{"id":12310,"date":"2026-03-25T13:24:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T07:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=12310"},"modified":"2026-03-25T13:44:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T08:14:35","slug":"assam-rifles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/assam-rifles\/","title":{"rendered":"Assam Rifles"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Assam Rifles Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Union Home Minister has extended Raising Day greetings to the courageous personnel of the Assam Rifles.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Assam Rifles<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is one of the <\/span><b>six Central Armed Police Forces<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (CAPFs) that come under the MHA\u2019s administrative control.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Function:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It conducts <\/span><b>counterinsurgency operations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in north-eastern India and other areas where deemed necessary.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Headquarter:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The headquarters of the Director-General of Assam Rifles (DGAR) is <\/span><b>in Shillong<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Assam Rifles History and Major Roles Played\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Assam Rifles <\/span><b>has its origins in 1835<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as a militia <\/span><b>called the \u2018Cachar Levy\u2019<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to protect British tea estates and their settlements against tribal raids.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It later <\/span><b>became the \u2018Frontier Force\u2019<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> conducting punitive expeditions across the borders of Assam.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 1870, the existing elements were merged into three Assam Military Police Battalions, sending over 3,000 men as part of the British Army to Europe and West Asia.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 1917, the name was changed to Assam Rifles.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The force has evolved post-Independence, from combat roles during the Sino-India War 1962 to being a part of the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) in Sri Lanka in 1987, besides performing peacekeeping roles in north-eastern India.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2244290&amp;reg=3&amp;lang=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assam Rifles is one of the six Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) that come under the MHA\u2019s administrative control. 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