TNPSC Thervupettagam

All India Civil Defense and Home Guards Day 2024 - December 06

December 10 , 2024 15 hrs 0 min 71 0
  • The Home Guard was raised in the erstwhile Bombay Province on December 6, 1946.
  • It is a voluntary force to assist the police in controlling civil disturbance and communal riots.
  • Following the 1962 Chinese aggression, the central government had advised the states and Union Territories to merge their existing voluntary organisation into one uniform voluntary force.
  • Home Guards are raised under the Home Guards Act and Rules of the states and Union Territories.
  • The total strength of Home Guards in the country is 5,73,793 against which the raised strength is 4,86,401.
  • The organization is spread over all states and Union Territories except in Kerala.

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