments of India
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Environment|

* Biogeographic classification
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Regions|

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* South
* Southwest
* Southeast
* West

Subdivisions|

* Autonomous administrative divisions
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* Towns
* Cities
* Districts
* Municipalities
* States and union territories

See also|

* National monuments of India
* National parks of India
* Nature worship in Indian-origin religions
* World Heritage Sites in India
* Culture of India
* History of India
* Tourism in India

Politics

| Government|

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Law|

* Constitution
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* Human rights
* LGBT
* Supreme Court
* Chief Justice
* High Courts
* District Courts

Enforcement|

| Federal|

* Border Security Force (BSF)
* Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)
* Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)
* Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)
* National Security Guard (NSG)
* Railway Protection Force (RPF)
* Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)
* Special Protection Group (SPG)

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Intelligence|

* Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D)
* Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
* Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI)
* Enforcement Directorate (ED)
* Intelligence Bureau (IB)
* Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC)
* Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB)
* National Investigation Agency (NIA)
* Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW)

Military|

* Army
* Navy
* Air Force

Politics|

* Censorship
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Economy

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Currency|

* Indian rupee
* Sign
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* Paisa
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* Inflation

Financial services|

* Banking
* Insurance
* Multi Commodity Exchange
* Bullion
* Black money
* Bombay
* National

History|

* COVID-19 impact
* Economic development
* Liberalisation
* Licence Raj
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* Numbering system

People|

* By net worth
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States|

* Andhra Pradesh
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* Karnataka
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* Maharashtra
* Mizoram
* Odisha
* Punjab
* Rajasthan
* Tamil Nadu
* Telangana
* Uttarakhand
* Uttar Pradesh
* West Bengal

Sectors|

* Agriculture
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Regulator|

* IRDAI
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Other|

* NCLT
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* FEMA
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* Society and culture

| Society|

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