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'''Bhandari Militia''' was the first police establishment in [[Mumbai]] (then Bombay) during the time of [[British East India Company]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DY6FEMoIeqsC&q=Bhandari+Militia&pg=PA20 | title=Criminal Justice India Series, Vol. 4 (HB) | publisher=Allied Publishers | pages=20–21 | isbn=8177643657 |accessdate=2 May 2013}}</ref> In Bombay, [[Gerald Aungier|Governor Aungier]] formed a militia of local [[Bhandari caste|Bhandari]] youth to deal with organized street-level gangs that robbed sailors in 1669. In those days the Bhandaris were referred as ''Bandareens''.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[History of Bombay under British rule]]<br />
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