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- The Director Generals of Assam Rifles and Indian Coast Guard signed a ‘Affiliation Charter’ in a ceremony held at Shillong.
- It aims to enhance inter-armed forces cooperation between two and utilise each other’s assets for training and sports.
- The agreement was signed between 3rd (Naga Hills) Battalion of Assam Rifles and Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Ship ‘Shaurya’.
- This “affiliation charter” will facilitate the ‘Sentinels of the North East’ (Assam Rifles) to interact with ‘Sentinels of the Seas’ (Indian Coast Guard) on professional level as well as social platforms.
3rd (Naga Hills) Battalion of AR
- It is the oldest battalion of the Assam Rifles raised in 1835 as ‘The Cachar Levy’.
- It was a quasi-military entity.
- Originally it was started with 750 members under the command of Mr. Grange, a British civil officer in charge of the Nowgong district, Assam.
- It was entrusted with guarding the Eastern Frontier of Assam from Brahmaputra river to the Cachar Hills.
- Presently the battalion is developed at Kohima, Nagaland.
- At Kohima it bravely fought the Japanese in World War-II and stopped their advance into India.
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