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DELHI POLICE Delhi has a long history of policing through the famed institution of the Kotwal. Malikul Umara Faqruddin is said to be the first Kotwal of Delhi. He became the Kotwal at the age of 40 in 1237 A.D. and was also simultaneously appointed as the Naibe-Ghibat (Regent in absence). Because of his integrity and sagacity he held the post through the reigns of three Sultans: Balban, Kaikobad and Kaikhusrau. Another Kotwal is, Malik Alaul Mulk, who was appointed by Sultan Allauddin Khilji in 1297 AD. When Emperor Shahjahan shifted his capital from Agra to Delhi, in 1648, he appointed Ghaznafar Khan as the first Kotwal of the new city, bestowing on him the office of Mir-i-Atish (Chief of Artillery). The institution of Kotwal came to an end with the crushing of the revolt of 1857, the first war of freedom by the British and interestingly, the last Kotwal of Delhi, appointed just before the eruption of the first war of freedom, was Gangadhar Nehru, father of Pandit Motilal Nehru and gr

GOA POLICE The Goa Police as an independent organisation was born in April 1946 with the establishment of Policia do Estado da India – PEI, Police of India, through a decree of the Portuguese regime which ruled Goa until 1961. On June 8, 1969 the transfer of authority from Military Administration to Civil Administration was effected. Goa Police celebrates this week as Goa Police Day and the entire week as Goa Police Week. The emblem of Goa Police is a coat of arms: Argent the letters ‘GP’, and a bordure with the legend Goa police in English and Hindi. Crest is the Asoka capital being the emblem of India, gules and the Garland is branches of laurel, vert. The motto: ‘Nyaya, Shanti, Seva’ in Devanagari, ‘Jsutice, Peace,’ in black lettering on a ribbon vert. http://www.antya.com/detail/Goa-Police/5775 https://www.scribd.com/doc/298953769/Swamy-s-Symbols-of-India-Volume-1