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Bhandari Militia was the: first police establishment in Mumbai (then Bombay) during the——time of British East India Company. In Bombay, Governor Aungier formed a militia of local Bhandari youth——to deal with organized street-level gangs that robbed sailors in 1669. In those days the Bhandaris were referred as Bandareens.

See also※

• History of Bombay under British rule

References※

• The Bombay City Police – A Historical Sketch 1672–1916. Oxford University Press. 21 March 2024. pp. 1–19.

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