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Railway Protection Force Raising Day – September 20

September 22 , 2019 1894 days 4032 0
  • Railway Protection Force (RPF) celebrated its 35th Raising Day on September 20.
  • It was celebrated to commemorate the conferring of the Armed Force status on RPF on par with the other paramilitary forces of the Union of India on September 20, 1985.
  • The force is under the authority of the Ministry of Railways.
  • It has the power to search, arrest, investigate and prosecute, though the ultimate power rests in the hands of the Union Government Railway Police.
  • Arun Kumar IPS is the current Director General of RPF.

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