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The Border Security Force (BSF) celebrates its Raising Day on:
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Answer: Option A — 1 December
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The Border Security Force (BSF) celebrates its Raising Day every year on 1 December. The BSF was raised on 1 December 1965.
About the formation of the BSF:
Until 1965, India's borders with Pakistan were guarded by the State Armed Police Battalions.
During the Indo-Pakistan War of 1965, Pakistan attacked posts at Sardar Post, Char Bet and Beria Bet in the Rann of Kutch (Gujarat) on 9 April 1965. This showed that the state police were not equipped to deal with armed aggression.
The government then decided to create a specialised central force to guard the borders.
The BSF was raised on 1 December 1965, with K. F. Rustamji, an IPS officer, as its first Director General.
About the BSF:
- It is one of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) under the Ministry of Home Affairs.
- It is called the "First Line of Defence" of India's borders.
- It guards India's land borders with Pakistan (about 2,289 km) and Bangladesh (about 4,096 km), the longest international border of India.
- It is the largest border guarding force in the world.
- Its motto is "Jeevan Paryant Kartavya" ("Duty unto Death").
- It has its own air wing, water wing (for riverine and creek areas such as the Sundarbans and Sir Creek) and artillery regiment.
- It takes part in the "Beating Retreat" ceremony at the Attari-Wagah border in Punjab.
- During the 1971 war, the BSF played an important role in supporting the Mukti Bahini and the Indian Army.
Other border-guarding forces:
- Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP): India-China border; raised 24 October 1962.
- Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB): India-Nepal and India-Bhutan borders.
- Assam Rifles: India-Myanmar border; oldest paramilitary force (1835).
Other CAPF raising days:
- CRPF: 27 July (1939, as the Crown Representative's Police).
- CISF: 10 March (1969).
- NSG: 16 October (1984).
Why not the other options?
- ✗15 January is Army Day.
- ✗24 October is the raising day of the ITBP (and UN Day).
- ✗6 March is not associated with the BSF's raising.
Quick tip
Remember: BSF Raising Day = 1 December 1965 (first DG K. F. Rustamji; guards Pakistan and Bangladesh borders; "Duty unto Death"); ITBP = China border; SSB = Nepal and Bhutan; Assam Rifles = Myanmar.
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