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30-513: Phuentsholing , Jaigaon , Hamiltanganj , Nimti , Dakshin Barajhor Forest , Alipurduar , Chilakhana are some places situated on Kaljani river's bank. 26°30′45″N 89°27′36″E  /  26.5124°N 89.4601°E  / 26.5124; 89.4601 This article related to a river in India is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to

60-629: A beauty parlour near Zantdopelri lhakhang. After the announcement, 18 shops were built around Zangdopelri area. The Zangdopelri area was a bus terminal, and on Saturday a market would be assembled. Apart from the cottages, there were several huts and Phuentsholing was beginning to grow. Phuntsholing has a sultry tropical monsoon climate , strongly influenced by the South Asian monsoon . It has an average annual precipitation of 3,953 millimetres (155.6 in). Summers are long, muggy and very rainy, while winters are short, very mild and dry. This climate

90-504: A group of ministers on reforming the national security system, SSB was declared as a Border Guarding Force and Lead Intelligence Agency (LIA) for Indo-Nepal border (June, 2001) and assigned the task of guarding the 1751 km long Indo-Nepal border along the states of Uttarakhand , (263.7 km with 3 districts), Uttar Pradesh (599.3 km—with 7 districts), Bihar (800.4 km—with 7 districts), West Bengal (105.6 km—with 1 district) and Sikkim (99 km). In March 2004, SSB

120-488: A passport or voter ID card and apply for a permit at Phuntsholing to enter Bhutan. Other foreigners need a visa presented by a hired registered tour guide. The entry gate into the town is manned by the Sashastra Seema Bal and Bhutanese Army guards. The terrain inclines soon after the gate. The town is connected to the rest of the major cities via national highway. The town does not have airport facilities or

150-532: A railway but Indian Railways has railway stations nearby. A 20 km (12 mi) railway track has been planned from the nearest railway stone Hashimara in North Bengal to Phuntsholing. Siliguri is the nearest large city in India. New Jalpaiguri and New Alipurduar are the nearest large railway junctions. Buses are available from the towns in North Bengal. Buses are operated by both Indian based companies and Bhutanese government. Once at Phuntsholing,

180-592: A river in Bangladesh is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in Bhutan is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Phuntsholing Phuntsholing , also spelled as Phuentsholing ( Dzongkha : ཕུན་ཚོགས་གླིང་ ), is a border town in southern Bhutan and is the administrative seat of Chukha District . The town occupies parts of both Phuentsholing Gewog and Sampheling Gewog . Phuentsholing adjoins

210-637: A sense of security and brotherhood among the population, in furtherance of national integration. Its present-day role consists of preventing cross-border crime and smuggling as well as other anti-national activities. In pursuit of achieving this mandated task, the SSB has been conferred with certain powers under the Criminal Procedure Code of 1973, the Arms Act of 1959, the NDPS Act of 1985 and

240-553: Is commanded by an officer of the rank of Director-General . The Director-General is assisted by the Additional Director-General. Various Directorates including Operations and Intelligence, Personnel and Training, Administration, Provisioning and Communication, Medical, as well as others, function under the DG. Each Directorate is headed by an IG and assisted by a DIG and other officers. Frontier Headquarters (FTR HQ)

270-527: Is commanded by an officer of the rank of Inspector-General (IG), who is placed next in the chain of command after the FHQ. FTR HQ, in turn, exercises command and control over the Sector HQs, commanded a Deputy Inspector-General (DIG). Each SHQ consists of 5-6 battalions and 2-4 Sectors constitute a FTR HQ. The SSB Battalion, is commanded by an officer of the rank of Commandant and who is assisted by officers of

300-451: Is described by the Köppen climate classification as Am . On 27 August 1997, Phuntsholing recorded the highest temperature ever in Bhutan, at 40 °C (104 °F). The India-Bhutan border separates two different urban areas. Jaigaon across the border is larger, bustling and loud, similar to many other West Bengal centres of commerce, albeit with many Bhutanese shoppers. Phuntsholing

330-649: Is doing excellent job as Border Guarding Force on Indo-Nepal and Indo-Bhutan Border. SSB is also engaged in Counter-Insurgency operations in Jammu and Kashmir and Anti-naxal operations in Jharkhand, Bihar and Chhattisgarh. It is also performing internal security duties i.e. Election duties and law and order duties in different parts of India. SSB celebrated the year 2013 as Golden Jubilee year marking 50 years of its raising. The celebrations have commenced with

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360-574: Is uniquely more urban than other Bhutanese towns as it is the Bhutan financial, industrial and trading capital. It is more orderly than its neighbour. The majority of goods traded into Bhutan transit through Phuntsholing, making the town the gateway to Bhutan for trade with India. The border with China is closed. The border is separated by a long wall with a single Bhutanese gate. Locals can sometimes even cross without being asked for papers. Tourists from India, Bangladesh and Maldives do not need visa to enter Bhutan but have to show proof of identity such as

390-645: The Indian town of Jaigaon , and cross-border trade has resulted in a thriving local economy. The town previously hosted the headquarters of the Bank of Bhutan before they were shifted to Thimphu . In 2017, Phuentsholing had a population of 27,658. On 5 April 1964, reformist Prime Minister Jigme Dorji was assassinated in Phuntsholing by monarchist cadres as the king lay ill in Switzerland. The Dorji family

420-538: The Lateral Road gives travelers access to the rest of Bhutan. From almost anywhere in the city, one can see the road to Thimphu snaking up the hillside, and in the evening it is easy to see the headlights of distant vehicles heading towards the capital. Opposite the big ground PSA is the road that connects the rest of the cities of Bhutan. The Lateral Road , Bhutan's main highway, begins in Phuntsholing and winds some 636 kilometres (395 mi) to Trashigang in

450-644: The Nubra Valley , Rajouri and the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir in 1991. Its primary purpose was to counter an act of aggression by the Chinese People's Liberation Army . The previous thinking had been that, militarily, the Chinese were "superior" to India and in the event of a war, the Chinese might attempt to overwhelm Indian forces. So, in 1963, a unique force was created, which would, in

480-633: The Flag-off of a Mount Everest Expedition on 2 April 2013 from Delhi. The team led by Commandant Somit Joshi successfully reached at the peak at about 9:45 a.m. ( IST ) on 21 May 2013 to commemorate the 50th anniversary. In 2014, the government of India approved the recruitment of women as combat officers in SSB. The previous role of the Special Service Bureau was to motivate and mobilise India's border population for national security during times of peace as well as war and to promote

510-592: The Passport Act of 1967. The Government of India also contemplates conferring additional powers under the Customs Act of 1962. These powers are to be exercised within a belt of 15 km in the states of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, running along the Indo-Nepal and Indo-Bhutan borders, as well as in any other area of SSB operation. Prior to 2001,

540-501: The border area who have undergone advanced training in guerrilla warfare and also selected by the respective operational commander such as by the Divisional Organiser, Area Organiser, Sub-Area Organiser and Circle Organiser. The Divisional Organiser was equivalent in rank to that of Inspector-General of Police, specifically earmarked for the respective AOPs to which they belonged and were activated by. The repercussions of

570-545: The closure of the old role have been debated and deliberated in the defence establishments and now the relevance of the old role of SSB has been realised for the security of the border area, as such a role is likely to be revived. The highest-level headquarters of the force is Force Headquarters (FHQ), also called the Directorate-General of SSB, located in the Indian capital of New Delhi . Force Headquarters (FHQ)

600-521: The east. 26°51′N 89°23′E  /  26.850°N 89.383°E  / 26.850; 89.383 Sashastra Seema Bal Sashastra Seema Bal ( SSB ; transl.  Armed Border Force ) is a central armed police force in India under the Ministry of Home Affairs . It is responsible for guarding India’s borders with Nepal and Bhutan . The force was originally set up under

630-458: The event of such an attempt by the Chinese to invade and occupy Indian territory, merge with the border population, donning civilian attire, working a parallel administration and carry out the war of India with the help of guerrilla tactics . In 2001, the SSB was transferred to the Ministry of Home Affairs from R&AW and assigned the duties of manning the Nepal and Bhutan borders. The SSB

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660-592: The force was known as the Special Service Bureau (SSB). As per its revised role, the uniform wing worked under the operational command of civilian officers. It was in 1985 that a 15% quota of Area Organisers, for promotion to the rank of Deputy Inspector-General , was given to the commandants of the uniform wing. The civil wing worked in the Area of Operations (AOPs) along the Indo-Tibet and Indo-Pakistan border. Recruitment in uniform wing would be from among Indian youth of

690-444: The force was to provide armed support to the foreign intelligence division of Intelligence Bureau , which later became Research and Analysis Wing (after its creation in 1968). The secondary objective was to inculcate feelings of national belonging in the border population and assist them in developing their capabilities for resistance through a continuous process of motivation, training, development, welfare programmes and activities in

720-532: The name Special Service Bureau in 1963 in the aftermath of the Sino-Indian War to strengthen India's border areas against enemy operations. The Sashastra Seema Bal was originally set up under the name Special Service Bureau (SSB) on 15 March 1963 (current raising day is 20 December, after the date of presidential assent to the SSB Act, 2007), following the Sino-Indian War of 1962. The primary task of

750-516: The next 4 years. Clearance for 2 more Sectors and one Frontier is also expected. Present rank structure is as follows: Both civil and uniformed cadres of SSB are equally trained in various warfare's and other specialised courses such as Guerrilla warfare, Counter-Insurgency, Intelligence, Demolition, Jungle and Snow survival etc. The various training centres within the Force and in the training centres of other organisations/agencies. Before 2001, SSB

780-690: The rank of Second-in-Command, Deputy Commandant, and Assistant Commandant. The battalion is further divided into companies and border out-post (BOP). There are seven companies in a battalion, each company consisting of three border outposts. The company is commanded by an assistant commandant and the BOP is commanded by Sub-Inspectors, with each BOP comprising several border check points. A battalion consists of 1,000 personnel. As of 2005, SSB had 25 battalions and received government clearance for 20 more battalions, 2 sector HQ and 1 frontier HQ in 2 years. In 2021, SSB received another clearance of raising 12 battalions over

810-603: The then NEFA , North Assam (the northern areas of the Indian state of Assam ), North Bengal (the northern areas of the Indian State of West Bengal ) and the hills of Uttar Pradesh , Himachal Pradesh and Ladakh . The programme was later extended to Manipur , Tripura , Jammu in 1965; Meghalaya in 1975; Sikkim in 1976; the border areas of Rajasthan and Gujarat in 1989; Manipur, Mizoram and further areas of Rajasthan as well as Gujarat in 1988; South Bengal (the southern areas of West Bengal); Nagaland in 1989; and

840-431: Was assigned the task of guarding the 699 km stretch of Indo-Bhutan border along the states of Sikkim- (32 km), West Bengal (183 km—with 2 districts), Assam (267 km—with 4 districts) and, Arunachal Pradesh (217 km—with 2 districts). Since then SSB was re-christened into Sashastra Seema Bal and reached new heights. SSB is the first border guarding force that has decided to recruit women battalions. It

870-605: Was renamed the Sashastra Seema Bal, in accordance with its new role, and came under the administrative control of the Ministry of Home Affairs. This was done after the Kargil War with the adoption of the "one border one force concept". The SSB claims to have presented a "benign face" of the government in border areas and that this was appreciated by the people of those areas. Pursuant to the recommendations of

900-466: Was subsequently put under close watch. It was 1958 when the first one-storeyed cottage was constructed to house a shop. The late Prime Minister , Jigme Dorji informed Phuentsholing residents that concrete houses could be constructed. Tashi group of companies constructed the first concrete house, followed by Tibetans and Indians. Some of the structures that exist to this day are the buildings housing Bhutan Enterprise, Jatan Prasad Lal Chand Prasad shop and

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