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All India Civil Defense and Home Guards Day 2024 - December 06
December 10 , 2024
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- 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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