Neemuch (MP), Apr 16 (PTI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah will attend the Central Reserve Police Force Raising Day Parade as chief guest at the CRPF Group Centre here on Thursday.

The event is part of the 86th Raising Day celebrations of the CRPF, an official release said.

The CRPF Day is celebrated every year on March 19 as it was on this day in 1950 that the flag was presented to the force by the then Home Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. This year the parade is being held on April 17 as part of extended celebrations, it said.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav will also attend the occasion, an official said.

It was in Neemuch on July 27, 1939, that the ‘Crown Representative Police’ was established during the British rule, which was renamed as Central Reserve Police Force by Home Minister Patel on December 28, 1949.

CRPF has played a strong role in many fronts ranging from integration of princely states to internal security, counter-insurgency-terrorism operations, international peace-keeping, VIP security and disaster management. Today it is the largest and most decorated paramilitary force in the world, the release said.

Eight contingents of CRPF will parade in the grand function.

After the parade, the Home Minister will give away gallantry award medals to CRPF personnel. He will also pay a tribute to the martyrs of the force at the ‘Shaheed Sthal’ and interact with the families of the martyrs, parade commanders and jawans. PTI MAS KRK