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Border Security Foce's camel band plays 'Sare Jahan Se Acha' in Jodhpur, India. The BSF camel contingent is the inheritor of the Bikaner Royal Camel Force, known as 'Ganga Risala' and is based in the border town of Jaisalmer in Rajasthan. Every year it travels to Delhi in November to participate in the parade in the Raising Day event of the BSF on December 1 and later for the Republic Day parade on January 26. Inheritor of the heritage of the Bikaner Royal Camel Force, known as 'Ganga Risala', and based in the border town of Jaisalmer in Rajasthan, the BSF is the country's largest guarding force raised in 1965 and is tasked primarily with securing Indian frontiers with Pakistan and Bangladesh. The first contingent of the Border Security Forces or BSF showcases smartly dressed border guards