Border Security Force (BSF) ✅Establishment: On December 1, 1965, in the wake of the 1965 India-Pakistan war. ✅Administrative Control: Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). ✅Deployment: Deployed at Indo-Pakistan International Border, Indo-Bangladesh International Border and Line of Control (LoC), along with Indian Army and in Anti-Naxal Operations. ✅Officials: Although, the BSF has its own cadre of officers but its head, designated as a Director-General (DG), since its raising has been an officer from the Indian Police Service (IPS). ✅Logo and motto: The Logo of BSF has two spikes of grains, embracing the National Emblem of India and the typeface BSF. The motto of BSF “DUTY UNTO DEATH” is placed at the bottom ✅It is one of the five Central Armed Police Forces of the Union of India. ✅Other Central Armed Police Forces are : 🔸Assam Rifles (AR), 🔸 Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), 🔸Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), 🔸Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), 🔸National Security Guards (NSG) and 🔸Sashastra Seema