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Detailed explanation-1: -This year, CISF is celebrating its 53rd Raising Day on 05th March 2022 to celebrate their glorious 52 years of dedicated & selfless service to the nation.

Detailed explanation-2: -It was set up under an Act of the Parliament of India on 15 March 1969 with a strength of 2,800. CISF was subsequently made an armed force of India by another Act of Parliament passed on 15 June 1983. Its current active strength is 148,371 personnel.

Detailed explanation-3: -53rd Raising Day ceremony of CISF: Amit Shah lauds CISF for its services during Pandemic and evacuation of Indians from Ukraine. Ghaziabad (UP), Mar 06 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on March 06 attended the 53rd Raising Day ceremony of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh.

Detailed explanation-4: -Subodh Kumar Jaiswal (IPS) appointed as Director General of CISF.

Detailed explanation-5: -The about 1.63 lakh personnel strong CISF is the national aviation security force and it was first inducted at the Jaipur airport in 2000, a decision taken by the central government after the 1999 hijack of an Indian Airlines aircraft that was taken to Kandhar in Afghanistan.