Indian Military Veterans
New Delhi, August 14
The CRPF has been awarded 71 gallantry medals. The 71 gallantry medals, including a President’s Police Medal for gallantry and 70 Police Medals for gallantry, are the highest number of medals awarded to any police force in the country. The force is celebrating its Platinum Jubilee (75 years) this year.
The CRPF has been awarded 71 gallantry medals. The 71 gallantry medals, including a President’s Police Medal for gallantry and 70 Police Medals for gallantry, are the highest number of medals awarded to any police force in the country. The force is celebrating its Platinum Jubilee (75 years) this year.
The CRPF is involved in counter-insurgency operations in the North-East and Jammu and Kashmir. The bulk of the force is currently committed to tackling the Left wing extremist in the country, where more than 80,000 officers and men are deployed.
Fifty two out of the 71 gallantry medals have been awarded for extraordinary acts of valour in countering the Left Wing Extremism (LWE). Seventeen medals for gallantry have been conferred on the men fighting insurgency in the North-East with the elite 210 CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action) unit bagging 15 of them for taking on the might of insurgents in the North-East.
The BSF has been awarded 59 medals, including gallantry medals. The BSF is deployed along the India-Pakistan and India-Bangladesh borders. It is also involved in counter LWE operations.
The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has been awarded four Police Medals for gallantry. It has been awarded 31 other President’s Police Medals.
The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) has been awarded 16 medals, including two President’s Police Medal for gallantry. The Sashastra Seema Bal has been awarded two President Police Medal for distinguished services and 12 Police Medal for meritorious services.
The NSG, India’s primary counter-terror group, has been awarded three Police Medals for meritorious service.
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