All India Girl Guides

The aim of guiding is "Character development towards happy citizenship, through natural rather than artificial means". The Girl Guide Movement was founded by Lord Baden Powell in 1910. It was introduced in India at Jabalpur where a company was formed in 1911.  The All India Girl Guides Association was formed with a constitution of its own and it became full member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in 1929. This association was amalgamated with the Bharat Scouts and Guides in 1951. The Bharat Scouts and Guides is a unified national organisation - both for boys and girls - and the Guide section is affiliated to the World Association of Girl Guides and Scouts and the Scout Section to the Boy Scouts World Bureau. The main purpose of the Gide Movement is to teach girls how to acquire confidence