Union Home Secretary Gopal Krishna Pillai inspects the guard of honor during the 175 Anniversary Celebration of Assam Rifles at Assam Rifles Training Centre and School (ARTCS) in Nagaland on Saturday, 27 February 2010. Assam Rifles is one of the oldest paramilitary forces of the country. Assam Rifles is known for its diversified role in the present day environment, ranging from security to providing welfare and development assistance to the civil population with true spirits of its acronyms ‘Sentinels of the North East’ and ‘Friends of the Hill People’.

Photographer: STRINGER

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