History of Scouting and Guiding in India

 

The Bharat Scouts and Guides (BSG; Hindi: भारत स्काउट्स एवं गाइड्स) is the national Scouting and 

The Bharat Scouts and Guides
Hindi	भारत स्काउट्स एवं गाइड्स
Headquarters	New Delhi
Country	India
Founded	7 November 1950
Awarded for	Peace Messenger Award, Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration
Membership	5,695,800 Scout Wing 3,687,127 Guide Wing 2,008,549
Chief National Commissioner	K. K. Khandelwal
President	Anil Kr. Jain
Affiliation	World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, World Organization of the Scout Movement
Website www.bsgindia.org
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Guiding association of India. The national headquarters of BSG is recognised by the Government of India.

Scouting was founded in India in 1909 as an overseas branch of the Scout Association and became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1938. Guiding in India started in 1911 and was amongst the founder members of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in 1928, also covering present-day Bangladesh and Pakistan at that time. The BSG serves 2,886,460 Scouts (as of 2011)[2] and 1,286,161 Guides (as of 2005).