Besides law and order and counter-insurgency duties, the CRPF has played an increasingly large role in India's general elections.
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14 Facts About CRPF
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CRPF was raised as a sequel to the political unrest and the agitations in the then princely States of India following the Madras Resolution of the All-India Congress Committee in 1936 and the ever-growing desire of the Crown Representative to help the vast majority of the native States to preserve law and order as a part of the imperial policy.
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The CRPF bore the brunt of the first Chinese attack on India at Hot Springs on 21 October 1959.
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The CRPF had to be inducted in strength not only to maintain law and order but to keep lines of communication free from disruption.
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CRPF is headed by a Director general who is an Indian Police Service officer and is divided into ten administrative sectors, each headed by an Inspector General.
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The Financial Advisor of the CRPF has been an Indian Revenue Service officer of the rank of Joint Secretary and has Dy Advisors from the Indian Audit and Accounts Service or the Indian Telecom.
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CRPF force is organized into a Headquarter, three attached wings and fours zones.
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Parliament Duty Group is an elite CRPF unit tasked with providing armed protection to Parliament House.
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Special Duty Group is an elite battalion of the CRPF tasked with providing security for the outer cordon of the Prime Minister's official residence on 7, Lok Kalyan Marg and his office in the North Block as well as during outdoor functions.
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Commando Battalion for Resolute Action is the special operation unit of CRPF created in 2008 to deal the Naxalite movement in India.
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CRPF uses basic Infantry weapons which are manufactured indigenously at the Indian Ordnance Factories under control of the Ordnance Factories Board: They are equipped with weapons like CGRL, 81mm mortars, AGLs, etc.
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CRPF bagged highest humber of gallantary medals amongst all paramillitary forces.
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