<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Website </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> bsf.nic.in </Td> </Tr> <P> The Border Security Force (BSF) is the primary border guarding force of India . It is one of the five Central Armed Police Forces of the Union of India, it was raised in the wake of the 1965 War on 1 December 1965, "for ensuring the security of the borders of India and for matters connected there with". It is a Central Armed Police Force charged with guarding India's land border during peacetime and preventing transnational crime . It is a Union Government Agency under the administrative control of Ministry of Home Affairs . The BSF has its own cadre of officers but its head, designated as a Director - General (DG), since its raising has been an officer from the Indian Police Service . It is an Armed Force of the Union of India tasked with various assignments from time to time . The BSF has grown exponentially from a few battalions in 1965, to 186 battalions with a sanctioned strength of 257,363 personnel including an expanding air wing, marine wing, artillery regiments, and commando units . It currently stands as the world's largest border guarding force . BSF has been termed as the First Line of Defence of Indian Territories . </P> <P> From independence in 1947 to 1965, the protection of India's international boundaries was the responsibility of local police belonging to each border state, with little inter-state coordination . BSF was created as a Central government - controlled security force to guard all of India's borders, thus bringing greater cohesion in border security . BSF is charged with guarding India's land border during peacetime and preventing transnational crime . It is a Union Government Agency under the administrative control of the Ministry of Home Affairs . It is one of many law enforcement agencies of India . It currently stands as the world's largest border guarding force . </P>

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