On April 1, 1967, the 22nd Battalion of CRPF came into existence after being separated from 45 Battalion of Punjab armed police. In May 2008 its headquarter was brought to Hazaribagh from Assam and its seven sub-units are serving nowadays in Hazaribagh and adjoining districts.
This was informed by 2nd officer in command of 22nd battalion of CRPF Manoj Kumar along with deputy commandant Prem Kumar, Vipin Kumar Singh and other officials in a special press meet called at its headquarters at Hazaribagh on the golden jubilee of the raising day of the battalion.
The officers said since its establishment CRPF had served the country in maintaining peace and in counter insurgency duties with full vigor. It had played an important role in operation Blue Star also.
On the basis of its continuous effort to fulfill the assigned duty it has earned many honuors from the Government also. The battalion has been declared the best administrative battalion thrice and best motivated battalion for four times.
Talking about the motto of the battalion the officials said their jawans had made many sacrifices during duty to maintain the peace and harmony in society, to save the unity and integrity of the country. Besides this their battalion also worked for the welfare of the society under its civic action program. The officials shared detailed information of the welfare works carried out by 22nd battalion in and around Hazaribagh during the financial year 2016-17. In last one year the battalion has spent amount in activities like developing library in the schools, installing hand pumps for the rural people, installing solar lights for the rural people, organizing vehicle driving camps for rural youths, constructing sheds for rural people, constructing poultry farms to make the unemployed youths capable of earning bread etc.
Officer Manoj Kumar and Deputy Commandant Prem Kumar informed that special programs were organized here at the headquarter from 27th March to 1st April’s morning. On the eve of golden jubilee raising day a special programme was organised here which was inaugurated by commandant Vishnu Gautam and DG BSF PC Sharma jointly.
Officers, Jawans and staffs were honored for their better performances and services during last one year.