Article: List of Special Forces and Special Security Forces of India

 LIST OF SPECIAL FORCES & SPECIAL SECURITY    

   FORCES OF INDIA 

 SPECIAL FORCES OF INDIA 

Sl. No.	Special Force	Year of Formation	Chief
1.	Indian Army	1st April, 1895	Chief of the Army Staff- General Bipin Rawat
2.	Indian Navy	1830	Chief of the Naval Staff- Admiral Sunil Lanba
3.	Indian Air Force	8th October, 1932	Chief of the Air Staff- Air Chief Marshal  Birender Singh Dhanoa

SPECIAL SECURITY FORCES OF INDIA

Sl. No.	Security Force	Year of Formation	Chief/ Director General
1.	Research and Analysis Wing (RAW)	21th September, 1968	Rajinder Khanna
2.	National Investigation Agency (NIA)	2009	Sharad Kumar
3.	Anti- Terrorist Squad (ATS)	December, 1990	------
4.	Special Frontier Force (SFF)- a part of RAW	14th November, 1962	Rajinder Khanna
5.	Special Protection Group (SPG)	2nd June, 1988	Arun Kumar Sinha
6.	National Security Guard (NSG)	August,1984	R C Tayal
7.	Assam Rifles-the oldest Paramilitary Force of India (old name- Cachar Levy)	1835	R K Rana
8.	Commando Battalions for Resolute Action (CoBRA)	12th Sepetember,2008	Prakash Mishra
9.	Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)	27th Julu, 1939	Prakash Mishra (Chief) & K Durga Prasad (DG)
10.	Rapid Action Force (RAF)	11th December, 1991	Prakash Mishra
11.	Border Security Force (BSF)	1st December, 1965	K.K Sharma
12.	Para (Special Forces)- Indian Army	1966	General Bipin Rawat
13.	MARCOS- Indian Navy	1987	Admiral Sunil Lanba
14.	Garud Commando Force- Indian Air Force	February, 2004	Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa
15.	Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)	10th March, 1969	O.P Singh
16.	Indo- Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)	24th October, 1962	Krishna Chaudhary
17.	Railway Protection Force (RPF)	1855	S.K Bhagat