No longer a male bastion, Assam Rifles gets its first women’s contingent
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| Women Cadets of Assam Rifles Trained In Assam Rifles Training Centre And School In Nagaland |
GUWAHATI, 08 April 2016
The 181-year-old Assam Rifles, India’s oldest paramilitary
force, is no longer a male bastion.
On Wednesday, the Assam Rifles (AR) inducted 100 women among
212 recruits who were put through a year-long training programme and graduated
in the passing-out parade at the Assam Rifles Training Centre and School in
Nagaland’s Shokhuvi.
The AR, under dual control of the home and defence
ministries, broke tradition last March to admit 127 women for training at its
school in Dimapur town. They were selected through recruitment rallies
conducted across the country. Of the 100, 27 trainees didn’t clear the
programme either on medical grounds or failed to clear basic tests... READ MORE
No longer a male bastion, Assam Rifles gets its first women’s contingent
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