Indo Tibetan Border Police / ITBP

Indo Tibetan Border Police / ITBP

• 👉The Indo Tibetan Border Police / ITBP was raised on October 24, 1962 in the wake of chinese aggression for re organizing the frontier intelligence and security setup along the Indo-Tibetan border covering 2115 kms from karaloram pass to Lipulekh pass. Only four battalions were sanctioned to begin with. In view of additional responsibilities and redefined task in 1976, the force was restructed in 1978 to 09 service battalions with four specialist battalions and two training centres.
• 👉With additional task entrusted to ITBP from time to time on border guarding, counter insurgency and internal security roles, the number of its battalions increased gradually and ITBP presently has 52 service battalions, four specialist battalions and 17 traiing centres and two logistic centres.
• 👉Out of 52 service battalions , two battalions have been converted in to DM battalions and transferred to national disaster response force(NDRF). 
• 👉In pursuance of one border one force, the entire stretch  of tndo-china border comprising 3488 kms, has been assigned to ITBP for border guarding duty and accordingly it replaced Assam Rifles in Sikkim and Arunachal pradesh in 2004-05.
• 👉ITBP is basically a mountain trained force and most of the officers and men are professionally trained mountaineers and skiers. 
• 👉ITBP skiers have been national champions and have taken part in the Winter olympics.