BSF (Border Security Force)

The Border Security Force(BSF) is an Indian agency assigned to protect the border of India with Pakistan and Bangladesh. It is the world’s largest border guarding force including the 192 battalions with a total of 2,70,363 personnels.

It is the only Central Armed Police Force to have a Water Wing, Air Wing and Artillery Regiment.

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Motto of BSF

History of BSF :-

The BSF was created after the Indo-Pakistani War 1965. Before that, state police were responsible for the protection of the International border. On 9 April 1965, after the attack of Pakistan at Sardar post, Chhar Bet and Beria Bet and the inefficiency of the State Armed Police Force to cope with the armed aggression of Pakistan. 

After the End of War with India’s victory, the Indian Government created the BSF as a Central Agency Force guarding the International Border. K.F. Rustamji, was the first Director General of the BSF. 

Role in Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 :-

Its capabilities were used in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. It was deployed in areas where the Regular Force were doing too many things at once. They also took part in several operations including the Battle of Longewala. They also played a crucial role in the Independence of Bangladesh. 

Equipments of BSF :-

World’s largest border force requires a lot of equipment and advanced technology. They are manufactured at Indian Ordnance Factories.

Here’s a list of some of them :-

Pistol and Handguns :- 

1. IOF .32 Revolver – 6 shot handgun
2. Pistol Auto 9 mm 1A 9 mm x 19 mm 

Sub Machine guns and Carbines :-

1. Heckler and Koch MP5A3 9 mm x 19 mm SMG
2. Heckler and Koch MP5 K 9 mm x 19 mm SMG
3. Beretta MX4 

Assault Rifles :-

1. AKM: 7.62 x 39 mm assault rifles
2. INSAS: 5.56 mm x 45 mm Assault rifles
3. Tavor: X95 or the MTAR-21 

 Machine Guns :-

1. INSAS LMG
2. FN MAG MMG
3. NSV HMG

Sniper Rifles :-

1. Vidhwansak
2. Steyr SSG 69
3. FN FAL

Multi-Role Recoilless Rifle :-

1. Carl Gustuv 84 mm recoilless rifles

Grenade Launchers :-

1. AGS-30 Automatic Grenade Launchers

Artillery :-  

1. 81 mm mortar
2. 51 mm mortar
3. 120 mm mortar
4. 105 mm Indian Field Gun

Aircraft :-

1. Embraer 135BJ- 01
2. Mi-17 V5 Helicopters
3. Mi-17 1V Helicopters 
4. ALH/Dhruv Helicopters
5. HAL Cheetah

MANPADS :-

1. SA-16 Gimlet
2. SA-7 Grail

Watercraft :-

1. Floating Border Out-Post -03

List of Director Generals of BSF who served our country :-

BSF is headed by the Director General who is an IPS officer, Its headquarter is in New Delhi and is known as Force Headquarter (FHQ).

Here’s the list of DG’s of BSF :-

S.No.	Name	Office- Holder Since	Office-Holder Till
01	Khusro Faramurz Rustamji	22 July 1965	30 Sep 1972
02	Aswini Kumar	01 Oct 1972	31 Dec 1977
03	Sharawan Tandon	01 Jan 1978	30 Nov 1980
04	K.Rama Murti	01 Dec 1980	31 Aug 1982
05	Birbal Nath	01 Sept 1982	30 Sep 1984
06	M.C. Mishra	01 Oct 1984	31 Jul 1987
07	H.P. Bhatnagar	01 Aug 1987	31 Jul 1990
08	T. Ananthacharya	01 Aug 1990	31 May 1993
09	Prakash Singh	09 Jun 1993	31 Jan 1994
10	D.K. Arya	01 Feb 1994	03 Dec 1995
11	Arun Bhagat	04 Dec 1995	02 Oct 1996
12	A.K. Tandon	02 Oct 1996	04 Dec 1997
13	E.N. Rammohan	04 Dec 1997	30 Nov 2000
14	Gurbachan Singh Jagat	30 Nov 2000	30 Jun 2002
15	Ajay Raj Sharma	01 Jul 2002	31 Dec 2004
16	R.S. Mooshahary	31 Dec 2004	26 Feb 2006
17	A.K. Mitra	27 Feb 2006	30 Sep 2008
18	M.L. Kumawat	01 Oct 2008	31 Jul 2009
19	Raman Srivastava	01 Aug 2009	31 Oct 2011
20	U.K. Bansal	01 Nov 2011	30 Nov 2012
21	Subhash Joshi	19 Dec 2012	28 Feb 2014
22	D.K. Pathak	08 Mar 2014	29 Feb 2016
23	K.K. Sharma	01 Mar 2016	30 Sep 2018
24	Rajni Kant Mishra	01 Oct 2018	31 Aug 2019
25	V.K. Johri	01 Sept 2019	10 Mar 2020
26	Surjeet Singh Deswai	11 Mar 2020	17 Aug 2020
27	Rakesh Asthana	18 Aug 2020	28 Jul 2021
28	Surjeet Singh Deswai	28 Jul 2021	31 Aug 2021
29	Pankaj kumar Singh	01 Sep 2021	Current office holder

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