The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is the largest of India's Central Armed Police Forces.

It functions under the aegis of Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) of the Government of India.

The CRPF's primary role lies in assisting the State/Union Territories in police operations to maintain law and order and counter insurgency.

After Indian Independence, it became the Central Reserve Police Force on enactment of the CRPF Act on 28 December 1949.

With 235 battalions and various other establishments, the CRPF is considered India's largest paramilitary force.

This is especially true for the trouble-ridden states of Jammu and Kashmir, Bihar and in the North East.

List of Chiefs of CRPF

Name From Till
Shri V G Kanetka 03-Aug-68 15-Sep-69
Shri Imdad Ali 16-Sep-69 28-Feb-73
Shri B B Mishra 01-Mar-73 30-Sep-74
Shri N S Saxena 30-Sep-74 31-May-77
Shri S M Ghosh 01-Jun-77 31-Jul-78
Shri R C Gopal 31-Jul-78 10-Aug-79
Shri P R Rajgopal 10-Aug-79 30-Mar-80
Shri Birbal Nath 13-May-80 03-Sep-80
Shri R N Sheopory 03-Sep-80 31-Dec-81
Shri S D Chowdhury 27-Jan-82 30-Apr-83
Shri Shival Swarup 30-Jul-83 07-May-85
Shri J F Ribeiro 04-Jun-85 08-Jul-85
Shri T G L Iyer Jul-85 Nov-85
Shri S D Pandey 01-Nov-85 31-Mar-88
Shri P G Harlarnkar 01-Apr-88 30-Sep-90
Shri K P S Gill 19-Dec-90 08-Nov-91
Shri S Subramanian 09-Nov-91 31-Jan-92
Shri D P N Singh 01-Feb-92 30-Nov-93
Shri S V M Tripathi 01-Dec-93 30th June1996
Shri M B Kaushal 01-Oct-96 12-Nov-97
Shri M N Sabharwal 02-Dec-97 31stJuly 2000
Shri Trinath Mishra 31-Jul-00 31-Dec-02
Shri S C Chaube 31-Dec-02 31-Jan-04
Shri J K Sinha 31-Jan-04 28-Feb-07
Shri S I S Ahmed 01-Mar-07 31-Mar-08
Shri V K Joshi 31-Mar-08 28-Feb-09
Shri A S Gill 28-Feb-09 31-Jan-10
Shri Vikram Srivastava 31-Jan-10 06-Oct-10
Shri K Vijay Kumar 07-Oct-10 30-Sep-12
Shri Pranay Sahay 01-Oct-12 31-Jul-13
Shri Dilip Trivedi 17-Aug-13 30-Nov-14
Shri Prakash Mishra 01-Dec-14 29-Feb-16
Shri K. Durga Prasad 01-Mar-16 28-Feb-17
Shri Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar 27-Apr-17 Till date

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