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Simran Bala, a 26-year-old CRPF Assistant Commandant hailing from Jammu and Kashmir, volition pb an all-male contingent of her unit during the Republic Day parade astatine Kartavya Path successful Delhi connected January 26, officials said connected Monday (January 19, 2026) .
While determination person been instances erstwhile women Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officers commanded assorted Republic Day contingents, this is the archetypal clip that a woman serviceman volition bid a enactment of much than 140 antheral unit during the yearly nationalist event, the officials told PTI.
Ms. Bala hails from Rajouri successful Jammu and Kashmir and is the archetypal pistillate from the territory to articulation the country's largest paramilitary unit successful the serviceman rank.
The astir 3.25 lakh personnel-strong CRPF is the country's apical interior information force, with its 3 main theatres of combat being anti-Naxal operations, counter-terrorist offensives successful Jammu and Kashmir, and counter-insurgency duties successful the Northeast.
Ms. Bala is simply a postgraduate successful governmental subject from the Government College for Women successful Jammu's Gandhinagar, officials said.
She was commissioned into the unit successful April 2025 and her archetypal posting was successful the 'Bastariya' battalion successful Chattisgarh, tasked to undertake anti-Naxal operations, they said.
She was accorded the grant for the champion serviceman successful grooming and nationalist speaking subjects during her skilling astatine the CRPF academy successful Gurugram aft she qualified the CAPF Assistant Commandants exam conducted by the UPSC.
The yearly Republic Day parade showcases India's subject powerfulness and taste diverseness arsenic it ambles down the Kartavya Path from Raisina Hill to Red Fort via India Gate connected January 26.
A associated squad of women 'dare devils' from the CRPF and Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), riding Enfield Bullet bikes, volition besides beryllium portion of the parade.
The pistillate unit of these 2 forces person done this feat astatine the Republic Day successful 2020 arsenic well.
The Central Industrial Security Force volition person a marching and set contingent portion the Border Security Force volition beryllium represented by its famed camel-mounted troops and set teams.
A associated tableau prepared by the National Disaster Response Force and the Bureau of Police Research and Development is besides expected to beryllium portion of the Union Home Ministry's interval during the event.
