| Bharat Scouts and Guides | ||||
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| Headquarters | New Delhi | |||
| Country | India | |||
| Founded | 7 November 1950 | |||
| Awarded for | Peace Messenger Award Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration | |||
| Membership | 6,251,269
Guide Wing 2,416,175 | |||
| Chief National Commissioner | K. K. Khandelwal | |||
| President | Dr. Anil Jain | |||
| Affiliation | World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts World Organization of the Scout Movement | |||
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The Bharat Scouts and Guides (BSG) is the national Scouting and Guiding association of India. The national headquarters of BSG is recognised by the Government of India.[1]
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 3,835,094 Scouts (as of 2021)[2][3] and 1,286,161 Guides (as of 2005).[4][5]
- ^ "Promotion of Scouting & Guiding". Department of Youth Affairs, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "WOSM's Membership Census | Scout Learning Zone". learn.scout.org. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
- ^ "Triennal review: Census as at 1 December 2010" (PDF). World Organization of the Scout Movement. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 May 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
- ^ "Membership". The Bharat Scouts and Guides. Archived from the original on 20 May 2007. Retrieved 13 January 2007.
- ^ "Honouring the oath: The beginning". The Hindu. 17 August 2007. Archived from the original on 19 August 2007.