The Rapid Action Force (RAF) is a specialised wing of the Indian CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force).
It was established on 11 December 1991 and became fully operational in October 1992, to deal with riots and related unrest.
RAF has commanded by an IGP, functioning at New Delhi. Besides that RAF has divided to two ranges headed by a DIGP at New Delhi and Mumbai.
It currently has 10 battalions which are numbered 99 to 108 in the CRPF.
CRPF is the only Paramilitary Force in the country to have two women battalions.
The first such battalion was raised in 1986 with its headquarters at New Delhi.
The second battalion came into existence in 1996 at Gandhinagar,Gujarat.
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