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Traffic crawled in Central Delhi during the morning rush hours as a members of India's Border Security Force rehearse for the Republic Day. The Border Security Force (BSF) is the primary Border Guarding police force of India. One of the eight Central Armed Police Forces of the Union of India, it was raised in the wake of the 1965 War on 1 December 1965, "for ensuring the security of the borders of India and for matters connected there with". It is a Central Armed Police Force charged with guarding India's land border during peace time and preventing transnational crime. It is a Union Government Agency under the administrative control of Ministry of Home Affairs. The BSF has its own cadre of officers but its head, designated as a Director-General (DG), since its raising has been an officer