PUDUCHERRY POLICE
PUDUCHERRY POLICE |
The French were the last of the European powers to
establish their trade stations in India. They came to Surat in 1666 after
obtaining an imperial firman from the Moghul Emperor Aurangazeb. Wandering from
the West to the East they finally established themselves in a village on the
Coromandel Coast in 1674, with permission of Sher Khan Lodi a governor of the
Bijapur Sultan. With this foothold on the East Coast, which became their
main stay over the next 280 years, the French dreams of an Indian Empire began
and ended - there in Pondicherry. The ‘Nayinar’ was the native chieftain
responsible for the maintenance of law and order, holding the office by
hereditary rights. Under this local chieftain were functionaries with varied
designations - like ‘Paleyagars’ (petty chieftains) and ‘Thalavayes’
(sub-Inspector), to ‘Bechecars’ equated in rank almost on par with the Nayinar
under the French. The Corps of Sipayes was reorganised in 1773. In 1906
the strength of the police force was reduced and the abolition of the 'Cipahis
de I'Inde' in the following year. A 1922 notification thereafter designates the
head of the police force as Chef du Service de Police et de la
Surete-indicating thereby the introduction of the Special Branch and the
Security Police. After the merger in 1954 the entire police force was placed
under the command of an Inspector General of Police, under the rank of a
Superintendent of Police in the neighbouring Tamil Nadu. The emblem of
the Pudhucherry Police has its acronym ‘PP’ in red inscribed within the blue
laurels and Ashoka Lion Pillar in blue as crest. At the bottom on a red colour
banner the words ‘Puducherry Police’ in
white is is written in a red banner.
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