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| name = Internal Security Academy<br />
| logo = File:Internal_Security_Academy_Logo.png<br />
| motto = ''Gyanen Sadhyate Shakti'' (Power through pursuit of knowledge)<br />
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| city = [[Mount Abu]], [[Rajasthan]], [[India]]<br />
| country = India<br />
| founded = 1 February 1975<br />
| founder = <br />
| principal = Danesh Rana (Director/Inspector General)<br />
| affiliation = [[Ministry of Home Affairs]], [[Government of India]]<br />
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| coordinates = {{coord|24.593140|N|72.712925|E|type:mountain_region:IN-NA_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}<br />
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'''Internal Security Academy''' '''(ISA)''' is a police training institute for the [[Central Reserve Police Force]], located at [[Mount Abu]], India.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Banerjee |first=Sumanta |date=2010 |title=The Pathology of India's Security Forces |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40736657 |journal=Economic and Political Weekly |volume=45 |issue=25 |pages=12–15 |jstor=40736657 |issn=0012-9976}}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
The academy was founded in Mount Abu, Rajasthan, on 1 February 1975, following the relocation of the Central Police Training College to [[Hyderabad]], later renamed the [[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dogra |first=R. S. D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y6f9HTSq3sUC&dq=%22internal+security+academy%22&pg=PR11 |title=Nation Keepers: Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) |date=2004 |publisher=APH Publishing |isbn=978-81-7648-606-4 |language=en}}</ref> The 1849-built Abu Lawrence School Campus of 4.5 Acres, serving as the main academy campus, was bought by CRPF in 1979.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pandey |first=Dr Vinita |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cLpUDwAAQBAJ&dq=internal+security+academy+mount+abu&pg=PA229 |title=Internal Security and Community Policing |date=2018-03-26 |publisher=Allied Publishers |isbn=978-93-87380-63-9 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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The barracks once used by academy trainees from 1948 to 1950 now belong to the [[Indian Army]]. Originally established in 1824 by the [[East India Company]], the [[Sirmoor Rifles]], later known as the [[5th Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force)]], is the oldest Gurkha unit.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sandhu |first=Nehchal |date=6 September 2020 |title=Bill Brady and the riding 'ustad' at Mount Abu |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/comment/bill-brady-and-the-riding-ustad-at-mount-abu-136983 |access-date=23 February 2024 |work=[[The Tribune (India)|The Tribune]]}}</ref><br />
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