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'''The Bharat Scouts and Guides''' (BSG; Hindi: '''भारत स्काउट्स एवं गाइड्स''') is the national [[Scouting]] and [[Girl Guides|Guiding]] association of India.  
'''The Bharat Scouts and Guides''' (BSG; Hindi: '''भारत स्काउट्स एवं गाइड्स''') is the national [[Scouting]] and [[Girl Guides|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 2,434,449 Scouts and 1,286,161 Guides (as of 2005).<ref name="BSG-membership">{{cite web |title=Membership |url=http://www.bsgindia.org/membership.htm |publisher=The Bharat Scouts and Guides |accessdate=2007-01-13}}</ref>
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 2,434,449 Scouts and 1,286,161 Guides (as of 2005).<ref name="BSG-membership">{{cite web |title=Membership |url=http://www.bsgindia.org/membership.htm |publisher=The Bharat Scouts and Guides |accessdate=2007-01-13}}</ref>


== History ==
== History ==
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