The Bharat Scouts and GuidesThe Bharat Scouts and Guides

भा�रत स्का�उट्स एवं गा�इड्स

Headquarters New Delhi

Country India

Founded 1950

Membership 4,150,000

National Commissioner

Lalit Mohan Jain

Affiliation

World Association of Girl

Guides and Girl Scouts, World

Organization of the Scout

Movement

Website

http://www.bsgindia.org

Scouting portal

The Bharat Scouts and Guides (BSG; Hindi: भा�रत स्का�उट्स एवं गा�इड्स) is the national Scouting and Guiding association of India.

Scouting was founded in India in 1909 as an overseas branch of the Scout Association and became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1938. Guiding in India started in 1911 and was amongst the founder members of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in 1928, also covering present-day Bangladesh and Pakistan at that time. The BSG serves 2,886,460 Scouts (as of 2011)[1] and 1,286,161 Guides (as of 2005)[2][3].

History

Boy Scouts

Scouting was officially founded in British India in 1909, first starting at the Bishop Cotton Boys' School in Bangalore. Scouting for native Indians was started by Justice Vivian Bose, Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, Pandit Hridayanath Kunzru, Girija Shankar Bajpai, Annie Besant and George Arundale, in 1913. Prior to this date, Scouting was open only for British and foreign Scouts. In 1916, a Cub section was started, followed by the Rover section in 1918.

In 1916, Calcutta's Senior Deputy Commissioner of Police J. S. Wilson introduced Scouting for Boys as a textbook in the Calcutta Police Training School. Colonel Wilson volunteered his services to the District

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Scout Commissioner, Alfred Pickford, and in 1917 became Assistant Scoutmaster of the Old Mission Church Troop. Together the two struggled for the admission of Indian boys into the Boy Scouts Association, which had not been admitted due to a Government of India order against it because "Scouting might train them to become revolutionaries". Shortly Wilson was acting as Cubmaster and Scoutmaster, and succeeded Pickford as District Commissioner in May 1919 when Pickford was promoted to Chief Scout Commissioner for India.

As a way of getting around the Government Order, the Boy Scouts of Bengal was founded, with identical aims and methods. Many separate Scout organizations began to spring up, the Indian Boy Scouts Association, founded in 1916, based in Madras and headed by Annie Besant and George Arundale; Boy Scouts of Mysore; Boy Scouts of Baroda; Nizam's Scouts in Hyderabad; Seva Samiti Scout Association (Humanity Uplift Service Society), founded in 1917 by Madan Mohan Malaviya and Hridayanath Kunzru and based in Allahabad; the aforementioned Boy Scouts of Bengal and likely others. A conference was held in Calcutta in August 1920 in which Wilson staged a Scout Rally, and as a result the Viceroy of India sent an invitation to Lord Baden-Powell, by then Chief Scout of the World, to visit India. Lord and Lady Baden-Powell arrived in Bombay in late January 1921 for a short tour of the subcontinent before leaving Calcutta for Rangoon. Alfred Pickford accompanied them and became one of their closest friends.

The emblem of the Boy Scouts Association in India–note modern Burma, Pakistan and Bangladesh are included in the map

The result of this visit was a union of all of the Scout organizations except the Seva Samiti Scout Association into The Boy Scouts Association in India. In 1922 Pickford returned to England and was appointed Overseas Commissioner of The Boy Scouts Association at their headquarters in London, but his dream of allowance of local boys into the program had been fulfilled.

In 1938, a number of members left the Boy Scouts Association in India after a wave of nationalism. They formed – together with the Seva Samiti Scout Association and the newly founded India National Scout Association – the Hindustan Scout Association, the first coeducational Scouting and Guiding organisation in India.[4] In the same year, the Boy Scouts Association in India became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement.

[edit] Girl Guides

The first Girl Guides company was founded in Jabalpur in 1911. The movement immediately grew: In 1915, more than fifty companies existed with a membership of over 1,200, all of them directly registered with the Girl Guide Association and all restricted to girls of European descent. These companies formed the All India Girl Guides Association in 1916. In the same year the organisation opened for Indian girls.[5][6]

J. S. Wilson provided transportation for Girl Guide rallies.

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“ The girls themselves were never quite sure whether they preferred to ride in police vans or in the riot truck. The former concealed them from public view, but were very hot; the latter, being cages of expanded metal, were cooler, but reminiscent of the Calcutta Zoo! ”

In 1928, the All India Girl Guides Association joined the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts as one of its founder members. This membership was renewed in 1948 after the independence of India and its partition.[6]

Bharat Scouts and Guides

In the first years after India's independence leading politicians, including Jawaharlal Nehru, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and Mangal Das Pakvasa, as well as Scout leaders tried to unify India's Scouts and Guides. A first success was the merger of the The Boy Scouts Association in India and the Hindustan Scout Association forming the Bharat Scouts and Guides on November 7, 1950. About a year later, on August 15, 1951, the All India Girl Guides Association joined this new organisation.[5]

In 1959, the 17th World Scout Conference in New Delhi was hosted by the BSG. The Sangam World Girl Guide/Girl Scout Center in Pune, Maharashtra, India, opened in 1966. The idea for this fourth world centre dates back to 1956 when it was developed during a WAGGGS International commissioners' meeting in New Delhi.

The United Nations selected the Bharat Scouts and Guides as honorary "Peace Messengers" for their significant and concrete contributions to the International Year of Peace in 1986.

Sethna's 18th West Bombay Scout Group

Sethna's 18th West Bombay Scout Group is the oldest continuously running Scout Group in India.[citation

needed] It was established in 1914, when Rustomji Edulji Sethna (1898–1954) came across the book Scouting for Boys, written by Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of the Scout movement. He was enamoured by the book and formed one of India's first Scout groups for native boys. Prior to that, there existed some Scout groups, but they were primarily for the British expatriates in India then.

Sethna resisted joining one of the competing Scout associations and registering his troop until Scouting became open for all irrespective of color, caste, or creed. He wrote to Baden-Powell about this discrepancy. In 1921 the regulations were changed and all were allowed to become part of the Scout movement in India. The 18th West has been continuously running since the day it started. None of the World Wars or the Partition of India stopped the group from functioning.

Notable members

Vivian Bose was a member of the World Scout Committee of the World Organization of the Scout Movement from 1947 until 1949.

In 1969, Mrs. Lakhshmi Mazumdar was awarded the Bronze Wolf, the only distinction of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting.

Program

The association describes its aims in its mission:

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The mission of Scouting is to contribute to the education of young people, through a value system based on the Scout Promise and Law to help build a better world where people are self-fulfilled as individuals and play a constructive role in society.[7]

Scout and Guide units are separate although they have some coeducational activities such as Jamborees, rallies, and conferences. Handicapped boys and girls also participate in the Scouting program.

The Scout emblem incorporates a wheel with twenty-four spokes, known as the Ashoka Chakra, taken from the Ashoka pillar at Sarnath, in the green-and-saffron colors of the flag of India.

Sections and branches

Membership badge–Trithiya Sopan Scout/Guide rank

The association is divided in four (respective three) sections according to age:[8]

Bharat Scouts Bunnies - ages 3 to 6 Cubs - boys, ages 5 to 10 Scouts - boys, ages 10 to 17 Rovers - boys, ages 16 to 25

Bharat Guides Bulbuls - girls, ages 6 to 10 Guides - girls, ages 10 to 18 Rangers - girls, ages 18 to 25

Additionally, there are four special branches:[8]

Extension Scouting Sea Scouting Air Scouting Venture Club Scheme

Awards

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Rashtrapati Scout/Guide Award (older version)

The highest awards are

for the Cubs/Bulbuls section the "Chaturth Charan/Heerak Pankh" for the Scout/Guide section the Rashtrapati Scout/Guide Award for the Rover/Ranger section the Rashtrapati Rover/Ranger Award [8]

Scout Motto

Cubs/Bulbuls - Koshish Karo (Do your best) Scouts/Guides - Taiyar (Be Prepared) Rovers/Rangers - Seva (Service)

Scout Oath

On my honour, I promise that I will do my bestTo do my duty to God[1] and my country,To help other people at all times,And to obey the Scout/Guide Law.

[1] - The word "Dharma" may be substituted for the word "God" if so desired.

Scout and Guide Law

1. A Scout/Guide is trustworthy2. A Scout/Guide is loyal3. A Scout/Guide is a friend to all and a brother/sister to every other Scout/Guide.4. A Scout/Guide is courteous5. A Scout/Guide is a friend to animals and loves nature.6. A Scout/Guide is disciplined and helps protect public property.7. A Scout/Guide is courageous.8. A Scout/Guide is thrifty.9. A Scout/Guide is pure in thought, word and deed.

Membership

State or division [1] 2004 membership [2]Andaman and Nicobar 4,877Andhra Pradesh 46,602Arunachal Pradesh 11,789Assam 16,878Bihar 41,586Central Railway 10,544Central Tibetan School 968Chandigarh 7,243Chattisgarh 87,014Daman and Diu 100Delhi 23,913Eastern Railway 15,777Goa 20,741

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Gujarat 58,202Haryana 432,139Himachal Pradesh 37,180Jammu and Kashmir 12,408Jharkhand 9,825Karnataka 218,178Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan 114,446Kerala 68,890Lakshadweep no ScoutsMadhya Pradesh 350,751Maharashtra 1,113,124Manipur 1,146Meghalaya 8,342Mizoram 3,059Nagaland 2,117Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti 25,779North Eastern Railway 15,808Northeast Frontier Railway 6,699Northern Railway 24,709Orissa 31,015Pondicherry 2,450Punjab 91,260Rajasthan 436,208Sikkim 1,473South Central Railway 14,281South Eastern Railway 6,205Southern Railway 9,472Saudi Arabia 222Sultanate of Oman 5,414Tamil Nadu 184,789Tripura 2,030Uttar Pradesh 84,217Uttaranchal 33,542West Bengal 12,783Western Railway 14,415

Leadership

National Commissioners

1. Dr. Hridya Nath Kunzru 1952 to November 19572. Justice Vivian Bose November 1957 to November 19593. Professor Madan Mohan November 1959 to November 19604. Dr. Hridya Nath Kunzru November 1960 to November 19645. Mrs. Lakhshmi Mazumdar November 1964 to April 19836. Lakshman Singh April 1983 to November 19927. V.P. Deenadayalu Naidu November 1992 to November 19958. Lalit Mohan Jain November 1995 -

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Presidents

1. Mangal Das Pakvasa 1953 to November 19602. Ammu Swaminathan November 1960 to March 19653. Justice Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha April 1965 to February 19674. Sir Chandulal M. Trivedi February 1967 to October 19735. Dharma Vira November 1973 to September 19766. Jagjivan Ram September 1976 to April 19837. Shankarrao Chavan April 1983 to November 19988. Rameshwar Thakur November 1998 to November 20019. Sharad Pawar November 2001 to November 200410. Rameshwar Thakur November 2004 -

Bharat Scouts and Guides abroad

The BSG maintains units for Indian citizens in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Oman. The Saudi Arabia branch serves 222 members, and the Oman branch 5,414 members.[2]

SCOUT SIGN, SALUTE AND LEFTHAND SHAKE

A PICTURE GALLERY

What To Do at Your Camp Fire 

By Harold Van Buren

The importance of the camp fire as an institution in a summer camp cannot be over-estimated!  Every incidental of the camping program is a factor in making the camp fire the central attraction and the greatest joy of the camp.  The evening with its gathering shadows, the physical weariness of the campers, the witchery of dancing flames–all tend to make the gatherings around the mystic circle the greatest single item in camp life. 

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It is the psychological time of day; for the boys are a little exhausted with the strenuous activities of the daily program, and the mind is receptive and susceptible to the soothing influence of a story or a little entertainment.  The gathering of dusk over the far hills and the falling of night during the happy hour at the fire seem to round off to perfection a day in camp.

For the director or counselor in charge of the fires, there must have been many hard moments of thought and planning to make the council fire a success.  Mere haphazard camp fires cannot attain their objective nor bring about the results.  The fire must be planned, and, in planning, many things must be taken into consideration.  First, the length of time to be occupied by the fire. 

There are as many different kinds of camp fires as there are evenings in which to have them.  No two will work out just the same, and no camp fire will ever work out just as it has been planned.  The director should have his program, carefully outlined, and written on a slip of paper.  He should have in mind half a dozen little things that can be substituted if the mental attitude of the campers should prove itself not to be attuned to the proposed schedule.

Much Depends on the Start

The opening of the camp fire is naturally of great importance, since it sets the standard for the whole fire.  We have evolved an elaborate ceremonial which occupies about eight minutes for the opening.  However, the opening of the fire must follow one of three lines: Informal, formal or ceremonial.

The informal opening involves merely gathering around the fire at a call and starting right in with a certain program.  The formal opening begins with a roll call, or a cabin report by counselors.  The ceremonial follows a stated ritual which has been worked out and planned carefully, and in which all the members of the council fire have a part.  This attracts boys far more than the other types.  The juvenile mind is attracted to the ceremonial and ritualistic, and the more elaborate and complex it is the better they will like it.

The camp fire proper cannot be a standardized process.  With us, it consists of some stunts, games and contests (Indian wrestling, boxing, trick contests, and a hundred other ideas for competition and amusement).  There are more formal stunts, in the form of short vaudeville acts staged and engineered by various cabins and groups of boys and counselors.  These cannot come very often because of the amount of time involved for practice, the limited ideas of the boys and the fact that this formal camp fire type does not appeal so greatly to the individual boy.

Of course, the camp fire story is a factor of extraordinary importance to the council fire.  An Indian legend always has an appeal, and every director can find literally thousands of them, all ready for his telling, in the books of Indian lore.  An original story about anything at all has an irresistible lure.

Upon certain occasions we utilize our camp fire period as a time for making plans for hikes and special occasions.  Inasmuch as these things involve every boy in camp, they hold his interest, even though they fail to furnish the inspiration which the camp fire has within its mystic power.  We do not recommend this, but at times it has a great utility.

Most Depends on the Close

The closing of the camp fire is even more important than the opening. The psychology underlying the impressive and mystic closing is based upon the fact that directly after the closing of the fire, the boys go to their cabins and turn in.  A solemn, quiet, impressive closing is an excellent preparation for a quiet, orderly retiring period and a quick trip to the land of sleep. 

Underlying all of this, back of all that must be done and the time that must be consumed to make the camp fires what they should be are the facts that:

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 The camp fire is the finest and most proper place for instilling a real vital camp spirit. The camp fire is the easiest and most logical place for building up a healthful camp “pep.” The camp fire is the camp’s best place for the Director and staff to teach everything or anything. The camp fire is the finest source of camaraderie and fellowship. The camp fire should be the place where inspiration of the highest ideals can be effectively carried through.

Types of Camp Fires

We have ten general types of camp fires at Cherokee. Briefly explained they are:

 The Singing Camp Fire:  Here the evening is spent in general singing of the ever-popular camping songs, the camp’s own songs, popular songs, and impromptu verse songs.  Everyone sings and the ukuleles, banjos, mouth organs and mandolins make romantic accompaniment. The Hiking Fire: In this fire, the secrets and tricks of successful over-night camping are explained and illustrated by campers and counselors for the instruction of the inexperienced.  It gives everyone a chance to exchange ideas.   Often hikes are planned at these fires. The Pep Fire:  We find these are needed once in a while to bring up the camp spirit.  During rainy summers, a pep fire is indispensable.   We include a lot of camp songs, and yells.  Perhaps a little pep talk or two interspersed at the right moments will succeed here when they fail at most other times. The Instructive Fire:  A fire where effective teaching is done is long remembered.  As an instance, at one of our fires this summer, the instruction was in the making of Indian necklaces (of glass beads, bells and wooden claws).  One or two necklaces which had been made were brought out as examples and passed around.  The talk illustrated how to carve a claw from a piece of wood.   Within a week, every camper wore a ceremonial necklace at the fires. The Game Fire: The Director has at his command many books of interesting little games which can be successfully played at the camp fire and after a quiet day, a strenuous camp fire assists in stimulating that “tired feeling.”   This means healthy, happy boys. The Moralistic Fire: Here the central purpose is one or two serious talks from counselors or the Director.  These talks must be most carefully planned and must follow the general plan of “Clean Sports,” “Playing Fair” and “Living Clean.”  Subjects that vitally interest the real boy.  This is a hard fire to put across, but once over it means an everlasting impression on the young minds. The Impromptu Fire:  Here we let the boys plan their own evening.  One evening every boy had to do some stunt, trick, or sing or crack a joke.   The hour passed so quickly it hardly seemed possible that it was over.   Another time, different boys suggested things they would like to do.  This is a lazy fire, and one that should not be allowed more than three or four times in a season. The Story Fire:  A good story or two, told or read, never fails to secure and hold attention. We lean strongly to Indian stories and find that all our boys, from the youngest to the oldest (and even the staff), enjoy them. There is something about “The Indians” that attracts the boy’s mind, even when it is housed in a man’s body. A Plan Fire:  Before a long trip, such as our all week trip to Canada, an evening can well be spent in teaching points of hike sanitation and comfort.  Before a baseball game, plans for the entertainment of the visitors can be made.  Before an entertainment, plans and instructions for the event can be handled at the fire where the whole group is assembled, willing and ready to give undivided attention. The Cabin Fire: About once a week, it is a great joy to let the boys build their fires before their own cabins, and spend the evening with their cabin mates.  It gives the counselor a chance to know his worth away from the dominance of the Director.  It gives the boys a chance to develop their own ideas, in a way the big fire does not.

But all in all, the Camp Fire will in years to come play a bigger part in the memories of the camper than anything else.  The happy hours spent around the circle, with the flames leaping high or the embers glowing red, will live forever in the hearts of the boys, and be ever vivid in the memories of the Men, our products.

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ABOUT USThe Genesis of Scouting and Guiding in the World

The Boy Scouts Movement had a simple start in the year 1907 when a retired Army General Lord Baden Powell conducted an experimental camp in Brown sea Island in England with 20 boys. The successful conduct of the camp and publication of the Book “Scouting for Boys” in a fortnightly marked the start of the Boy Scout Movement.

In the year 1910, Crystal palace Rally was held where Girls wearing the boy Scout uniform appeared and wanted to join the Scout Movement. Lord Baden Powell decided to start a movement for Girls with the help of his sister Agnes Baden Powell

Scouting In India

Scouting started in India in the year 1909, when Captain T.H.Baker established the first Scout Troop in Bangalore and got it registered with imperial Headquarters, London.subsequently, Scout Troops were formed in Kirkee (Pune), Simla, Madras, Jabalpur, Lonavla (Mumbai) and registered with the Imperial Headquarters during 1910 and 1911. These units were open to European and Anglo Indian Children only.

The first Guide Company in India was started in Jabalpur, Central India in 1911.

As the Scout Movement was not initially open to the Indian boys, Nationalist leaders of India decided to offer Scouting activities to Indian Boys and Sewa Samiti Scout Association was formed with Headquarters in Allahabad by Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya, Pandit Hriday Nath Kunzru and Pandit Sriram Bajpai. Dr.Annie Besant with the help of Shri G.S.Arundale started a seperate Scout Association for Indian Boys in Madras.

Efforts were made for unification of different scout groups existing in India during the visit of Lord Baden Powell to India in 1921 and 1937 but failed. Major reason for the failure in unification was the promise clause which included the word “Duty to King”. Our Patriotic sentiments of our Nationalist leaders did not approve the allegiance to the British Empire and instead it was insisted that allegiance loyalty to the Country should be part of the Scout Promise..

Scouting Guiding In independent India

After the independence of our country efforts were made for unification of the Scout and Guide Associations functioning in India. Serious efforts were made by our National leaders like Pt.Jawahar Lal Nehru, First Prime Minister of India, Mauland Abul Kalam Azad, the First education Minister of India,Shri Mangal Das Pakvasa, Governor of Central Province, and Scout leaders Pandit Hriday Nath Kunzru, Pandit Sri Ram Bajpai, Justice Vivian Bose and others for the merger of the Scout / Guide Associations.

Dr.Tara chand, Education Secretary ,Government of India made significant contribution in finalizing the merger deed.

The Final merger took place on 7th November 1950 and the unified Organisation came into existence under the Name “The Bharat Scouts and Guides”. The Girl Guides Association formally joined the Bharat Scouts and Guides a little later on 15th August 1951.

Constitution and Headquarters

The Bharat Scouts and Guides is a Registered Society under Societies Registrations Act. It is totally voluntary, non-political and secular Organisation. 

The National Headquarters of the Bharat Scouts functioned from Regal Building, Connaught Place, New Delhi,  till 1963.Thereafter, it shifted to its own building and is functioning from Lakshmi Mazumdar Bhawan , 16, Mahatma Gandhi Marg, Indra Prasth Estate, New Delhi – 110002. The National Headquarters building was inaugurated in the year 1963 by the then Vice President of India Dr.Zakir Hussain.

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Our Fundamentals

Definition:-The Bharat Scouts & Guides is a voluntary, non-political, educational movement for young people, open to all without distinction of origin, race or creed ,in accordance with the purpose, principles and methods conceived by the Founder Lord Baden Powell in 1907.

Purpose: The purpose of the Movement is to contribute to the development of young people in achieving their full physical, intellectual, social and spiritual potentials as individuals, as responsible citizens and as members of local, national and international communities.

Principles: The Scout /Guide Movement is based on the Following Principles.

DUTY TO GOD: Adherence to spiritual principle, loyalty to the religion that expresses the acceptance of the duties resulting there from.

DUTY TO OTHERS;

Loyalty to one's country in harmony of local and international peace, understanding, co-operation.

Participation in the development of society with recognition and respect for dignity of one's fellowmen and for the integrity of the natural world.

DUTY TO SELF:

Responsibility for the development of one’s self.

The Method: The Scout /Guide Method is a system of progressive self-education through:-

-   A Promise and Law

-   Learning by doing.

-   Membership of small groups under adult leadership involving progressive discovery and acceptance of responsibility and training towards self -government directed towards thedevelopment of character, and the acquisition of competence, self-reliance, dependabilityand capacities to co-operate and to lead.

-   Progressive and stimulating programmes of various activities based on the interest of theparticipants including games, useful skills and services to the community taking place largelyin an outdoor setting in contact with nature.

LAW AND PROMISE

Promise as applicable to Scout/Guides.

 "On my honour I promise that I will do my best -  to do my duty to God and my country,     to help other people and to obey the Scout/Guide Law."

The Law.   The Law for the Scout and Guide is:

   A Scout /Guide is trustworthy.  A Scout /Guide is loyal.  A Scout / Guide is Friend to all and brother/Sister to every other Scout/Guide.  A Scout / Guide is courteous.   A Scout / Guide is friend to animals and loves nature.  A Scout / Guide is disciplined and helps protect public property.

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  A Scout / Guide is courageous.  A Scout / Guide is thrifty.  A Scout / Guide is pure in thought, word and deed.

 Cub / Bulbul Promise

  " I Promise to do my best   to do my duty God and my Country,  to keep the cub / Bulbul law and   to do a Good turn every day

Law of Cubs and Bulbuls.     The Cub / Bulbul gives into the elders.  The Cub / Bulbul is clean and courteous.

Note: 1. The word "Dharma" may be substituted, if so desired for the word "God"

Note 2. The law and promise for Scouts & Guides are applicable to Rovers/Rangers and Adult leaders in the movement.

SCOUT/GUIDE PRAYER

DAYA KAR DAN BHAKTI KA,HAMEIN PARAMATMA DENA

DAYA KARNA HAMARIATMA MEIN SHUDDHATA DENA.

HAMARE DHYAN MEIN AAOPRABHU ANKHON MEIN BAS JAOANDHERE DIL MEIN AAKAR KE

PARAM JYOTI JAGA DENA

BAHA DO PREM KI GANGADILO ME PREM KA SAGAR

HAMEN AAPAS ME MILJULKARPRABHU REHANA SIKHA DENA

HAMARA KARAM HO SEVAHAMARA DHARAM HO SEVA

SADA IMAAN HO SEVAWO SEVAK CHAR BANA DENA

VATAN KE VASTE JEENA,VATAN KE VASTE MARNA

VATAN PAR JAAN FIDA KARNAPRABHU HUM KO SIKHA DENA

DAYA KAR DAN BHAKTI KA,HAMEIN PARAMATMA DENA

DAYA KARNA HAMARIATMA MEIN SHUDDHATA DENA.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

 The Organization received International and National Awards in recognition of its Contributions for International Peace and understanding

United Nations “Peace Messenger Award” – The United Nation conferred the Peace Messenger award to the organization in recognition of outstanding contribution for promotion of International

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Understanding and Harmony in the year 1986-87.

Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration – the Organization received the 3rd Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration in the year 1987 in recognition of its contribution for promoting Harmony and Integration.

Bronze Wolf Award – The National Commissioner of the Bharat Scouts & Guides Shri L. M. Jain received Bronze Wolf Award during 38th world Scout Conference held at Jeju, Korea in 2008.

(This is the highest award of recognition for contribution in promotion of scouting at International Level. The Award is given by the World Scout Committee.)

Asia Pacific Regional Award for distinguished services –

The President of the Bharat Scouts & Guides Shri Rameshwar Thakur and Shri L.M.Jain, National Commissioner received the Asia Pacific Regional Award for distinguished services in the year 2009 and 2006 respectively.

Padma Bhushan – The former National Commissioner of the organization Sardar Lakshman Singh was conferred Padma Bhushan Award from Government of India in the year 1988. He is also a recipient of Bronze Wolf Award from WOSM

Padma Shri - The former National Commissioner of the organization Smt. Lakshmi Mazumdar received the Padma Shri Award from Government of India in the year 1965 for her contribution in the field of Scouting. She is also a recipient of Bronze Wolf Award from WOSM

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