'Set countless milestones': Union Home Minister Amit Shah greets CRPF personnel on raising day

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said the country's largest paramilitary force, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), has set countless milestones of pride since its inception by winning every battle to ensure India's internal security.

Extending greetings to the 3.25 lakh CRPF personnel on the force's raising day, Shah said on X, "Whether it is stamping out Naxalism, or shielding India's peace and progress with resolute valor, the force has always lived up to the nation's expectations."

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"Greetings to the CRPF personnel and their family members on their Raising Day...A Proud salute to the warriors who made the supreme sacrifice in the line of duty," he said.

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The first battalion of the force was raised in 1939.