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.
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