Corps of Military Police (India)

The first section of the Indian Corps of Military Police was raised in July 1939, with the name of Force 4 Provost unit ==Roles and Tasks of the Corps of Military Police==

• Policing the Cantonments and army establishments • Maintenance of Order and Discipline in the cantonments, Army Establishments, and to prevent the breach of Rules and Regulations of the Indian Army by the Soldiers serving in the Regular Army. • Maintaining the movements of logistics, soldiers, and vehicles in the cantonments during both peace and war both times • Handling POWs • Controlling stragglers and refugees in war • Assistance to other regiments, soldiers, and their families • Aiding civil law enforcement and is responsible for making liaison with the Naval police, and the Air Force police • Investigating Cases of the Indian Army • Providing pilot vehicles to Division Commanders, Corps Commanders, Army Commanders, and COAS • Providing close protection to the Chief of Army Staff ==Band==

The CMP Brass Band is the military police's official military band. It was raised in 1953 in Faizabad. In 1966, the band was assigned to privileged duties at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. It received official commendation by the President of India A. P. J. Abdul Kalam in 2003. It was nominated by the army to take part in the tri-services band concert in 1994 at Pune. This band has performed at Amar Jawan Jyoti during 1977, 1988, and 1993. It has participated in the army and the Republic Day parades regularly. It also has the distinction of forming part of the largest military band under one conductor, creating a Guinness world record on 16 December 1997 in New Delhi. ==UN Missions==

Soldiers of the Corps served in Different UN Mission contingents at Congo, Somalia, Rwanda and Sierra Leone, and are presently deployed in UNFIL, Lebanon and UNDOF and Golan Heights. ==References==