The Uttarakhand Provincial Armed Constabulary (UK-PAC), or ''Provincial Armed Constabulary'' is the state armed police wing of

Uttarakhand Police The Uttarakhand Police is the law enforcement agency for the state of Uttarakhand in India. It was formed in 2000. Uttarakhand Police Constable Notification 2024: The Uttarakhand Subordinate Selection Commission (UKSSSC) has published an offi ...

was created in 2001, after the bifurcation of the state of

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh ( ; UP) is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. With over 241 million inhabitants, it is the List of states and union territories of India by population, most populated state in In ...

in 2000 that resulted in the formation of new state

Uttarakhand Uttarakhand (, ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2007), is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. The state is bordered by Himachal Pradesh to the n ...

History

Between 1962 and 1973, four new battalions of Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary were raised from the Garhwali and Kumaoni community. Apart from that, The 46th Battalion called the Task Force existed till 1998, with the special task to fight

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and maoist insurgents. On achieving its goal, it was again converted to normal PAC Battalion, presently located at Rudrapur. Currently the Uttarakhand Provincial Armed Constabulary has three battalions off which the 31st and 46th Battalion are based in Rudrapur and 40th Battalion is based in

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. In 2021, Uttarakhand became the fourth state in India after,

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, and

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to have women in their special forces. Most of these women commandos are recruited in Uttarakhand Police Armed Constabulary.

Organisational structure

Recent events

The Uttarakhand Provincial Armed Constabulary was deployed to curb the 2024 Haldwani violence.

References

{{Law enforcement agencies of India Government departments of Uttarakhand 2001 establishments in India Military units and formations established in 2001 Government agencies established in 2001

History

Organisational structure

Recent events

See also

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