Saturday, December 28, 2024

Central Reserve Police Force came into being in 1949


The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is India's largest Central Armed Police Force. It functions under the authority of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) of the Government of India. The CRPF's primary role lies in assisting the State/Union Territories in police operations to maintain law and order and counter insurgency. It came into existence as the Crown Representative's Police on 27 July 1939. After Indian Independence, it became the Central Reserve Police Force on enactment of the CRPF Act on 28 December 1949. 

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Damal Krishnaswamy Pattammal's Birth Anniversary

  Damal Krishnaswamy Pattammal , born on 19 March 1919, popularly known as  D. K. Pattammal  or  DKP, was an Indian Carnatic musician and a...