JAMMU AND KASHMIR POLICE
JAMMU AND KASHMIR POLICE |
The Police, in Jammu and
Kashmir – J & K according to Sir Walter Lawrence, constituted of 1000
village watchmen or ‘Chowkidars’. They were mostly drawn from the ‘Doom’ caste
of the population known for their excellent detection and transmission of
intelligence. It was in the year 1873 A.D. that formal police force came into
existence with one Police officer Known as ‘Kotwal’ and 14 ‘Thanedars’ for
Srinagar City. This nuclear force would control crime and take care of Law and
order situations with help of ‘Chowkidars’ and ‘Harkars’. In 1913, the state
requisitioned the service of an Imperial Police officer on deputation and
appointed Mr Broadway as the first Inspector General of Police in June. Prithinandan
Singh was the first Indian Police chief who took over on June 1, 1946. The strength of Police in J and K in the year
1889-90 was just 1040, which rose to 1570 in the year 1903 and forty years
later, in 1943-44, the strength of J and K Police was 3179 and its strength has
gone to more than 83000 strong at present. The emblem of the Jammu and Kashmir
Police shows acronym ‘J&K’on the ribbon below is written ‘POLICE’. This rests
on a pair of crossing kifes and at the top is the national emblemm of India. On
both the sides is a garland of five chinar leaves.
http://jkpolice.gov.in/about-jammu-kashmir-police/history.htm
https://www.scribd.com/doc/298953769/Swamy-s-Symbols-of-India-Volume-1
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