A female recruit from the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) takes part in a training session in an ITBP training centre at Bhanu, Haryana, January 27, 2010. (Photo by Ajay Verma/Reuters)





Mamoni Mandal, member of the Rapid Action Force (RAF), attends a training session at a police training school in Kolkata April 15, 2007. (Photo by Parth Sanyal/Reuters)





A female forest guard carries a tranquillizer gun in the Gir National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary in Sasan, Gujarat, December 2, 2014. (Photo by Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters)





Jammu and Kashmir police personnel take part in the Independence Day celebrations in Jammu August 15, 2009. (Photo by Mukesh Gupta/Reuters)





A female Indian police officer bows her head during a ceremony to mark Police Commemoration Day in Zewan, in the outskirts of Srinagar October 21, 2012. (Photo by Fayaz Kabli/Reuters)





Indian women commandos perform martial arts exercises during a function to mark the founding day of Maharashtra, in Mumbai, May 1, 2008. (Photo by Arko Datta/Reuters)





Indian female paramilitary soldiers stand guard near the border with Nepal ahead of third phase polls, at Panitanki village, Siliguri, April 28, 2009. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A member of the women's police contingent smiles at a parade during India's Independence Day celebrations in Srinagar August 15, 2012. (Photo by Fayaz Kabli/Reuters)





Kakali Mandal, woman personnel of the Rapid Action Force (RAF), marches along with male counterparts at a police training school in Kolkata April 15, 2007. (Photo by Parth Sanyal/Reuters)





Newly raised recruits from first women battalion of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) adjust their caps before a group photo after their passing out parade in an ITBP training centre at Bhanu, Haryana, January 29, 2010. (Photo by Ajay Verma/Reuters)