ASSAM RIFLES

Jan. 27, 2019

An all-woman Assam Rifles contingent created history by participating for the first time in the parade, which was led by Major Khushboo Kanwar.

About: 

  • Background: Assam rifles is India’s oldest paramilitary force, raised originally in 1835 as Cachar Levy. 

  • Role: It’s two primary roles are conducting counter-insurgency operations in the Northeast and guarding the Indo-Myanmar border (as per the government policy ‘one border one force’). 

  • Also known as: Sentinels of the Northeast. 

  • HQ: Laitkor (Shillong). 

  • Motto: Friends of the Hill People. 

  • Parent bodies: While Assam Rifles functions under the Ministry of Defence, its administrative control is under the Ministry of Home Affairs.