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NO. 1 SQUADRON The first Indian Air Force unit raised was No.1 Squadron, Indian Air Force on April 1, 1933. Since then a number of Squadrons, Flights and Units were raised spanning the number range 1-224. With the exception of a few SA-2 Squadrons raised in the mid 60s, all other Squadrons operated either fixed wing aircraft or helicopters. No.1 Squadron Air Force was raised on  April 1, 1933 at Drigh Road, Karachi and equipped with 04 Westland Wapiti aircraft. The Indian element consisted of six officers and nine technicians then known as Hawai Sepoys. The early history of 1 Squadron is synonymous with the history of the Indian Air Force. It was formed on the day the Indian Air Force received its first batch of trained pilots from RAF Cranwell. The first batch of Indians at Cranwell were HC Sircar, Subroto Mukherjee (later Air Marshal and the first Indian Chief of the Air Staff), AB Awan, Bhupendra Singh, Amarjit Singh and J N Tandon. Its current location is Mah

NO. 21 SQUADRON 21 Squadron, AF was formed on 16 October 1965 at 7 Wing, AF, to be equipped with Gnat Mk I aircraft. The Squadron initially flew aircraft borrowed from 2 Squadron, AF and 18 Squadron, AF, until on May 14, 1966, when she got her first complement of aircraft. Thereafter the Squadron moved to 17 Wing, AF, Gorakhpur until the 1971 operations. The Squadron was visited by DASI in 72 and 75 and the Squadron moved to 7 C&MU at Bakshi Ka Talab and operated there til the time she was earmarked to be re-equipped with the Mig-21 BIS. On December 1, 1976, the Squadron moved out of C&MU to 2 Wing, AF Pune to be re-equipped with the MIG-21 BIS. The Squadron moved out from 33 Wing, AF where it had been located since January 1, 1987, to 12 Wing, AF. Sixteen fighter aircraft were ferried out on May 9-1, 1988. Its insignia has an ankush in a circle which is topped by India’s national emblem. Its motto in Sanskrit ‘Siddhivasti Sahase’ meaning ‘Success lies in c

BASE REPAIR DEPOTS Technical activities undertaken by Maintenance Command units are effected today in Base Repair Depots - BRDs, Air Defence Ground Environment Systems – ADGES,  Maintenance Support Establishment – AMSE, Regional ADGES and Maintenance Establishments – RAMEs and numerous other smaller units. The present structure of Maintenance Command, however, had its modest beginning in post-independence Kanpur. To support air operations in the Far East during World War II, No. 322 Maintenance Unit was formed in 1940 in the 21 TATA hangars at Chakeri, Kanpur. The functions of the unit included arming of bomber and fighter aircraft like Liberator, Lancaster, Hurricane, Tempest and Dakota. The genuinely unique crest depicts the mythical bird Phoenix rising out of the flames with a gear wheel encircling its head. The motto inscribed on the insignia is ‘Kaya Kalpa’ which indicates rejuvenation of the body and explains the role of the BRDs where aircraft, aero engines

MAINTENANCE COMMAND Maintenance Command was formed at Kanpur on January 26, 1955, with Air Vice Marshal Harjinder Singh MBE PVSM as its first Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief. Kanpur was the hub centre of maintenance activities even before independence. The only Base Repair Depot - BRD of the Indian Air Force existed at Kanpur, along with a Repair and Manufacturing Depot - RMD. A unit called Aircraft Manufacturing Depot - AMD, was subsequently added to undertake manufacture of the AVRO aircraft. In the perspective of the industrial revolution in India, when the role of IAF was more clearly defined, the AMD was transferred to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited - HAL. This division of HAL is today known as Transport Aircraft Division, or HAL(TAD) and is based at Chakeri, Kanpur. Its insignia has a micrometre screw gauge with an eagle in the centre in a circle which is topped by India’s national emblem. Its motto in Sanskrit  ‘Sarvada Gagane Charetu’ meaning  ‘Always Flying

TRAINING COMMAND Prior to 1939, there was hardly any training carried out in India either of pilots or ground engineers, there was no organisation at Air HQ level for this purpose. However, when it became impossible to send Indians to the UK for training due to war, it was decided to create training facilities in the country itself. To cater to the expansion of the IAF, a target of 300 pilots and 3000 technical personnel was fixed. To cope with such a large training commitment, a Directorate of Training was formed in Air HQ. A Recruits Training Centre (for discipline, drill, etc.) and a non-technical training centre was formed at Lahore. No.1 Technical School at Ambala provided technical training. These training centres provided intensive training courses, designed to make the trainees fit to shoulder responsibilities as soon as they were posted to the Units after passing out. This system continued till 1947. Independence of India and formation of Pakistan, led t

SOUTHERN AIR COMMAND Southern Air Command with its headquarters at Trivandrum was born on July 19, 1984 out of the changed geopolitical situation around southern peninsula since early eighties super power rivalry in Indian ocean, attempts to destabilise the littoral states and continued ethnic problems in Sri Lanka compelled the defence planners to look afresh the defence requirements of peninsular India in order to effectively defend the Island territories and protect our exclusive economic zones extending deep into the oceans. The need was felt to establish a full fledged Operational Air Command covering the geopolitical area of peninsular India extending to 18 deg N including the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal and Lakshadweep islands in the Arabian sea. Accordingly, on July 20, 1984, Smt. lndira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India inaugurated the Headquarters Southern Air Command at Trivandrum at ‘Belhaven Palace’, an old palace of Maharaja of Travancor

CENTRE FOR JOINT WARFARE STUDIES The Centre for Joint Warfare Studies (CENJOWS) was raised at the initiative of the Ministry of Defence on 24 Aug 2007 and is registered under ‘The Societies Registration Act 1860’. The Centre has been set up to rise above sectoral and departmental legacies and examine joint warfare and synergy issues in their entirety; provide the much needed interface between various stakeholders, viz the government, public and private sector, academia, NGOs and civil society and initiate debates and discussions in an independent and unbiased milieu for emergence of best possible alternative. Its emblem in brown and gold in oval shape has the motifs of all the three armed forces supported by a book and crested by the National Emblem. This is ensconced by a brown oval border in which ‘Aligned with the Future’ and ‘Victory Through Jointness’ is written. At the button its acronym ‘CENJOWS’ is placed.

DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is the R&D wing of Ministry of Defence, Government of India, with a vision to empower India with cutting-edge defence technologies and a mission to achieve self-reliance in critical defence technologies and systems, while equipping the nation's armed forces with state-of-the-art weapon systems and equipment in accordance with requirements laid down by the three Services. Its circular insignia has the motifs of Indian armed forces in the middle, above which a gear wheel is placed and these are crested by the National Emblem in a light yellow background. It has a white border in which its name and the name of the controlling ministry are written in Devanagari and English. This is ensconced by a blue border which has its acronym in Hindi and English in white.

THE UNITED SERVICE INSTITUTION OF INDIA  The United Service Institution of India (USI) was founded in 1870 by a soldier scholar, Colonel (later Major General) Sir Charles MacGregor. It was founded for ‘furtherance of interest and knowledge in the art, science and literature of the Defence Services.’ First housed in the old Town Hall at Shimla, in the foothills of the Himalayas, the Institution moved to the then Army Headquarters. In 1908 its own building was erected. The Institution was moved to Delhi in 1953, where it was located, till mid 1996, in Kashmir House on Rajaji Marg. The foundation stone for the new premises was laid on April 26. Its insignia has the motifs of all three armed forces in a greenish blue circle, which is surrounded by a border drawn like a belt, with its buckle at the bottom pointing downwards. The border has its name written on it. It is supported by laurels of leaves, buds and flowers on both the sides. This is crested by the National Emblem.

MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES "Founded in 2007, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) is a branch of the Government of India and an apex body for the formulation and administration of rules, regulations and laws related to micro, small and medium enterprises in India. The Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (M/o MSME) envisions a vibrant MSME sector by promoting growth and development of the MSME Sector, including khadi, village and coir Industries, in cooperation with the concerned Ministries, departments, State Governments and other stakeholders, through providing support to existing enterprises and encouraging creation of new enterprises. MSME Logo has a National Emblem of India at the centre that highlights government identity. The Emblem is surrounded by typefaces in English and Hindi. Hindi typeface 'सूक्ष्म, लघु और मध्यम उद्यम' is written using Devanagari script." https://presentations.gov.in/logos/micro-small-a

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS The in-principle approval was granted by Planning Commission in year 2006 for development of a world class institution on corporate affairs. The proposal for setting up of Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA) was approved in 2007 February. IICA was conceived as a revenue generating model and in the initial stage at least 33 percent of the revenue expenditure should be income from their activities. The Union Cabinet approved the proposal of Rs 211.00 crores in 2008 May during XI Five Year Plan. IICA was to be fully operational from year 2011-12 and become completely self-sufficient by the end of year 2016-17. Its corporate tag line is ‘Partners Governance Transfromation’. The monogram has a bright blue rectagular round cornered box with four yellow coloured floating strokes symbolizing the range of issues, which the institution may address; the acronym partially in white in the box and partially out of it.   https://iica.nic.in/vision

COMPETITION COMMISSION OF INDIA The Competition Act, 2002 was passed by the Parliament in the year 2002, to which the President accorded assent in January 2003, which was subsequently amended by the Competition (Amendment) Act, 2007 and the Competition Commission of India (CCI) and the Competition Appellate Tribunal were established. The CCI has a Chairperson and six members. The provisions of the Competition Act relating to anti-competitive agreements and abuse of dominant position were notified on May 20, 2009. CCI’s vision is “To promote and sustain an enabling competition culture through engagement and enforcement that would inspire businesses to be fair, competitive and innovative; enhance consumer welfare; and support economic growth”. Its acronym has been made into a monogram in blue colour, where two similar strokes are being looked into by an observer.   https://www.cci.gov.in/legal-framwork/act https://presentations.gov.in/logos/competition-commission-of-india-cci/

CONTROLLER OF CERTIFYING AUTHORIETIES The Controller of Certifying Authorities (CCA) is an organisation that administers and monitors the functioning of Certification Authorities that issue encrypted (a technique for secure communication) digital certificates. This type of encryption allows relying parties to have an authenticated transfer of data under secure connection and CCA has well defined methods of assuring the identity of parties to whom it issues certificates. It also confirms the attribution of a public key to an identified physical person by means of a public key certificate. This logo is a brandmark comprising of graphic - Key and text elements. The key in the logo represents the technique for secure communication expressing the identity of the organisation. https://presentations.gov.in/logos/controller-of-certifying-authorities-cca/  

GI CLOUD In order to benefit from cloud computing, the Government of India commenced an ambitious initiative – ‘GI Cloud’, which has been named ‘MeghRaj’. NIC Cloud Services offer a variety of service models to meet requirements such as Platform as a Service (PaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Software as a Services (SaaS). The architectural vision of GI Cloud consists of a set of discrete cloud computing environments spread across multiple locations, built on existing or new augmented infrastructure, following a set of common protocols, guidelines and standards issued by the Government of India. The logo in cyan and black for National Cloud is a wordmark comprising of text and a unique cloud graphic element with the tagline.     https://presentations.gov.in/logos/national-cloud/

MIZORAM POLICE Mizoram State is claimed as an 'Island of Peace' in an otherwise turbulent North-Eastern Region. The State is enjoying peace and tranquility, barring a few acts of insurgency in border areas of 404 kilometre with Myanmar and 318 kilometre with Bangladesh during the last twenty years, that is, ever since the Peace Accord was signed in 1986. Mizoram Police is headed by the Director General of Police (DGP) and he is assisted by officers in the headquarters and officers in-charge of special and various field units. The emblem of Mizoram Police has a pair of horns crested with Ashoka Lion Capital. Below this in a red banner the words ‘Mizoram Police’ is written in white. https://police.mizoram.gov.in/ https://www.scribd.com/doc/298953769/Swamy-s-Symbols-of-India-Volume-1  

MEGHALAYA POLICE The arms of the Megalaya Police is: Azure three different swords in saltire Or, a chief Gules parted per pale, in the first the letters MLP within a garland Or, in the second a hornbill Or and the Title: ‘MEGHALAYA POLICE’ on a ribbon Gules. http://www.hubert-herald.nl/BhaMegalaya.htm https://www.scribd.com/doc/298953769/Swamy-s-Symbols-of-India-Volume-1  

TRIPURA POLICE Tripura was a one District Territory with one District Magistrate – DM and  Collector and also one Superintendent of Police upto August 31,1970. The territory was divided into three districts with appointment of three DM and Collectors from September 1,1970. Accordingly, three Superintendents of Police were appointed and posted to the districts. The emblem of the Tripura Police shows what could be the modern emblem of the State of Tripura. It has two mountains proper and a rising sun Or, with a Crest: The Asoka-capital with its motto, being the emblem of India and a Garland: Branches of laurel Or. The emblem is displayed on a oval shield parted per fess Gules and Azure. The banner of the Tripura Police is pointed and fringed on the lower edge, parted per fess Gules and Azure, charged with the emblem of the Tripura Police with the legend TRIPURA POLICE in white lettering below. Its motto is ‘Seva Veertha Bandhuta’ meaning ‘Service Valour Friendship’ is written on a yellow

ASSAM POLICE There is no evidence of there being a regular police force in the state of Assam till the British took over after the Yandabu treaty of 1826. At the end of the Ahom rule and during the reign of Kamaleswar Singha (1795 -1811), an armed force on the British model was raised to serve the dual functions of maintenance of law and order and border defence. It was, however, not a regular and fully organised police force in the real sense of the term. The most important development in this process was the raising of the ‘Cachar Levy’ in 1835 by the Civil Service Officer, in-charge of Nowgong district, Mr. Grange, to guard new settlements and tea estates. It consisted of 750 officers and men of different ranks, viz., Inspectors, Head Constables and Constables. Three years later, a similar body, called ‘Jorhat Militia’, was formed to protect the border areas against frequent border transgressions. It was also known as the ‘Shan’ militia, as the recruits were mostly from the Shan com

ARUNACHAL PRADESH POLICE Having been constituted only in 1972, Arunachal Pradesh Police remains one of the youngest police services of the country. There are several historical factors for this delayed constitution of the force. Prior to the independence, the British had introduced the Assam Frontier (Administration of Justice) Regulation, 1945, to ensure that a vast majority of disputes and cases, both civil and criminal, were adjudicated in accordance with the prevailing traditional codes of the tribal communities. Those days the Assam Rifles was under the command of a civil officer- the Inspector General of the Assam Rifles - who was responsible to the governor of Assam, in his capacity as Agent to the Government of India. There was no change either in status of the organization till 1959. Govt. of India sanctioned in October 1967 a skeleton staff for the Civil Police setup. L. B. Sewa and Uts were instrumental in setting up Arunachal Pradesh Police in 1971. He had his headquarters

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