About T.S.R. 

Inadequacy of state armed units, needs of a specially trained and motivated force The growing demand of police forces due to extremist problems in the state, all singularly and collectively, led to the idea of raising of Tripura State Armed Battalions on Para-military force lines.

A memorandum issued by the Govt. of Tripura, briefly described views of the Government about T.S.R.. The gist is given below:-

" The Tripura State Rifles is intended to provide the state Govt. with a fully self-reliant special armed force with officers and men of specially trained calibre with a high degree of fighting fitness, proficiency , discipline, rigorous training control and combat readiness along with communication, transport , provisioning and equipment, capable of meeting any challenge.

Tripura State Rifles Act was drafted on the lines of B.S.F... and C.R.P.F... Act. This was passed by Tripura Legislative Assembly on 22 May 1984 and was assented to by the President of India in July 1984.

The motto of the T.S.R. Unit is " Veerta Bandhuta". This is based on the philosophy that a policeman today has to be brave and he must have a feeling of brotherhood towards his fellow countryman. He must realize that he is one of them. Therefore, all ranks are known as "Veer Bandhu" (Brave Friend).

As insignia of three native spears have been adopted by the T.S.R. unit, of these the first spear represents the people, the second spear represents the State and the third spear represents the force and when all the spears are combined it makes Tripura State Rifles (T.S.R.).

With the above view in mind, the state Govt. decided to create T.S.R. Battalion. As a result the 1^st Bn T.S.R. has been raised and started functioning with effect from 15^th April 1985 at Veer Bandhu Gram, Gakulnagar.

The 2nd Bn T.S.R.  came up on 19^th September 1990 and started functioning at R K Nagar.

 Due to the excellent performances of the 1st Bn T.S.R. in fighting and combating the problems of increasing insurgency / militancy and maintaining ethnic amity in the State,  the Govt. found the need of having more Battalions.

Year of raising different battalions with their locations are shown below:-

             There are seven TSR IR (Indian Reserve) BNs in the state. TSR 5th, TSR 6th, TSR 7th, TSR 8th, TSR 9th, TSR 10th, TSR 11th BNs.